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A Material World #1-3
A Material World Volume 1
For the first time in one volume… the first three tales from the sensual series, A Material World.
Lace – When Dave discovers Shawn’s little kink, it opens up a whole new chapter for the two friends. Except Shawn can’t help but worry – if there was no kink, would Dave be there? And is Shawn brave enough to find out? Lust, lace – and love.
Satin - Can a touch of Satin bring a straight copper to his knees? When Detective Joel Hunter meets female impersonator Satin, he’s about to find out. Satin – and sensuality.
Silk - What happens when the man who doesn’t ‘do’ relationships, starts to question his life? Lucas is about to embark on a journey of self-discovery…and escort Matt’s life is about to get messy…
Lace – When Dave discovers Shawn’s little kink, it opens up a whole new chapter for the two friends. Except Shawn can’t help but worry – if there was no kink, would Dave be there? And is Shawn brave enough to find out? Lust, lace – and love.
Satin - Can a touch of Satin bring a straight copper to his knees? When Detective Joel Hunter meets female impersonator Satin, he’s about to find out. Satin – and sensuality.
Silk - What happens when the man who doesn’t ‘do’ relationships, starts to question his life? Lucas is about to embark on a journey of self-discovery…and escort Matt’s life is about to get messy…
- GenresM M RomanceContemporary
427 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 9, 2017
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About the author
K.C. Wells
160 books1,864 followersK.C. Wells lives on an island off the south coast of the UK, surrounded by natural beauty. She writes about men who love men, and can’t even contemplate a life that doesn’t include writing.
The rainbow rose tattoo on her back with the words 'Love is Love' and 'Love Wins' is her way of hoisting a flag. She plans to be writing about men in love - be it sweet and slow, hot or kinky - for a long while to come.
If you want to follow her exploits, you can sign up for her monthly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cNKHlT
You can stalk – er, find – her in the following places:
E-mail: k.c.wells@btinternet.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCWellsWorld
Twitter: @K_C_Wells
Website: https://www.kcwellswrites.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/k.c.wells
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/k-c-w...
And for those who like things a little hotter?
There's KC's alter ego, Tantalus, who writes gay erotica.
The rainbow rose tattoo on her back with the words 'Love is Love' and 'Love Wins' is her way of hoisting a flag. She plans to be writing about men in love - be it sweet and slow, hot or kinky - for a long while to come.
If you want to follow her exploits, you can sign up for her monthly newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cNKHlT
You can stalk – er, find – her in the following places:
E-mail: k.c.wells@btinternet.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KCWellsWorld
Twitter: @K_C_Wells
Website: https://www.kcwellswrites.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/k.c.wells
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/k-c-w...
And for those who like things a little hotter?
There's KC's alter ego, Tantalus, who writes gay erotica.
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May 4, 2019
The whole of 2018 and the end bit of 2017 were a reading slump for me.
There was all kinds of shit going on in my personal life and that always leads to me not being able to concentrate and thus I struggled to read. That is why when 2019 rolled along I set my reading goal to a modest 30 books and decided to buy less new shit and read the stuff I have.
I also thought that finishing some series would be a good idea and so I went with Material World, because I had already read the first part, which was a short story. Might’ve even reviewed it.
Reading KC Wells is like reading Shawn Lane or Sean Michael for me. I know exactly what the books are going to be like even if I don’t know the plot line. There’s going to be fluff and sex. And sex. And then some more sex. So far, I’ve quite enjoyed what I’ve read, and have been buying their works.
So I’m not sure if it’s me who’s changing as a reader, or if this series is somehow different from the author’s previous works. Most likely the former.
The best word I can use to describe Satin is meh.
Joel is a copper who for some reason is in denial about his sexuality, even though he has no problem dating Satin, who is actually a dancer called Ross. The romance itself is sweet and if you’re looking for something low angst and feel-good, this would probably work.
At the beginning of the year I also took to highlighting and mostly what I highlighted is things I didn’t like and / or annoyed me.
Joel’s partner Trish was mostly irritating and almost interchangeable with Ross’s roommate. They were both sassy (which is a pet peeve of mine when it comes to the bff characters) and trying to run their friends' lives for them. And would you believe it, Trish drank pints? Imagine that, a woman drinking pints.
Trish even goes so far as to start sorting out Joel and Ross’s romance on her wedding day. At that point I felt like the woman was just obsessive. Similarly Ross’s roommate throws a fit when she realizes he’s in love with Joel and plans a weird test for him.
Also, aside from Ross’s roommate (and no, I can’t remember her name) all the straight people are assholes which gave the story a preachy tone.
It wasn’t all bad, however. Joel was likeable, because he felt more dimensional with his reserved nature and his high regard for personal privacy. Ross was nice as well, though like the title he was mostly meh.
I appreciated that though Joel wasn’t previously out, he eased into the relationship fairly maturely and there were no over the top no homo scenes within the story.
I would say that this story was a solid two star read.
Compared to Satin, I began Silk with much more optimism.
Both the mc’s captured my attention from the beginning and Wells avoided the biggest clichés that go with the millionaire and the prostitute tropes. Matt is an escort because it’s fun and good money. He doesn’t have family in debt or traumatized younger siblings to raise. Lucas is a hard-ass, yes, but he isn’t overly suave or slick and manipulative. So far so good.
The first note I made about the story, was at the first sex scene, and it’s simply that I would have preferred fade to black. And I’ve noticed that to be true with this author. I would prefer if there were only fade to black, which isn’t something that I usually like, but somehow they would, in my opinion, go better with the tone of the stories and they wouldn’t break the flow.
Which they unfortunately do. It’s like I’m getting into the characters and the plot and then there’s page upon page of boring sex. And because the scenes are so disproportionately long, the writing ends up feeling lopsided.
It’s been a while since I finished this story, so like with Satin, I’m going to rely on my notes and my highlights.
Though I just praised the author for avoiding clichés when it came to the mc’s, (and Matt’s little sister is lively and fleshed out instead of just sassy, so points for that) we have the perfect parents instead. You know, those parents who stick their noses everywhere and decide that they want their son to settle down and be happy. The son who is 45.
Matt’s parents’, who weren’t originally too thrilled about his sexuality had apparently a change of heart sometime during the story, because there was no other evidence of them feeling like this other than Matt mentioning it earlier.
In regards to Matt’s escorting, I’m kind of happy that the first time he broke his self employed rules was with the random virgin customer. It solidified that his growth was personal and about his own life and not just his relationship with Lucas.
Lucas’s social anxiety was a great addition to his character. Not only did it explore the fact that not all people can go out and mingle with others easily, but it also highlighted the fact that he had to work hard to be a successful businessman and find ways to manage his anxiety. This made him that much more real.
However, I’m pretty sure you can’t cure social anxiety by just going to a wedding where you don’t know the people, especially if you’re going to be introduced to the parents of the man you’re paying to fuck.
This made me think that the author is an extrovert, because even without anxiety, introverted people rarely think that social gatherings are fun.
As the story progressed, there were quite a few things that irked me.
Like Matt’s parents retiring. Why is it that in m/m all the parents retire once they hit 60. Many people, especially entrepreneurs keep working well into their 70s. Also, they thought it was their business to give Matt (who is 27) shit about dating an older guy. Lucas was 45. It was around there, when Matt’s and Lucas’s parents became almost the same characters.
When we got to the inevitable crisis in the relationship, it was like a breath of fresh air.
I liked that it ended up being Lucas who was much more in touch with his feelings and that he was very upfront about Matt being immature. He also had a organic change of heart about Matt’s escorting and he was never condemning it.
The resolution was satisfying, because it cemented the romance, showed how the characters had grown and made me believe they were able to navigate a relationship by communicating and making compromises.
If the book had ended there, it would have been a three star read, easily.
Then came Granny’s birthday.
Could I just ask what the hell was that?
For the first, 80? % the book is a nice romance and then, it was like a bad comedy.
It reminded me of an episode of Love Boat. There were villainous homophobes, wholesome cousins and, naturally, the granny with balls of steel. It was so, so bad as well as completely superfluous. A quick drop to two stars, though I was half tempted to go with one, merely because of the disappointment.
So, in the end I’ll give this volume two stars. I am sure there are plenty of readers who’ll find both of these books far more entertaining than I did, but for me, they were just average.
There was all kinds of shit going on in my personal life and that always leads to me not being able to concentrate and thus I struggled to read. That is why when 2019 rolled along I set my reading goal to a modest 30 books and decided to buy less new shit and read the stuff I have.
I also thought that finishing some series would be a good idea and so I went with Material World, because I had already read the first part, which was a short story. Might’ve even reviewed it.
Reading KC Wells is like reading Shawn Lane or Sean Michael for me. I know exactly what the books are going to be like even if I don’t know the plot line. There’s going to be fluff and sex. And sex. And then some more sex. So far, I’ve quite enjoyed what I’ve read, and have been buying their works.
So I’m not sure if it’s me who’s changing as a reader, or if this series is somehow different from the author’s previous works. Most likely the former.
The best word I can use to describe Satin is meh.
Joel is a copper who for some reason is in denial about his sexuality, even though he has no problem dating Satin, who is actually a dancer called Ross. The romance itself is sweet and if you’re looking for something low angst and feel-good, this would probably work.
At the beginning of the year I also took to highlighting and mostly what I highlighted is things I didn’t like and / or annoyed me.
Joel’s partner Trish was mostly irritating and almost interchangeable with Ross’s roommate. They were both sassy (which is a pet peeve of mine when it comes to the bff characters) and trying to run their friends' lives for them. And would you believe it, Trish drank pints? Imagine that, a woman drinking pints.
Trish even goes so far as to start sorting out Joel and Ross’s romance on her wedding day. At that point I felt like the woman was just obsessive. Similarly Ross’s roommate throws a fit when she realizes he’s in love with Joel and plans a weird test for him.
Also, aside from Ross’s roommate (and no, I can’t remember her name) all the straight people are assholes which gave the story a preachy tone.
It wasn’t all bad, however. Joel was likeable, because he felt more dimensional with his reserved nature and his high regard for personal privacy. Ross was nice as well, though like the title he was mostly meh.
I appreciated that though Joel wasn’t previously out, he eased into the relationship fairly maturely and there were no over the top no homo scenes within the story.
I would say that this story was a solid two star read.
Compared to Satin, I began Silk with much more optimism.
Both the mc’s captured my attention from the beginning and Wells avoided the biggest clichés that go with the millionaire and the prostitute tropes. Matt is an escort because it’s fun and good money. He doesn’t have family in debt or traumatized younger siblings to raise. Lucas is a hard-ass, yes, but he isn’t overly suave or slick and manipulative. So far so good.
The first note I made about the story, was at the first sex scene, and it’s simply that I would have preferred fade to black. And I’ve noticed that to be true with this author. I would prefer if there were only fade to black, which isn’t something that I usually like, but somehow they would, in my opinion, go better with the tone of the stories and they wouldn’t break the flow.
Which they unfortunately do. It’s like I’m getting into the characters and the plot and then there’s page upon page of boring sex. And because the scenes are so disproportionately long, the writing ends up feeling lopsided.
It’s been a while since I finished this story, so like with Satin, I’m going to rely on my notes and my highlights.
Though I just praised the author for avoiding clichés when it came to the mc’s, (and Matt’s little sister is lively and fleshed out instead of just sassy, so points for that) we have the perfect parents instead. You know, those parents who stick their noses everywhere and decide that they want their son to settle down and be happy. The son who is 45.
Matt’s parents’, who weren’t originally too thrilled about his sexuality had apparently a change of heart sometime during the story, because there was no other evidence of them feeling like this other than Matt mentioning it earlier.
In regards to Matt’s escorting, I’m kind of happy that the first time he broke his self employed rules was with the random virgin customer. It solidified that his growth was personal and about his own life and not just his relationship with Lucas.
Lucas’s social anxiety was a great addition to his character. Not only did it explore the fact that not all people can go out and mingle with others easily, but it also highlighted the fact that he had to work hard to be a successful businessman and find ways to manage his anxiety. This made him that much more real.
However, I’m pretty sure you can’t cure social anxiety by just going to a wedding where you don’t know the people, especially if you’re going to be introduced to the parents of the man you’re paying to fuck.
This made me think that the author is an extrovert, because even without anxiety, introverted people rarely think that social gatherings are fun.
As the story progressed, there were quite a few things that irked me.
Like Matt’s parents retiring. Why is it that in m/m all the parents retire once they hit 60. Many people, especially entrepreneurs keep working well into their 70s. Also, they thought it was their business to give Matt (who is 27) shit about dating an older guy. Lucas was 45. It was around there, when Matt’s and Lucas’s parents became almost the same characters.
When we got to the inevitable crisis in the relationship, it was like a breath of fresh air.
I liked that it ended up being Lucas who was much more in touch with his feelings and that he was very upfront about Matt being immature. He also had a organic change of heart about Matt’s escorting and he was never condemning it.
The resolution was satisfying, because it cemented the romance, showed how the characters had grown and made me believe they were able to navigate a relationship by communicating and making compromises.
If the book had ended there, it would have been a three star read, easily.
Then came Granny’s birthday.
Could I just ask what the hell was that?
For the first, 80? % the book is a nice romance and then, it was like a bad comedy.
It reminded me of an episode of Love Boat. There were villainous homophobes, wholesome cousins and, naturally, the granny with balls of steel. It was so, so bad as well as completely superfluous. A quick drop to two stars, though I was half tempted to go with one, merely because of the disappointment.
So, in the end I’ll give this volume two stars. I am sure there are plenty of readers who’ll find both of these books far more entertaining than I did, but for me, they were just average.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 29, 2018
3.5/5
This is a great bundle of stories. What I really liked most was that it was not the same story three times. There were differences between the storylines and the characters.
Lace (3/5)
Lace was my least favorite of the three books. It is a friends-who-want-more-than-friendship love story with one character saying his is bisexual. While I generally love a gfy story, this one felt different. It seemed like the romantic feelings Dave had were more an evolution of his friendship with Shawn over the years than I sudden realization of attraction.
The "issues" that arise between the two are purely from terrible communication and both of them are old enough to know better. While there is some delightful lovin' with this soft kink book and everyone is fairly likable, there was no big BOOM to it. With this type of storyline there was an opportunity for some great slow burn moments and it was total "opportunity missed".
Satin (3.5/5)
YAY! A GFY story. And it is so fun watching Detective Joel Hunter get seduced. Satin was much more fun than the book blurb led me to expect. The dilemma of Joel liking Satin or Ross was not as much a part of the story as Joel realizing he wanted to be with a man and his process of acceptance. While things do move fairly quickly to HEA, Joel did some legit pondering and took steps to process this life-changing realization. I would describe this book as a higher heat than Lace.
I liked this one and really wished I could hear Ross sing!
Silk (4/5)
Let me preface this review with my assertion that forced prostitution or non-con are big no-no's. I do not like those stories and have come to avoid them.
K.C. Wells did a great job of having the readers believe Matt was an escort for the enjoyment and extra spending money. She clearly had fun writing her version of a Pretty Woman-type story.
This book gets +100million likes for having a POC as a wonderful main character.
As usual, I liked the May-December aspect and would have been happy to see that relationship dynamic show up more. This story was focused more on these two men changing well-established intimate behavior patterns.
My only hang up, as a mental health professional, was how seemingly easy it was for Lucas to address his social anxiety. That is not how that goes. BUT I did like that he was willing to talk with Matt about it and their communication on that topic was fairly good.
Grandma was great in this story and on more than one occasion out-shined everyone.
All of these are stand alone stories, so take your pick! I did have the pleasure of reading this Volume through KU.
This is a great bundle of stories. What I really liked most was that it was not the same story three times. There were differences between the storylines and the characters.
Lace (3/5)
Lace was my least favorite of the three books. It is a friends-who-want-more-than-friendship love story with one character saying his is bisexual. While I generally love a gfy story, this one felt different. It seemed like the romantic feelings Dave had were more an evolution of his friendship with Shawn over the years than I sudden realization of attraction.
The "issues" that arise between the two are purely from terrible communication and both of them are old enough to know better. While there is some delightful lovin' with this soft kink book and everyone is fairly likable, there was no big BOOM to it. With this type of storyline there was an opportunity for some great slow burn moments and it was total "opportunity missed".
Satin (3.5/5)
YAY! A GFY story. And it is so fun watching Detective Joel Hunter get seduced. Satin was much more fun than the book blurb led me to expect. The dilemma of Joel liking Satin or Ross was not as much a part of the story as Joel realizing he wanted to be with a man and his process of acceptance. While things do move fairly quickly to HEA, Joel did some legit pondering and took steps to process this life-changing realization. I would describe this book as a higher heat than Lace.
I liked this one and really wished I could hear Ross sing!
Silk (4/5)
Let me preface this review with my assertion that forced prostitution or non-con are big no-no's. I do not like those stories and have come to avoid them.
K.C. Wells did a great job of having the readers believe Matt was an escort for the enjoyment and extra spending money. She clearly had fun writing her version of a Pretty Woman-type story.
This book gets +100million likes for having a POC as a wonderful main character.
As usual, I liked the May-December aspect and would have been happy to see that relationship dynamic show up more. This story was focused more on these two men changing well-established intimate behavior patterns.
My only hang up, as a mental health professional, was how seemingly easy it was for Lucas to address his social anxiety. That is not how that goes. BUT I did like that he was willing to talk with Matt about it and their communication on that topic was fairly good.
Grandma was great in this story and on more than one occasion out-shined everyone.
All of these are stand alone stories, so take your pick! I did have the pleasure of reading this Volume through KU.
December 20, 2019
PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!
To my ratings:
A 3,5* is clicked with a 4* but in review marked as 3,5*:
5* - very very good and rare (it would be a Blow-Away-book like ‘Jesse's Smile’ or ‘Joey’ from Angelique Jurd, ‘Save the the kids’ series
from EM Leya, ‘Love’s Tethered Heart’ from C.L. Etta or ‘Liberty’ from Seth King),
it's like an A+
4* - very good and will be often reread and is a WOW-book with interesting plot and surprises (like most of Andrew Grey books and Davidson Kings 'Haven Hart'-series)
it's like an A
3,5* - a really good book, which will be reread a few times (most romances where you can enjoy for relaxing and during waiting times in
hospitals). I can recommend them definitively!
It's like an B+
3* - it could be more then a one-time-reader (2-3 times a year),
it's like a B
2* - it was ok to read, but it's more a one-time-reader (I wouldn't recommend it heartily, but it was ok)
It's like a C-, D
1* - sorry, but that isn't really a book for me (too many mistakes, not nice plot, illogical, so an absolute NO-GO). It's like failure in the
whole line, dismissed, repeat the class
To my ratings:
A 3,5* is clicked with a 4* but in review marked as 3,5*:
5* - very very good and rare (it would be a Blow-Away-book like ‘Jesse's Smile’ or ‘Joey’ from Angelique Jurd, ‘Save the the kids’ series
from EM Leya, ‘Love’s Tethered Heart’ from C.L. Etta or ‘Liberty’ from Seth King),
it's like an A+
4* - very good and will be often reread and is a WOW-book with interesting plot and surprises (like most of Andrew Grey books and Davidson Kings 'Haven Hart'-series)
it's like an A
3,5* - a really good book, which will be reread a few times (most romances where you can enjoy for relaxing and during waiting times in
hospitals). I can recommend them definitively!
It's like an B+
3* - it could be more then a one-time-reader (2-3 times a year),
it's like a B
2* - it was ok to read, but it's more a one-time-reader (I wouldn't recommend it heartily, but it was ok)
It's like a C-, D
1* - sorry, but that isn't really a book for me (too many mistakes, not nice plot, illogical, so an absolute NO-GO). It's like failure in the
whole line, dismissed, repeat the class
October 16, 2017
Finally
I've been wanting to read these books and they are finally in KU.
Lace - I liked this one, but since they are friends, it feels like we miss some of their connection and not enough time is given to them.
Satin - I think this one is my favorite. I love how easily Ross is accepted by Joel. They still have communication issues and fears, but complete acceptance isn't a problem.
Silk - this is a fun and interesting story. These two are some similar that it causes them to not admit their feelings since they are both scared and they both are stubborn. I love how it ends and Grandmas rock.
I've been wanting to read these books and they are finally in KU.
Lace - I liked this one, but since they are friends, it feels like we miss some of their connection and not enough time is given to them.
Satin - I think this one is my favorite. I love how easily Ross is accepted by Joel. They still have communication issues and fears, but complete acceptance isn't a problem.
Silk - this is a fun and interesting story. These two are some similar that it causes them to not admit their feelings since they are both scared and they both are stubborn. I love how it ends and Grandmas rock.
April 10, 2018
Love!!!
These stories needed to be written. I love this author and can't think of anyone better to have done them better. I especially admire how she shows the level of appreciation the characters have for each material. From feeling pretty or empowered to just liking the way it feels on their skin, each person and their desires were respected and described beautifully. Heck, I even loved the one with an escort and I don't tend to read too many of those. I highly recommend not only these books but all of K.C. Wells' work.
These stories needed to be written. I love this author and can't think of anyone better to have done them better. I especially admire how she shows the level of appreciation the characters have for each material. From feeling pretty or empowered to just liking the way it feels on their skin, each person and their desires were respected and described beautifully. Heck, I even loved the one with an escort and I don't tend to read too many of those. I highly recommend not only these books but all of K.C. Wells' work.
May 21, 2018
4 stars
I really enjoyed all three of the Material series so far. KC Wells has a great style to her writing and I will definitely be trying more. LACE was good, although I found the way the long-term friendship suddenly became an intimate one a little odd. SATIN was my favourite, Joel and Ross were just adorable. SILK was great, but felt a little long for the plot content.
I really enjoyed all three of the Material series so far. KC Wells has a great style to her writing and I will definitely be trying more. LACE was good, although I found the way the long-term friendship suddenly became an intimate one a little odd. SATIN was my favourite, Joel and Ross were just adorable. SILK was great, but felt a little long for the plot content.
September 27, 2018
Reviews in the individual stories.
March 3, 2019
4.5 stars
November 24, 2019
Loved this!
I read all three stories in two days. I didn't want to put it down. Perfect amount of "yum" and "aww, so adorable"
I read all three stories in two days. I didn't want to put it down. Perfect amount of "yum" and "aww, so adorable"
January 6, 2021
Always love a good reread
This book talks I about falling in love maybe a little lust and good sex I like book with good sex read them and have a goodtime
This book talks I about falling in love maybe a little lust and good sex I like book with good sex read them and have a goodtime
January 31, 2021
Comprise
Three enjoyable hot steamy sexy live stories, well worth buying and recommending. I enjoyed book two the most with the Detective meeting a beautiful Singer.
Three enjoyable hot steamy sexy live stories, well worth buying and recommending. I enjoyed book two the most with the Detective meeting a beautiful Singer.
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