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Coming Home by Carly Marie

kitausu's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Another very sweet story!! 

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

noxiousbook's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

moux's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed the first half of this book but it did kind of dwindle at the end.
Was still cute

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5.0

5 stars…
I loooove a friends to lovers and this was really enjoyable. They got together pretty early on and I liked that Ty and Declan weren’t with anyone else or anything weird. I really enjoyed them being roommates which is always fun too and this book was not nearly as kinky as a lot of the ones in this universe/by this author. 

I kinda hate the word panties, it feels like a word only kids and old men use but it didn’t bother me enough to DNF the book or anything. 

Also I really wish I could read the next book in the series because Japsers story sounds great but I truely don’t enjoy reading about poly relationships (no hate) so I’ll be skipping that one and moving on to the rest in this authors collection. 

3/5 on spice. 1/5 on kink. 1/5 on tears. If you think lace on a man is that kinky we are not on the same scales around here lol.

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5.0

Sophomore Effort Arguably Stronger Than Debut. This is number 2 in the series and blatantly labeled as such, but it *can* be read independently of the first book, if you don't mind major spoilers of what happens in the first book. I was fortunate enough to read that first book as an ARC as well, and Marie is absolutely beginning a pattern - but a pattern which I've never seen from any other author. The books are strong, relatable romances featuring a large extended family on at least one side (the connective tissue in the series) that could work no matter the genders of the pairing. But where Marie truly shines is picking up on "less than normal" kinks and sexualities and building strong characters that happen to have them. Very nice to catch up with the couple from the first book and the entire extended family originally introduced there, and devastating to have some secrets hinted at in the first book revealed here. Absolutely looking forward to the next tale in this series and future work from this author.

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3.0

This was such a sweet romance. The first book in the Finding Home series was really smut + kink first, and then some plot on the side. This book, whilst of course having some softer kinks (mainly one of the characters wearing lacy underwear), the plot was forefronted a lot more. I absolutely loved the demisexuality representation! As someone who is demisexual themselves, it's also so refreshing to see this in romance books especially. The demisexuality representation really worked in this book as it had the best friends to lovers trope, which made the connection between the two characters even sweeter. However, demisexuality doesn't mean you are in love with your best friends(just anyone you have a connection with first), which this book kind of leant into, but other than that, it was great!

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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5.0

I am loving this series and we still get to see so much of the couple from the first book too. You saw this book coming from a mile away but I loved seeing how Ty and Declan figured everything out.

Ty and Declan have both been keeping secrets from each other but once they let go you can see how perfectly they fit. I mean, they were basically dating anyways without the benefits. Ty is so cute but fierce too and I can just picture how sexy he looks in his panties.

I am loving the openness in this family and how close Ty and Derek are to each other. It was awesome seeing Jasper when he first saw their kinks, hilarious, I was laughing so hard. I can’t wait to read his book and see how everything works out for him.

Bolton Hill did a great job on the narration, I thought the voices he used were perfect for the characters and was glad he did go to the extreme with them as many I have listened to lately have. His reading also didn't run together so it was easy to keep track of the story. This is a book that I read not too long ago so it was nice to just let the story wash over me.

I received an ARC of this book and am giving an honest review.

annas_sweets_and_stories's review against another edition

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2.0

STOP USING DEMISEXUALITY AS A PLOT POINT.

I wanted to love this so much as as an asexual I was really excited to see demisexual rep in a romance, but y'all, if the demi rep is solely used as an excuse as to why two friends haven't gotten together, it's not good demi rep.

I sometimes think people just have absolutely no idea what being demi means. Being demisexual means your asexual until you're not. You don't feel sexual attraction to anyone until a super close emotional bond is formed and even then, it's not a guarantee that you'll be sexually attracted to them. I thought maybe this book would get it right because Declan is described as not being super interested in sex and having very few sexual relationships, but everything else was handled so poorly.

You can't have demisexual rep and then turn around and treat sex as a universal thing. You don't get to use our sexualities as a plot twist and then make huge and gross judgments about why someone wouldn't be into sex or state that "you'd be worried if a twenty something wasn't horny". That's not how this works. Allyship isn't a label you get to stick on. You can't claim to be an ally to aspec people and then pull out that shit in a book.

The worst part about this entire book though is that it would've been a solid book if Declan had just been someone who came out later in life. There was no reason for him to be demi if the author was just gonna be acephobic.

One of my biggest pet peeves with demisexual rep is that so often authors let the character come out as demi but then never use that label to refer to them again. Like when Declan and Ty come out as dating everyone assumes Declan is gay and no one ever questions it or corrects it. Now in real life, I understand that. I'm demiromantic asexual but often use the term queer because it involves less invasive questions, but the fact of the matter is that this is fiction and setting up an environment to dispell some comment myths about demisexuality and to claim pride about it is absolutely mandatory if you want to use our identities. You can't just use our sexuality as an excuse then pretend that it doesn't exist.

I think had this book just had Declan as gay or bi or pan or literally any other sexuality besides demi, it would've been a 4 star book, but with how awful this aspec rep is, I can't even bring myself to give it 2 at this point. This is the first book by Carly Marie that I've disliked and it sucks so badly to have a new favorite author be such a disappointment.