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A review by namorgan
Take My Body by K.A. Merikan
3.0
3.5 - Incredibly ridiculous and strangely endearing, Take My Body is an mm body swap romance where two individuals wake up in the body they've always wished they had and begin to explore parts of themselves they once thought not possible to explore.
Caspian is small framed and timid from the years he was bullied in high school. He randomly wakes up one morning in the large, intimidating body of his dreams, which happens to be the body of his high school bully, Gunner. Across the way, Gunner wakes up in Caspian's body and finds it easier to dress the way he has always wanted and finally feels safe to explore his sexuality. The two meet up in hopes of figuring out how this happened and how to swap back. However, they both realize the other seems to wear their original body better then they ever could and find that maybe swapping back isn't what they really want.
I flew through the first 200 pages of this book. The OTT plot is just what I like in romance and I really loved the character's arcs of finally able to express their truest selfs openly. The smut was really hot and definitely used the body swap aspect of the story to it's full advantage. Some of the dirty talk was super cringe, but I can overlook that.
I do think this should've been 100 pages shorter and the ending wasn't as impactful as I thought it would to be. Also, I really disliked Caspian at times.
Gunner was a treasure and I adored his pov's. He was such a sweet and unique character that was perfect for this type of plot. Originally, he was this big, bulky dude with a skull tatted on his face, but when he wakes up in Caspian's body he begins to explore his more "feminine" side that he knew he'd be judged for in his original life. It was an incredibly sweet inner journey with him.
Caspian, on the other hand, was a major dick and the power of being in such a large and intimidating body went straight to his head. I don't even blame Gunner for bullying him in high school because he was so insufferable. And I'm anti-bullying, obviously, but it's revealed that Gunner only begins bullying Caspian when he overhears him saying some really despicable things about Gunner's father right after he had passed away. Like I would knock him around a bit too if I overheard someone saying that
Caspian is small framed and timid from the years he was bullied in high school. He randomly wakes up one morning in the large, intimidating body of his dreams, which happens to be the body of his high school bully, Gunner. Across the way, Gunner wakes up in Caspian's body and finds it easier to dress the way he has always wanted and finally feels safe to explore his sexuality. The two meet up in hopes of figuring out how this happened and how to swap back. However, they both realize the other seems to wear their original body better then they ever could and find that maybe swapping back isn't what they really want.
I flew through the first 200 pages of this book. The OTT plot is just what I like in romance and I really loved the character's arcs of finally able to express their truest selfs openly. The smut was really hot and definitely used the body swap aspect of the story to it's full advantage. Some of the dirty talk was super cringe, but I can overlook that.
I do think this should've been 100 pages shorter and the ending wasn't as impactful as I thought it would to be. Also, I really disliked Caspian at times.
Gunner was a treasure and I adored his pov's. He was such a sweet and unique character that was perfect for this type of plot. Originally, he was this big, bulky dude with a skull tatted on his face, but when he wakes up in Caspian's body he begins to explore his more "feminine" side that he knew he'd be judged for in his original life. It was an incredibly sweet inner journey with him.
Caspian, on the other hand, was a major dick and the power of being in such a large and intimidating body went straight to his head. I don't even blame Gunner for bullying him in high school because he was so insufferable. And I'm anti-bullying, obviously, but it's revealed that Gunner only begins bullying Caspian when he overhears him saying some really despicable things about Gunner's father right after he had passed away. Like I would knock him around a bit too if I overheard someone saying that