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Blue Hour by Magnus Thorne
What an amazing addition to the Vice + Virtue canon. I adored getting to witness Travis being validated and reassured after silently grappling with his place in the relationship between Aden, Gage, and himself.
Thorne has a way of crafting stories that is so effortlessly immersive and so enjoyable to read. This was a treat.
5.0
“Shh,” Aden says, gentler this time. “It’s okay. You’re here. You’re ours.”
What an amazing addition to the Vice + Virtue canon. I adored getting to witness Travis being validated and reassured after silently grappling with his place in the relationship between Aden, Gage, and himself.
Thorne has a way of crafting stories that is so effortlessly immersive and so enjoyable to read. This was a treat.
The Nutcracker and His King by Lucien Burr
I expected to love this—and I did—but I did not expect to be howling with laughter for so much of it. This was such a treat! So much fun to read, so stinking funny, and so hot! Alright, giant wooden man! Bring those creaky joints over here!
5.0
Strip it all away, and it’s just them. The prince has a grudge—he’s a six-foot wooden nutcracker, so he has his reasons.
I expected to love this—and I did—but I did not expect to be howling with laughter for so much of it. This was such a treat! So much fun to read, so stinking funny, and so hot! Alright, giant wooden man! Bring those creaky joints over here!
Touch Me by Hex McKenna
5.0
Touch-starved MCs finally getting handled with the care and gentleness they so desperately need might just be one of my new favorite things to read about!!
This story was so tender and so sweet. All of my notes are some variation of “AHHHHH” and “OMG” (/pos) because I spent so much time giggling and kicking my feet whenever Jack hits Len with soft praise and they whimper pathetically in response.
I loved it!!
This story was so tender and so sweet. All of my notes are some variation of “AHHHHH” and “OMG” (/pos) because I spent so much time giggling and kicking my feet whenever Jack hits Len with soft praise and they whimper pathetically in response.
I loved it!!
Dead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle: A Weird West Anthology by TK Jameson, Magnus Thorne, Claude Hamesh, Olive J. Kelley, Rain Corbyn, Sirius, Morgan Dante, A.A. Fairview, Tyler Battaglia, Shane Reid, mars adler, Wren V. Lothaire, H.S. Wolfe
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
4.5
Thank you CLC for this eARC!
I’m gonna be so honest, I usually struggle with anthologies. Something about feeling suspended in the first stage of a story, which is the hardest part for me to get invested in—the part where you have to get acclimated to a new setting and new characters.
This was definitely an exception. I don’t think there was a single story I didn’t enjoy, even if I enjoyed some more than others.
The theme was cohesive but the way each author interpreted it was unique and interesting. There’s a couple contributors who I was less familiar with, but I will definitely be seeking out their other stuff now!
I’m gonna be so honest, I usually struggle with anthologies. Something about feeling suspended in the first stage of a story, which is the hardest part for me to get invested in—the part where you have to get acclimated to a new setting and new characters.
This was definitely an exception. I don’t think there was a single story I didn’t enjoy, even if I enjoyed some more than others.
The theme was cohesive but the way each author interpreted it was unique and interesting. There’s a couple contributors who I was less familiar with, but I will definitely be seeking out their other stuff now!
Thorngale by Phoenix Mendoza
This was only my second extreme horror novel, and I’m still not sure this genre is for me, but let me just say: despite this being some of the most disturbing, grotesque content I’ve ever consumed with my eyes, the PROSE !!! the MASTERY OF CRAFT !!! the way I was both REPULSED but also HYPNOTIZED !!!
No words were wasted; this novel wields some of the most precise and deeply evocative language I’ve ever read. Relentlessly brutal, beginning to end. Truly visceral. I have a feeling I’m going to be thinking about these characters for a long time.
(**TAKE THE CWs SERIOUSLY, especially incest, pedophilia, excrement, vomit, and cannibalism**)
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
“Sometimes, one spends an entire life trying to chase the sensation of being a king. Of being a monster. Of being worth killing for. Of nearly being killed.”
This was only my second extreme horror novel, and I’m still not sure this genre is for me, but let me just say: despite this being some of the most disturbing, grotesque content I’ve ever consumed with my eyes, the PROSE !!! the MASTERY OF CRAFT !!! the way I was both REPULSED but also HYPNOTIZED !!!
No words were wasted; this novel wields some of the most precise and deeply evocative language I’ve ever read. Relentlessly brutal, beginning to end. Truly visceral. I have a feeling I’m going to be thinking about these characters for a long time.
(**TAKE THE CWs SERIOUSLY, especially incest, pedophilia, excrement, vomit, and cannibalism**)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Car accident
Liminal by Achilles King
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
A simple and well-written trans horror erotica. The premise is unique and engaging, the suspense is cultivated really well and kept me rushing to turn the page.
I absolutely think it accomplishes what it set out to and I enjoyed it a lot, but please, for the love of god, take the CWs seriously.
I would say if you’re on the fence about any of them, this isn’t the one for you.
MAJOR CWs for: non-con, gang-r*pe, DP, DVP, TP, and just overall violence.
I absolutely think it accomplishes what it set out to and I enjoyed it a lot, but please, for the love of god, take the CWs seriously.
I would say if you’re on the fence about any of them, this isn’t the one for you.
MAJOR CWs for: non-con, gang-r*pe, DP, DVP, TP, and just overall violence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Violence