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The Prince and the Commander by Layla Moran
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
First of all, there’s just no way this wasn’t Dragon Age fanfic. (Cullen x Dorian, would be my guess). That being said, I enjoyed the hell out of it and it made me emo. Would definitely read more from this author.
Ugly by Roe Horvat
emotional
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
His Bratty Omega by Raiven Matthews
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I have no explanation for why I loved this book so much, yet here we are. I’ll definitely read the rest of the series.
The Alpha Experiment by Eliot Grayson
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies by David Bordwell
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Blindside Hit by Tierney Rose
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Trapped with His Temporary Daddy by M.A. Innes
Did not finish book. Stopped at 83%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 83%.
I very very rarely like age play (more like, tolerate it? when everything else around it is good) and this book definitely falls under Do Not Like for me. I dropped it around 83% in, when the fucking binkie came up.
Apart from that, I found the characters poorly developped, basically neither of them had a real personality. Joseph's only character trait from the moment the daddy kink starts is just to "be a child" if being a child could be called that. Forrest is just there to be creepy and intrusive, I guess.
Anyway I'm going back to Cara Dee for fabulous kink, she's the only one I trust.
Apart from that, I found the characters poorly developped, basically neither of them had a real personality. Joseph's only character trait from the moment the daddy kink starts is just to "be a child" if being a child could be called that. Forrest is just there to be creepy and intrusive, I guess.
Anyway I'm going back to Cara Dee for fabulous kink, she's the only one I trust.
Sworn Enemy by Kelly Fox
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Probably the worst book I've read in 2025 so far. Not a single character behaved like a real person, none whatsoever. The idiot MC1 had a sudden change of heart 40% into the book and spent the other 60% saying over and over again that MC1 is trying to be better and is a "good person" and wow now MC1 is in love with him and wants them to have boring, repetitive sex (he didn't talk about sex like that, but that's what the intimate scenes were likes, so). It's said that the community was so homophobic 8 years ago that they didn't give a fuck when a child was bullied into suicide, yet now they "love him" and support him with money and free labor??? And MC1's mother suddenly forgives MC2 within the span of a few hours because MC1 said she should and she learned MC2 has a shit dad???
And don't get me started on the insane secondhand embarassment I got from all the nosy friends who were overinvested in the main couple's personal life, get the fuck out of here.
Everyone's business must be aired in public, one of the side couples needs a special ceremony and date to come out and there's a poor human trafficking victim who has his trauma exposed in a dinner table conversation like it's fucking small talk. Absolutely no one in that town understands privacy or human decency, despite one of the ideas of this book having to do with compassion.
The author's note in the beginning said that this can be read as a standalone (it can), but that the reader will become curious about the backstories (I'm paraphrasing here). I can confirm that it actually had the opposite effect on me. I despised the other characters to such a degree that I will actively avoid reading anything else by Kelly Fox, so as to never meet them again.
And don't get me started on the insane secondhand embarassment I got from all the nosy friends who were overinvested in the main couple's personal life, get the fuck out of here.
Everyone's business must be aired in public, one of the side couples needs a special ceremony and date to come out and there's a poor human trafficking victim who has his trauma exposed in a dinner table conversation like it's fucking small talk. Absolutely no one in that town understands privacy or human decency, despite one of the ideas of this book having to do with compassion.
The author's note in the beginning said that this can be read as a standalone (it can), but that the reader will become curious about the backstories (I'm paraphrasing here). I can confirm that it actually had the opposite effect on me. I despised the other characters to such a degree that I will actively avoid reading anything else by Kelly Fox, so as to never meet them again.
The Air That I Breathe by Cara Dee
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The Rest is History by Jen Samson
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0