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Jake's List
Jake has been a weightlifter and a lady's man since he was in middle school. High school is now four years in the past, and Jake has a decent job and a good grip on life. Then while his guard is down, he ends up in bed with another male. Now Jake is questioning everything he thought he knew about himself. He faces possibilities he never considered, and as he looks back on his life, he begins to wonder if he was ever the rottweiler he assumed he was.
330 pages, Paperback
First published June 22, 2011
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About the author
Tagenar
5 books26 followersTagenar is a size-obsessed fox, and a certified Professional Scalie Admirer.
He is the author of Jake’s List, Exposure, and Don’t Call Me Coach, all published through Furplanet. His science fiction comedy, C C S, is published through KTM Publishing.
He lives in Ohio. If you visit enough wine bars, you might see him actively searching for a muscular scalie to admire professionally.
He is the author of Jake’s List, Exposure, and Don’t Call Me Coach, all published through Furplanet. His science fiction comedy, C C S, is published through KTM Publishing.
He lives in Ohio. If you visit enough wine bars, you might see him actively searching for a muscular scalie to admire professionally.
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January 21, 2023
CW: Homophobia, Misogyny
Jake's List is technically the first book I've read from Tagenar, thanks to some excerpts posted on other sites, yet it's the last one I've finished by the author. In this coming-out story, we follow Jake, a very straight, very muscled, and very homophobic Rottweiler who unknowingly ends up hooking up with a male fox. However, once he finds out that he's been tricked, things take a turn that neither the reader nor the characters themselves could have predicted. A simple premise, but as is the case with most contemporary coming-of-age/coming-out stories, the focus is not the plot itself but rather the characters.
From the get-go, Jake starts off as quite an unlikely character. The way he talks, the way he acts, and the way he thinks can be offensive at times (intentionally so, not surprisingly) and I could see some people dropping the book with just that first impression of our protagonist. However, even as soon as the second chapter, we start to see him improve in all of those aspects as he comes to grips with his own sexuality. As for other characters, I feel that both of the two main romance leads are likable and interesting by themselves, but they especially work well as foils for the main character, accentuating both who he was and who he might be turning into.
As for the book itself, even though it's the first published work by the author, I feel that it is the best-structured one out of the ones I've read. There is a good deal of character development for our main trio and just the right amount needed for the secondary characters, a good amount of build-up for the sex scenes (even if they happened every chapter), proper use of flashbacks especially given the context and title of the book, and a cohesive plot and conflict all through.
Unfortunately, I still had some issues with it. Aside from what's included in the warnings at the beginning of this review, some of the events felt at times too wish fulfillment-y, especially given the characters that we're supposedly dealing with. There was also a distinct lack of consequences given what happens in quite a few of the chapters, and the plot started to drag a little towards the end. Because of this, as much as I liked the book, I still feel that it comes behind Don't Call Me Coach (which makes sense, as it's a later work by the author).
Overall, whether you're here for the smut or for the characters, I heavily recommend this book, just remember to take the CWs into consideration.
Jake's List is technically the first book I've read from Tagenar, thanks to some excerpts posted on other sites, yet it's the last one I've finished by the author. In this coming-out story, we follow Jake, a very straight, very muscled, and very homophobic Rottweiler who unknowingly ends up hooking up with a male fox. However, once he finds out that he's been tricked, things take a turn that neither the reader nor the characters themselves could have predicted. A simple premise, but as is the case with most contemporary coming-of-age/coming-out stories, the focus is not the plot itself but rather the characters.
From the get-go, Jake starts off as quite an unlikely character. The way he talks, the way he acts, and the way he thinks can be offensive at times (intentionally so, not surprisingly) and I could see some people dropping the book with just that first impression of our protagonist. However, even as soon as the second chapter, we start to see him improve in all of those aspects as he comes to grips with his own sexuality. As for other characters, I feel that both of the two main romance leads are likable and interesting by themselves, but they especially work well as foils for the main character, accentuating both who he was and who he might be turning into.
As for the book itself, even though it's the first published work by the author, I feel that it is the best-structured one out of the ones I've read. There is a good deal of character development for our main trio and just the right amount needed for the secondary characters, a good amount of build-up for the sex scenes (even if they happened every chapter), proper use of flashbacks especially given the context and title of the book, and a cohesive plot and conflict all through.
Unfortunately, I still had some issues with it. Aside from what's included in the warnings at the beginning of this review, some of the events felt at times too wish fulfillment-y, especially given the characters that we're supposedly dealing with. There was also a distinct lack of consequences given what happens in quite a few of the chapters, and the plot started to drag a little towards the end. Because of this, as much as I liked the book, I still feel that it comes behind Don't Call Me Coach (which makes sense, as it's a later work by the author).
Overall, whether you're here for the smut or for the characters, I heavily recommend this book, just remember to take the CWs into consideration.
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March 13, 2015
Jake’s List
I don’t really know where to start with this one…
For one, it is not what you think it’s going to be. You see the classic muscle bound stud on the cover, with a twinky fox bent over on the back, and you think, “Oh joy… another, I’ve been straight forever, but now I wanna fuck this fox, stories” lord knows I’ve read enough of those on Sofurry.
This dog, Jake, starts off as a complete fucking asshole, the kind of homophobic guy you wouldn’t want to scrape gum off the bottom of your shoe with. But, by the end of the end of the first chapter, not only is he taking 12 inches fox cock up his ass, he is the most adorable puppy dog that you just want to take home and fuck cuddle all night. After that he does go back to his homophobic ways, but as the story goes on it becomes apparent how gay this muscle bound dog has been all along.
This thing is just packed with sex. Every chapter has you blushing and breathing heavy. It’s a steamy book for sure, not romantic steamy, but more like just hard core fucking steamy. I have to be honest… I had my doubts about it at first. I sort of have a bias against twinky guys. So when I flipped to the back cover I didn’t want to pick it up, then a friend nudged me into it, and I picked up a copy. And I gotta say I’m not disappointed.
That being said… it had a few problems. Going from what I read on the insert, the author kind of wanted Jake to suffer through his acceptance of his gayness, but I didn’t get that. He still came into it a little to easily in my opinion. There wasn’t ever a “I’ve hit rock bottom” moment, he sort of just walked into it, like he’d been spewing rainbows his whole life. He does go through a bit of a learning curve, but it could have been wider, and little more outstretched.
Then there were the last chapters near the end >.> and that’s when I felt a vain pop up on my forehead. I’m not going to say what happens because I don’t want to spoil too much. It’s just that would not have happened… I don’t care if it’s a made up world with talking animal people, but someone’s friends, especially ones like Jake had, would never do what the all of them ended up doing. I can give him the lab, and I can maybe say one of his other friends, but all of them? I think not.
As far as the story goes, I’ll give it a 4 out of 5.
Sex was good.
Fun read, easy to bang (ha!) out in a few nights.
Nice flow, and cool writing style.
It’s worth the buy. I’m defiantly glad I picked up a copy for myself.
It would have been a 5, but with the charterer development flaws, I just couldn’t bring myself to give it that. It’s just wasn’t *there* yet.
I don’t really know where to start with this one…
For one, it is not what you think it’s going to be. You see the classic muscle bound stud on the cover, with a twinky fox bent over on the back, and you think, “Oh joy… another, I’ve been straight forever, but now I wanna fuck this fox, stories” lord knows I’ve read enough of those on Sofurry.
This dog, Jake, starts off as a complete fucking asshole, the kind of homophobic guy you wouldn’t want to scrape gum off the bottom of your shoe with. But, by the end of the end of the first chapter, not only is he taking 12 inches fox cock up his ass, he is the most adorable puppy dog that you just want to take home and fuck cuddle all night. After that he does go back to his homophobic ways, but as the story goes on it becomes apparent how gay this muscle bound dog has been all along.
This thing is just packed with sex. Every chapter has you blushing and breathing heavy. It’s a steamy book for sure, not romantic steamy, but more like just hard core fucking steamy. I have to be honest… I had my doubts about it at first. I sort of have a bias against twinky guys. So when I flipped to the back cover I didn’t want to pick it up, then a friend nudged me into it, and I picked up a copy. And I gotta say I’m not disappointed.
That being said… it had a few problems. Going from what I read on the insert, the author kind of wanted Jake to suffer through his acceptance of his gayness, but I didn’t get that. He still came into it a little to easily in my opinion. There wasn’t ever a “I’ve hit rock bottom” moment, he sort of just walked into it, like he’d been spewing rainbows his whole life. He does go through a bit of a learning curve, but it could have been wider, and little more outstretched.
Then there were the last chapters near the end >.> and that’s when I felt a vain pop up on my forehead. I’m not going to say what happens because I don’t want to spoil too much. It’s just that would not have happened… I don’t care if it’s a made up world with talking animal people, but someone’s friends, especially ones like Jake had, would never do what the all of them ended up doing. I can give him the lab, and I can maybe say one of his other friends, but all of them? I think not.
As far as the story goes, I’ll give it a 4 out of 5.
Sex was good.
Fun read, easy to bang (ha!) out in a few nights.
Nice flow, and cool writing style.
It’s worth the buy. I’m defiantly glad I picked up a copy for myself.
It would have been a 5, but with the charterer development flaws, I just couldn’t bring myself to give it that. It’s just wasn’t *there* yet.
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May 16, 2014
This was the First book i had read in years it was sent to me by a friend, I had never read a boo of this genre but the story really hit close to home and in a way also changed my life I read this book twice and was compelled to contact the author to tell him how this book affected me.
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