July Wrapup

Yes I'm late, I know. Here we go. Rapid fire.

Power Play
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5
This was fine. It was like 30 pages too short in the middle where the actual development of relationships happens.
Two doms working at the same marketing firm make a bet at who can win the most clients and whoever loses has to submit to the other dom. It was smutty and fun, but not anything to write home about for sure.

Savage Prince
⭐⭐⭐ 3.25/5
Omegaverse stuff always gets me with "Heat" because it feels very dubcon. I feel ick reading it sometimes, like the girls can't say no, they don't want to even if they don't want to... its weird.
Anyway, this was fine. It was 30 pages too long imo, and a bit repetitive in a few places. Also, misrepresented. The dude in this book has RED SKIN AND HORNS. I'm sorry, but the man on this cover is a normal human broseph. False advertising. I mean I'm happier that I got aliens than contemporary, but whatever.

The Doctor
⭐⭐⭐✨ 3.5/5
An extra .5 stars added for buttstuff where he washes his hands. 👏👏👏👏👏
This was advertised to me as "Birthday Girl but better" and no, it was not. Birthday Girl had depth and a moral conundrum. This was just smut. Like, every other chapter was smut. Sure, the smut was GOOD, but the story wasn't there. I'm a story first person, honestly.
There was doctor roleplay smut which I guess made it pretty interesting. But it was age gap, ex boyfriend's dad, and like.... Birthday Girl did that better. Lots better. Okay, moving on.

Ensnared
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5
You fucking heard right. Spider-man monster smut is five out of five stars. I would rate it higher if the system went higher.
The world building was fucking amazing. The moral dilemmas of the characters knowing that they're developing an emotional attraction to an alien is GREAT. So so so so well done. Fully fleshed out alien culture. SO good. SO SO GOOD.
I recommend this to everyone. Read it. Read it. READ IT.
Gods I love this series. I'm reading book 2 right now.
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