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Men of Eagle Peak #1
Finding Their Heart
Surviving the worldwide pandemic was the easy part. Surviving the attention of seven escaped convicts determined to share her in every way? That might be the death of her.
Two years after the worldwide pandemic, there is no law, no communications, no state lines, and no safety. The few who survived came out stronger, each with a unique power. Except for Cora. Powerless and alone after escaping two abusive men, she doesn’t expect to live long. But at least she’s free.
Until she trespasses on Eagle Peak, where a band of seven convicts have created a settlement. Judge is the leader, and he protects what’s his with brutal justice. When he finds Cora, the first woman he and his men have seen since The Fever, he rules that she will stay with them…and be shared by them.
When Judge speaks, the ruling is final. His men will make it so. Whether Cora is ready or not.
Warning: A woman with a tragic past finds her happy-ever-after with seven obsessed, over-the-top alpha males in a post-apocalyptic world. If you’re looking for a reverse harem story bursting with eroticism against a backdrop just bleak enough to keep the tension going, this story is for you.
Triggers: Past sexual assault, dubious consent
Two years after the worldwide pandemic, there is no law, no communications, no state lines, and no safety. The few who survived came out stronger, each with a unique power. Except for Cora. Powerless and alone after escaping two abusive men, she doesn’t expect to live long. But at least she’s free.
Until she trespasses on Eagle Peak, where a band of seven convicts have created a settlement. Judge is the leader, and he protects what’s his with brutal justice. When he finds Cora, the first woman he and his men have seen since The Fever, he rules that she will stay with them…and be shared by them.
When Judge speaks, the ruling is final. His men will make it so. Whether Cora is ready or not.
Warning: A woman with a tragic past finds her happy-ever-after with seven obsessed, over-the-top alpha males in a post-apocalyptic world. If you’re looking for a reverse harem story bursting with eroticism against a backdrop just bleak enough to keep the tension going, this story is for you.
Triggers: Past sexual assault, dubious consent
172 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 20, 2019
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Mira Stanley
26 books93 followersMira dreams of a life where hairy-chested, foul-mouthed pool men serve cocktails while she reads in the embrace of a shady hammock. Her reality looks more like errands, carpooling, sneaking in writing time when she can, and snuggling with her husband and kids after a regular-old day in the Pacific Northwest.
Sex is sacred. It’s also fun. That’s why Mira writes smut with feeling. In her perfect world, every woman who wants it would have access to entertaining, titillating, thought-provoking stories in an environment free of shame.
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Find her at www.mirastanley.com and on Twitter @MiraStanleyAuth
Sex is sacred. It’s also fun. That’s why Mira writes smut with feeling. In her perfect world, every woman who wants it would have access to entertaining, titillating, thought-provoking stories in an environment free of shame.
Some gals like new shoes as a reward for a job well done. Mira prefers reviews and comments from readers. As long as they have arch support.
Find her at www.mirastanley.com and on Twitter @MiraStanleyAuth
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December 23, 2022
Dystopian Snow White and her Seven *large* Dwarves - Smut Version.
This book was surprisingly good. It’s quite dark and deals with lots of triggering subject matter and sometimes made me a little *a lot* angry. But reading further I understood that the anger I felt towards one woman hating character was intentional, so I leaned into it. This is a post apocalyptic reverse harem story, kind of like dark Snow white and her seven dwarfs, if her dwarfs were all over six feet tall ex cons.
So the description and set up points to this being smut, and it totally is, but the story was unexpectedly good and well crafted. The basic premise is that most of humanity is dead because of a global pandemic. A group of seven male survivors have acquired super powers after coming out of the infection. Each survivor is named by his power (yes, there is a Doc) and they have formed a territory with a home base at an old summer camp.
Cora runs into them while she is fleeing her captors, who have held her tied to a bed and repeatedly used her (lots of rape triggers). They give her sanctuary in their camp but she is expected to sleep every night in a different man’s bed, but she gets to choose who.
So even with that set up, this group of men are very big on consent and on helping her overcome what she’s been through.
Overall it’s a very steamy and entertaining story. There are parts that were problematic for me, especially the leader Jud, the woman hater, but the author worked through that well enough that, though I still disliked the guy, I understood why he was how he was and was hopeful that he could grow and change.
The other few issues I had with this book where that the science and explanation of the pandemic and apocalypse was iffy. I almost would have preferred if the characters had just not known why a virus had spread so fast than having a bad explanation thrown out. The danger of writing a viral apocalypse right now is that everyone (ok, not everyone 🙄) but most people have now had a crash course in epidemiology, virology and pandemics. So the reader needs either more or less explanation than we were given here. I might have preferred that since Cora was young when the virus happened and the men were all prisoners, maybe none of them had any real info on why the world is mostly dead.
My other issue is that this book is not the full story. In this book we get the pov of three of the first men she is with and of Cora herself, the remaining four men were away raiding for supplies and their parts have been separated into another book.
Why?
I get it, the author wants to sell more books, but since this book is less than 200 pages, I feel like she should have told the entire story in one book and not split them up. Why do that? It’s not a complete story as it is, so now I have to read a second book. Just put the full story in the one book, Stanley. Now I’m just mildly annoyed. Luckily both books are out and on KU so my annoyance is low.
But overall this is a good bit of RH science fiction smut. It’s an original and interesting story and worth a read. Just check your triggers, this is fairly dark.
This book was surprisingly good. It’s quite dark and deals with lots of triggering subject matter and sometimes made me a little *a lot* angry. But reading further I understood that the anger I felt towards one woman hating character was intentional, so I leaned into it. This is a post apocalyptic reverse harem story, kind of like dark Snow white and her seven dwarfs, if her dwarfs were all over six feet tall ex cons.
So the description and set up points to this being smut, and it totally is, but the story was unexpectedly good and well crafted. The basic premise is that most of humanity is dead because of a global pandemic. A group of seven male survivors have acquired super powers after coming out of the infection. Each survivor is named by his power (yes, there is a Doc) and they have formed a territory with a home base at an old summer camp.
Cora runs into them while she is fleeing her captors, who have held her tied to a bed and repeatedly used her (lots of rape triggers). They give her sanctuary in their camp but she is expected to sleep every night in a different man’s bed, but she gets to choose who.
So even with that set up, this group of men are very big on consent and on helping her overcome what she’s been through.
Overall it’s a very steamy and entertaining story. There are parts that were problematic for me, especially the leader Jud, the woman hater, but the author worked through that well enough that, though I still disliked the guy, I understood why he was how he was and was hopeful that he could grow and change.
The other few issues I had with this book where that the science and explanation of the pandemic and apocalypse was iffy. I almost would have preferred if the characters had just not known why a virus had spread so fast than having a bad explanation thrown out. The danger of writing a viral apocalypse right now is that everyone (ok, not everyone 🙄) but most people have now had a crash course in epidemiology, virology and pandemics. So the reader needs either more or less explanation than we were given here. I might have preferred that since Cora was young when the virus happened and the men were all prisoners, maybe none of them had any real info on why the world is mostly dead.
My other issue is that this book is not the full story. In this book we get the pov of three of the first men she is with and of Cora herself, the remaining four men were away raiding for supplies and their parts have been separated into another book.
Why?
I get it, the author wants to sell more books, but since this book is less than 200 pages, I feel like she should have told the entire story in one book and not split them up. Why do that? It’s not a complete story as it is, so now I have to read a second book. Just put the full story in the one book, Stanley. Now I’m just mildly annoyed. Luckily both books are out and on KU so my annoyance is low.
But overall this is a good bit of RH science fiction smut. It’s an original and interesting story and worth a read. Just check your triggers, this is fairly dark.
December 14, 2022
3.5⭐️
I really enjoyed this actually. The writing made it easy to devour quickly and I loved getting to know Cora, Grim and Doc. Even the brief presence of the other 4 at the end.
Not Jud. Jud can yeet himself off a ravine tbh. I’m really skeptical how the author will be able to redeem him. We’ve gotten his POV, we’ve been inside his head. It’s a scary place 😬. He doesn’t see Cora as a human, a woman, he sees her as an object to be used for his own gain, his pleasure. Who cares that for two years she’s been tortured, abused and r*ped, right? He’s a man and deserves sex anytime he wants. But you can’t blame him because one woman hurt him in his past so he’s in the right for treating all of woman-kind like this. 🙄 (Btw, this wasn’t an exaggeration lol, his thoughts were pretty gross and horrible). It was rough reading his POV, knowing he’s a MMC AND that he coaxed her into a sexual situation only a few days after escaping from her captors. She shook her head no, but also lifted her hips, so he took that as an enthusiastic yes. 😠
The story itself is interesting, with each man having unique gifts (and the gifts apparently had a side effect of making their cum tasty y’all! Like salted caramel yummy 😂). Cora was really naïve but I liked how Grim and Doc behaved and talked to her in the days after she was brought to their camp.
If I ignore the whole “only woman left in the world, do they actually like Cora or do they only want her uterus and the babies she can pop out for them,” I’m invested. I’m curious where the author will take this and I’ll go along for the ride.
I really enjoyed this actually. The writing made it easy to devour quickly and I loved getting to know Cora, Grim and Doc. Even the brief presence of the other 4 at the end.
Not Jud. Jud can yeet himself off a ravine tbh. I’m really skeptical how the author will be able to redeem him. We’ve gotten his POV, we’ve been inside his head. It’s a scary place 😬. He doesn’t see Cora as a human, a woman, he sees her as an object to be used for his own gain, his pleasure. Who cares that for two years she’s been tortured, abused and r*ped, right? He’s a man and deserves sex anytime he wants. But you can’t blame him because one woman hurt him in his past so he’s in the right for treating all of woman-kind like this. 🙄 (Btw, this wasn’t an exaggeration lol, his thoughts were pretty gross and horrible). It was rough reading his POV, knowing he’s a MMC AND that he coaxed her into a sexual situation only a few days after escaping from her captors. She shook her head no, but also lifted her hips, so he took that as an enthusiastic yes. 😠
The story itself is interesting, with each man having unique gifts (and the gifts apparently had a side effect of making their cum tasty y’all! Like salted caramel yummy 😂). Cora was really naïve but I liked how Grim and Doc behaved and talked to her in the days after she was brought to their camp.
If I ignore the whole “only woman left in the world, do they actually like Cora or do they only want her uterus and the babies she can pop out for them,” I’m invested. I’m curious where the author will take this and I’ll go along for the ride.
October 3, 2023
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MAGICAL HEALING PENIS. DNF 41%
2 years being raped (virgin prior), tortured, and humiliated by a psychopath and his brother.
Escapes, is saved by a MMC.
Same night sits trustingly on a man’s lap, and enjoys being kissed by him.
Has hundreds of cigarette burns on her back in various stages of healing.
Is nervous when a MMC lights a smoke, nothing more.
Sleeps next to an unconscious MMC, but in the morning when he wakes, he plays with her breast, she gets frightened, but then decides she liked it and suggest he do it again the next time she shares his bed. They passionately kiss.
She skips away happy.
There’s more, other idiotic, completely unbelievable rubbish, but why bother.
The whole abuse thing was clearly just a plot device.
It should have seriously been toned down. The author clearly didn’t care about using it for a healing arc, to establish threat, or anything else, other than a way to prove how special their connection was 🤮 and how implicitly she trusted them 🤢
Oh, and a way for MMC1 to establish dominance and control:
Sure, it’s that f-ing easy.
2 years being raped (virgin prior), tortured, and humiliated by a psychopath and his brother.
Escapes, is saved by a MMC.
Same night sits trustingly on a man’s lap, and enjoys being kissed by him.
Has hundreds of cigarette burns on her back in various stages of healing.
Is nervous when a MMC lights a smoke, nothing more.
Sleeps next to an unconscious MMC, but in the morning when he wakes, he plays with her breast, she gets frightened, but then decides she liked it and suggest he do it again the next time she shares his bed. They passionately kiss.
She skips away happy.
There’s more, other idiotic, completely unbelievable rubbish, but why bother.
The whole abuse thing was clearly just a plot device.
It should have seriously been toned down. The author clearly didn’t care about using it for a healing arc, to establish threat, or anything else, other than a way to prove how special their connection was 🤮 and how implicitly she trusted them 🤢
Oh, and a way for MMC1 to establish dominance and control:
I’m not going to wait to have her while she does fucking therapy for a year to get over what was done to her. The others won’t have that kind of patience, either. I’m the Judge, and I say she’ll get over it by facing what she’s been through head-on. And we’ll be there to help her through it, show her there are decent men out there too.
Sure, it’s that f-ing easy.
August 22, 2019
It was good, but one year 'till the next one. Yey!
November 29, 2022
1.5 ★
DNF @ 59%
The first half of this had me thinking I’d finally found a reverse harem / why choose that I actually like. The writing was so good (and I loved the style), the characterization was terrific (this is usually my biggest gripe with RH/WC), and the worldbuilding was well done and interesting. And then the first sex scene happened and it all went to shit…
Anyway, that was certainly a… choice by the author. And maybe there’s some perfectly good explanation for her utter lack of knowledge/comprehension, but if so, it should have been given to us before the pedophilia-vibes sex scene.
DNF @ 59%
The first half of this had me thinking I’d finally found a reverse harem / why choose that I actually like. The writing was so good (and I loved the style), the characterization was terrific (this is usually my biggest gripe with RH/WC), and the worldbuilding was well done and interesting. And then the first sex scene happened and it all went to shit…
Anyway, that was certainly a… choice by the author. And maybe there’s some perfectly good explanation for her utter lack of knowledge/comprehension, but if so, it should have been given to us before the pedophilia-vibes sex scene.
January 28, 2023
This is tough to write a review for, for some reason. I will say I enjoyed it and the pages flew, but I feel sad for Cora's situation. This is a big harem and how quickly she needs to adjust to her situation really sucks. There are some Hs that I feel are going to be great, while the others are still a big unknown. Looking forward to seeing how things progress.
November 4, 2023
Why is every man I read about lately just a massive assh*le. I don’t get it. I think I’m meant to have more tolerance when reading these shitty character (I would probably have warmed up to them in the second book), but currently I don’t have the patience.
DNF at 73%
There is mention of triggers. Torture and SA in particular, but it’s not mentioned in the present day. Only briefly when describing her past.
Back to the men … Jud is awful. She’s gone through some awful stuff and he purposely makes her feel uncomfortable and constantly implies that he is going to take things very fast with her. It’s like he’s constantly dishing out these little threats. I swear to god if the word ‘p**sy’ is mention one more time, instead of using her name … I had to DNF it was getting annoying.
Docs kinda nice. She’s 20 so the age gap isn’t too big. Another reason I stopped reading was because they induced a new MMC who is 50. The age gap is way tooo big for me and has never been a trope I really enjoyed. They constantly describe her as acting like a teenager and so potentially being with a 50 year old makes it feel super creepy.
I love a dystopia book, but this wasn’t for me.
DNF at 73%
There is mention of triggers. Torture and SA in particular, but it’s not mentioned in the present day. Only briefly when describing her past.
Back to the men … Jud is awful. She’s gone through some awful stuff and he purposely makes her feel uncomfortable and constantly implies that he is going to take things very fast with her. It’s like he’s constantly dishing out these little threats. I swear to god if the word ‘p**sy’ is mention one more time, instead of using her name … I had to DNF it was getting annoying.
Docs kinda nice. She’s 20 so the age gap isn’t too big. Another reason I stopped reading was because they induced a new MMC who is 50. The age gap is way tooo big for me and has never been a trope I really enjoyed. They constantly describe her as acting like a teenager and so potentially being with a 50 year old makes it feel super creepy.
I love a dystopia book, but this wasn’t for me.
December 11, 2022
A strange mix of RH, post-apocalypse and paranormal romance that totally worked for me!
It's the end of the world via a virus that gives the survivors gifts. Cora has been abused almost since it struck, but she's finally gotten free. She ends up getting saved/caught by a group of men that have been waiting for "their heart". For the good of his group, Jud says that Cora has to share a bed each night with one of his 6 men. This make Jud come off as a complete jerk, but he does soften his attitude and change his way throughout the series.
Loved how the story unfolded and the slow, but steady building of each of the relationships.
It's the end of the world via a virus that gives the survivors gifts. Cora has been abused almost since it struck, but she's finally gotten free. She ends up getting saved/caught by a group of men that have been waiting for "their heart". For the good of his group, Jud says that Cora has to share a bed each night with one of his 6 men. This make Jud come off as a complete jerk, but he does soften his attitude and change his way throughout the series.
Loved how the story unfolded and the slow, but steady building of each of the relationships.
June 12, 2023
Book 1: 3.5 stars
Book 2: 3.0 stars
Book 3: 2.5 stars
Book 4: DNF @ Chapter 9
*sigh* I can't finish the last book, Book 4. I've just gotten to a point where I'm so taken out of the story that I cannot go on. But, I tried to finish a series, for once, I really did! Is it my fault that they always lose their momentum? Hm, could be.
There's just something about the writing style and choices that have just accumulated to the point where I can decide that it's just not for me. Overall, I don't think I would recommend this series. It's not bad, but it's also not great.
See below for a super long review, but the tl;dr is that it just badly needed an editor, more transparency (and maybe planning) on tropes and kinks, and more realistic timelines.
**Note that this is an overarching review of the entire series, not a single book. I binge read, and they get muddied in my memory, so I just smoosh them into one review. This will get copied to the other books in the series.**
Pros:
-World Building. This is ultimately what hooked me and kept me going. It's like someone was playing a game of Pandemic but it was real. Then throw in magical Gifts for everyone and a mystical God-like entity called the Working. Innate pulls to people and places. Prophecy dreams. It was really interesting and unique, and I definitely wanted to know what would happen.
-Some of the guys could be great. They have a lot of potential with interesting backstories and quirks. #TeamShep but Grim, Doc, and Brawn were also fun. Highkey get the cringe from Rev, Scrap is boring, and see the Cons list for Jud.
-Plot reminders. You ever read a sequel, but you kinda forgot stuff from the previous book? Well, in these, a recall is woven into the first chapter as part of the plot. As a binge reader, I didn't love it. However, if you read these as they came out, several months apart, I'm sure you'd appreciate it.
-Smut is okay. It was definitely interesting. Pacing stood out to me as well-done. If these are your kinks, you'd probably really like the scenes. See caveat in Cons.
-Minimal typos. They do exist, but they aren't glaring or immersion-ruining.
Cons:
-Unrealistic trauma recovery. Look, I get that this is not a literary tale. It's just a romance, meant to be fun. But, I still expect a level of realism. A young woman, barely an adult, who is a sexually and physically abused prisoner for 2 years in a post-apocalyptic world, will not be having sex and cuddling perfect strangers in one week. She won't. The author tries to make it realistic, I guess, by writing in Cora being triggered by stuff and "going to the darkness", but she comes out of it super fast and doesn't dwell on it. She also has a newfound sexual awakened and discovery that, again, doesn't fit her trauma timeline.
-Unrealistic experience. I find it so hard to believe that anyone over the age of like 13 wouldn't understand what sex is, and what a clit is, and what penises are. Cora, however, has the sexual knowledge and awareness of a girl raised in a hyper-religious, conservative upbringing. She's never masturbated because she was "too busy". (side-eye). And yet, once the harem gets going (note, in... 2 days of her arrival... after escaping her abuser), she's all about making out and heavy petting and BJs. (bombastic side eye).
-Everyone's personality is their trauma, except Cora's which is being nice. And it's BORING. 99% of the world just died and you can't talk about your shitty ex from 5 years ago?? Like, why we being all secretive?
-Jud is an unredeemable asshole. OOH the sexist caveman, women-are-objects-for-sex, we-gotta-repopulate-the-planet-so-she's-a-brood-mare-for-us-now garbage he both thinks and says. Then, he's downright hateful towards Cora, like a right DICK who is snappy and aggressive and impatient. At one point, he even blatantly threatens Cora with sex, declaring it'll happen whether she wants it or not (woop woop r-word alert) *tonight*. idc if that doesn't actually happen, he SAID it and he MENT it. THEN. OH THEN. Doc tells Cora, "you gotta understand, he's a leader, and you're the first time he's ever been questioned, and he doesn't like it" which totally does not explain his behavior, nor excuse it. I think Cora is just gaslighting herself the whole time into liking him because she thinks she should because he killed her abuser. No, sweetie, he never groveled or played nice or anything. She just d e c i d e s to give him a chance. Then for 2 books he does a 180. I'm sorry Ms. Author Stanley, you don't get to ignore that you write him as an asshat in Book 1 and pretend his just a misunderstood-bad-boy-with-my-wife-cheated-on-me-so-I-don't-trust-women mindset. No. He's terrible. You can't convince me otherwise.
-Weird theme of gender roles and expectations, but with NO reason. So. Jud never says anything about repopulating the planet to Cora. That's just inner monologue for him. So, explain why Cora gets it in her head that that's an expectation of her, since she's the last woman? She has a lot of thoughts that, again, sound like she was raised in a really religious, conservative cult. Her thoughts towards sex have this problem, too, where there's literally mentioned the phrase, "don't give out the milk for free." There's also a lot of protector themes, which I don't normally mind, but they grated on me here.
-Insta love. See #1 con.
-"I watch porn for the plot" but it was real. This particular series HEAVILY features the Daddy kink from Book 1. (not my bag of kinks tbh but I was kinda into the world building). But is does end up eating in to a LOT of smut later on, and #1 daddy kink isn't for me, and #2 Rev is like, not a cute or interesting or sexy guy. The age gap is huge (his 52 to her 20), and he is written as a born-again religious fanatic with , I quote, "crazy eyes" and a "huge wooden cross" necklace. I cringed my way through many smut scenes just to get to the plot, and I'm literally not kidding.
-I don't think the series was planned as a series. I think it was written just by book. Book 1 is only like 150 pages, while 2 is 250, 3 and 4 are 350. This, imo, really messed up pacing and character development because Book 1 is super fast paced and relationship are basically instant, but then all other books lowkey drag.
-Plot hole. Why does Raptor not care about the Texas settlement? They are closer than the Montana one, so you'd think he would want to raid their supplies. How and why would he have thought to send his bird spies north?
Pet Peeves that got on my nerves, honestly don't really matter, but I still didn't like
-the Daddy kink. the Age Gap. the toe sucking . Not for me, but y'know #dontkinkshame or whatever.
-if you're in Texas and you're given sweetened tea, it's "sweet tea" not "sweetened ice tea"
-everything sounds like an older person wrote it. It's in the language and vocab of choice. Phrases like "loving on you" for sexual acts. "Schoolmarm". Cora's constant reflection on her youth. The aforementioned gender and sex things. It just doesn't sound like how a younger person would write?
-multiple uses of the word "preggers" in lieu of "pregnant"
-my DNF was caused by a line in Book 4 wherein on of the characters (not the oldest one, Rev) mentions that he was in Desert Storm. Assuming the book is written in the modern (which is not indicated otherwise), he at minimum would be 50. This is in directly contrast to earlier descriptions of their ages, is a major error in writing, and completely ruined the character and thus story for me. Too big of a mistake to forgive.
June 22, 2023
I am truly astonished this book got so many good reviews. I gave up at the 70% mark, couldn't stomach it anymore.
At the surface this novel ticks many well-used but loved tropes. Post-apocalyptic survival romance, reverse harem, etc. At the surface....
Instead what we are delivered is a book stinking of non-con/VERY dub con. Long term SA survivor escapes her tormentors to run into the loving lap of a man who literally saw her abuse in memories and immediately throws her into a bed roulette and "can't wait to get his dick wet".
The SA survivor (our heroine) has horrific full-color flashbacks and our illustrious *cough* hero, is very adamant that he isn't going to wait for her to heal and "get her head straight" before getting his willy wet.
The hero is also under the assumption, somehow, that one woman and six men would somehow be able to repopulate a multi-state sized area of the US.
The author also does a horrible injustice to the Dom/Daddy Dom stories and community. If this was the first story of that kink I'd ever read, it would have soured me to never try to read it again.
At the surface this novel ticks many well-used but loved tropes. Post-apocalyptic survival romance, reverse harem, etc. At the surface....
Instead what we are delivered is a book stinking of non-con/VERY dub con. Long term SA survivor escapes her tormentors to run into the loving lap of a man who literally saw her abuse in memories and immediately throws her into a bed roulette and "can't wait to get his dick wet".
The SA survivor (our heroine) has horrific full-color flashbacks and our illustrious *cough* hero, is very adamant that he isn't going to wait for her to heal and "get her head straight" before getting his willy wet.
The hero is also under the assumption, somehow, that one woman and six men would somehow be able to repopulate a multi-state sized area of the US.
The author also does a horrible injustice to the Dom/Daddy Dom stories and community. If this was the first story of that kink I'd ever read, it would have soured me to never try to read it again.
January 6, 2021
No strong representations of diverse characters or minority identities.
Overall: 3/5 stars
I really enjoyed the plot and thought that the Heroine, Cora's characterization, was well developed, both of which made the book a 3-star read for me. However, a big warning: this book is not a realistic representation of trauma, considering Cora is comfortable around men and sleeping in the same bed as strangers after being held hostage (and sexually abused and tortured) for two-years.
Also, Judge (the leader of the group of men) is severely problematic; he encourages r@pe culture in his own compound. To understand what I'm talking about, read the following spoiler about Judge:
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions
Possible Triggers:
Ending:
Overall: 3/5 stars
I really enjoyed the plot and thought that the Heroine, Cora's characterization, was well developed, both of which made the book a 3-star read for me. However, a big warning: this book is not a realistic representation of trauma, considering Cora is comfortable around men and sleeping in the same bed as strangers after being held hostage (and sexually abused and tortured) for two-years.
Also, Judge (the leader of the group of men) is severely problematic; he encourages r@pe culture in his own compound. To understand what I'm talking about, read the following spoiler about Judge:
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions
Possible Triggers:
Ending:
July 26, 2022
Short, but intriguing dystopian story. Can’t wait to read book 2.
January 10, 2025
It’s like a dime store Brutes of Bristlebrook. I enjoyed it, but I could have used about 100 more pages of slow burn and exposition. Hoping the next books will have more detail.
December 12, 2023
Reverse harem, apocalypse, superpowers, past T and R.
It was a good start, but i was surprised it finished so early. It felt like the story was just getting started. We've only met three men?whyd we stop their? It's not a real cliffhanger ending but still annoying either way.
I'm kind of interested to see where the plot takes us. Are there any other books out from this series?
It was a good start, but i was surprised it finished so early. It felt like the story was just getting started. We've only met three men?whyd we stop their? It's not a real cliffhanger ending but still annoying either way.
I'm kind of interested to see where the plot takes us. Are there any other books out from this series?
August 21, 2019
Snow White for Grownups me thinks this is
I don’t know why, well maybe because there are seven men in this story, but it reminded me immediately of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Everything about this rang out like a fairy tale. A dark, ominous fairy tale, like the ones by Brothers Grimm. Where there’s a touch of stark reality and magic twined together. Fitting really since one of the characters is nicknamed Grim (as in Grim Reaper). Another similarity is the leading lady herself, Cora. She’s said to have skin as white as snow or something like that, lol 😆. Also in the original fairy tale, the heart of Snow White is a huge symbol for the entire story. In this story, Cora is, figuratively speaking, the heart for these men.
She’s been through hell, but she’s a fighter and deep down isn’t ready to throw in the towel. And even though she’s been abused by a vicious, POS, sorry excuse for a human being, she’s still so sweet and good and innocent. Her heart is still so untainted. But it’s hurting bad. And even though the leader of the pack claims her for himself and his brothers in arms, it’s clear they all intend to heal her wounds. Both the physical and spiritual.
It’s a delicious slow burn. We get POVs of all characters that have been introduced so far. And you feel not only for Cora, but for all of them. They all have scars. They’re all survivors and fighters. I think it’s fate that has brought them together. Can’t wait to read more about this journey. This isn’t just about the erotic. There’s a full length story here folks. There’s something lurking out there in the wilderness and this motley crew of bulking strong men and a fragile-yet-determined young woman is going to get to the bottom of it whether they like it or not. But yeah, the smexy times are so far very sweet and tame, but great 👍.
Love that each guy gets a nickname (another nod to SW?). Love that there is humor here, it’s not all dread and gloom, even though y’know hello post-apocalypse! Because even in the face of tragedy you got lighten that sh!t up. And instead of cute little miners, we get strapping, hunky men with good intentions but naughty minds. Yay 👏👏👏👏. Also, umm, best cover ever!!!! Noice. Thank you Ms. Stanley.
I don’t know why, well maybe because there are seven men in this story, but it reminded me immediately of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Everything about this rang out like a fairy tale. A dark, ominous fairy tale, like the ones by Brothers Grimm. Where there’s a touch of stark reality and magic twined together. Fitting really since one of the characters is nicknamed Grim (as in Grim Reaper). Another similarity is the leading lady herself, Cora. She’s said to have skin as white as snow or something like that, lol 😆. Also in the original fairy tale, the heart of Snow White is a huge symbol for the entire story. In this story, Cora is, figuratively speaking, the heart for these men.
She’s been through hell, but she’s a fighter and deep down isn’t ready to throw in the towel. And even though she’s been abused by a vicious, POS, sorry excuse for a human being, she’s still so sweet and good and innocent. Her heart is still so untainted. But it’s hurting bad. And even though the leader of the pack claims her for himself and his brothers in arms, it’s clear they all intend to heal her wounds. Both the physical and spiritual.
It’s a delicious slow burn. We get POVs of all characters that have been introduced so far. And you feel not only for Cora, but for all of them. They all have scars. They’re all survivors and fighters. I think it’s fate that has brought them together. Can’t wait to read more about this journey. This isn’t just about the erotic. There’s a full length story here folks. There’s something lurking out there in the wilderness and this motley crew of bulking strong men and a fragile-yet-determined young woman is going to get to the bottom of it whether they like it or not. But yeah, the smexy times are so far very sweet and tame, but great 👍.
Love that each guy gets a nickname (another nod to SW?). Love that there is humor here, it’s not all dread and gloom, even though y’know hello post-apocalypse! Because even in the face of tragedy you got lighten that sh!t up. And instead of cute little miners, we get strapping, hunky men with good intentions but naughty minds. Yay 👏👏👏👏. Also, umm, best cover ever!!!! Noice. Thank you Ms. Stanley.
January 17, 2021
***SPOILER***
There's hardly anyone left on the planet and Cora is the captive of a rapist. For two years she's raped and hurt. One day she escapes and is saved by two members of her harem: Judge and Grim. In this strange new world, many survivors (including those in her harem) are gifted with preternatural powers. They take Cora back to their territory, which they've managed to keep safe and thrive within. There she meets the third member of Harem, Doc. The other four members of the harem are out scavenging but we meet Scrap, Shep, Rev and Brawn near the end. Judge knows that the only way to keep his crew strong is to share Cora among the men and to help her get her over her traumatic past as quickly as possible. As you can imagine, this chafes. This book is all about the characters struggling with this new dynamic. There is a hint of trouble to come at the end when Judge shoots a bird not indigenes to the area, which seemed to be spying on them.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read and I'm excited to learn more about the powers these men have and the animosity they're sure to face.
There's hardly anyone left on the planet and Cora is the captive of a rapist. For two years she's raped and hurt. One day she escapes and is saved by two members of her harem: Judge and Grim. In this strange new world, many survivors (including those in her harem) are gifted with preternatural powers. They take Cora back to their territory, which they've managed to keep safe and thrive within. There she meets the third member of Harem, Doc. The other four members of the harem are out scavenging but we meet Scrap, Shep, Rev and Brawn near the end. Judge knows that the only way to keep his crew strong is to share Cora among the men and to help her get her over her traumatic past as quickly as possible. As you can imagine, this chafes. This book is all about the characters struggling with this new dynamic. There is a hint of trouble to come at the end when Judge shoots a bird not indigenes to the area, which seemed to be spying on them.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read and I'm excited to learn more about the powers these men have and the animosity they're sure to face.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 27, 2019
A great start to a new trilogy.
I love Mira Stanley Dirty Minds series so I definitely had to read this. I like post apocalyptic romance and good ones are so hard to find. Cora has been through so much my heart was goes out to her. These men has so much character and a story underneath their rough exterior.
I can't wait to learn more of them.
I love Mira Stanley Dirty Minds series so I definitely had to read this. I like post apocalyptic romance and good ones are so hard to find. Cora has been through so much my heart was goes out to her. These men has so much character and a story underneath their rough exterior.
I can't wait to learn more of them.
January 1, 2020
Couldn't put it down!
Loved it! I loved the strength of all those who consider themselves 'broken'. It gives me hope that even us less than perfect ppl, have a chance at love too. I can't wait for #2!!!!! Please don't make me wait!!!!!!
Loved it! I loved the strength of all those who consider themselves 'broken'. It gives me hope that even us less than perfect ppl, have a chance at love too. I can't wait for #2!!!!! Please don't make me wait!!!!!!
August 21, 2019
A yes from me
Short book,but Smooth read, love the people in this story,,, need more asap, I will recommend to family and friends
Short book,but Smooth read, love the people in this story,,, need more asap, I will recommend to family and friends
August 31, 2019
A must read
Wow what a great book loved the story binge read it in a day my house work has sufferd off to read the next part
Wow what a great book loved the story binge read it in a day my house work has sufferd off to read the next part
September 6, 2023
A definite must-read to all thos reverse harem lovers out there!
Great characters, good plot, and some mystery left unsolved. I cannot wait for the 2nd book to come out!
Great characters, good plot, and some mystery left unsolved. I cannot wait for the 2nd book to come out!
March 10, 2020
Interesting take
This book caught my attention and I couldn't put it down. Looking forward to more in the series, want to meet the rest of her men.
This book caught my attention and I couldn't put it down. Looking forward to more in the series, want to meet the rest of her men.
September 24, 2023
This~ was harder to read but bc i finished it that alone increases the star. hahah
February 17, 2024
No burn. I believe it’s a series so prolly gets spicy later but not spicy enough for me.
November 9, 2023
book 1
I gotta be honest, I don’t know how this book has so many high ratings. I think I sat here intrigued 25% of the time and the other 75% cringing.
The fmc is 20 years old and had met her @buser at 18 right when some apocalyptic thing happened. There’s no real information as to how they came upon each other but the end result is she escapes a horrific captivity. The abuse done to her sounds dreadful and the fact that this book doesn’t have a trigger warning is garbage. Honestly the fmc being able to “cock a hip” and have sassy moments just doesn’t ring true for someone who should be down trodden and somewhat dull in spirit. There were many instances where the @buse done to her didn’t match how spicy she got. Especially because the fmc kept referring to the guys’ package as a “thing” and referred to the intimacy as “sex things” the way she was written she sounded so juvenile and childish I wasn’t sure if I could continue- this apocalypse sounded like it happened within the 2000s where there’s internet access everywhere and she herself agreed that she had some curiosity in the spicy side of life- it didn’t make sense why she’d sound so juvenile? The way she catalogued her spice encounter with jud was so cringey. She sounded like a baby and like she had no idea what did what even though she had her trauma.
I think what killed my vibe was that this book took place over a span of three days and she goes from @bused victim to someone who is cocky and finding her spirit. And to me that just doesn’t feel like the way a character would act especially with her history and state of affairs in the world. And then top that with the fact Jud is a complete dirtbag jack@as who tells her that her job is to basically keep everyone satisfied. It was incredibly difficult to like someone who just kept coercing this girl into being physical. One of his lines was telling the abused fmc who’s struggling if she’ll ever be able to have intimacy that she’s “more ready than she thinks, let me show you ” like cool, mansplain to me a little more and then he’s like internal monologuing that he wants her to get past it so “a man can do what he needs to with a woman” The author tried to make him sound a little more palatable while they got a little spicy but it just couldn’t bring back the fact that he was boarderline like the guy who she ran away from- in the perspective like he owned her body and that she’d ultimately be forced to get through her trauma, the other guys said it perfectly- he’s acting like she’s a blow up doll. It in no way endears himself, then he started talking about himself in third person and referring himself as daddy and it was just SO cringe- they have no real background with each other and he’s all like trying to bring about dirty talk about how she’s daddy’s good girl and it just felt so creepy there’s no background or build up this is day three and it feels creeptastic. Especially because there were a few comparisons to her dad acting as a father and how he wanted to take that kind of leadership role. Having that mental comparison in my head, like both of them thinking about how her dad had to be a father and parent and he’s trying to get into that role then make it sexu@l was so cringe. Like ultimate ick. Again this encounter with her and the guys just feels like coercion, pushing a traumatized person into physical while not trying to come off as r@pey. And then fmc is inexperienced and her inner monologuing explaining his genital area was so ew. There were a ton of times I caught myself rolling my eyes. This felt like it didn’t make sense and wasn’t well written enough to pull off not having this vibe. The detailed explanation of her pubes and how homegirl who’s quite aware of po*n keeps referring to the guys’ genitals as “things” just sounds so infantile. I don’t know how this got a bunch of stars. I’m curious to see where this goes but I know it’s going to be difficult to get through, especially bc I don’t feel like this book had to be broken up into other books, that feels very money grabbing to me. There’s not very much of anything happening in this first book it doesn’t make sense to end it the way she did.
I gotta be honest, I don’t know how this book has so many high ratings. I think I sat here intrigued 25% of the time and the other 75% cringing.
The fmc is 20 years old and had met her @buser at 18 right when some apocalyptic thing happened. There’s no real information as to how they came upon each other but the end result is she escapes a horrific captivity. The abuse done to her sounds dreadful and the fact that this book doesn’t have a trigger warning is garbage. Honestly the fmc being able to “cock a hip” and have sassy moments just doesn’t ring true for someone who should be down trodden and somewhat dull in spirit. There were many instances where the @buse done to her didn’t match how spicy she got. Especially because the fmc kept referring to the guys’ package as a “thing” and referred to the intimacy as “sex things” the way she was written she sounded so juvenile and childish I wasn’t sure if I could continue- this apocalypse sounded like it happened within the 2000s where there’s internet access everywhere and she herself agreed that she had some curiosity in the spicy side of life- it didn’t make sense why she’d sound so juvenile? The way she catalogued her spice encounter with jud was so cringey. She sounded like a baby and like she had no idea what did what even though she had her trauma.
I think what killed my vibe was that this book took place over a span of three days and she goes from @bused victim to someone who is cocky and finding her spirit. And to me that just doesn’t feel like the way a character would act especially with her history and state of affairs in the world. And then top that with the fact Jud is a complete dirtbag jack@as who tells her that her job is to basically keep everyone satisfied. It was incredibly difficult to like someone who just kept coercing this girl into being physical. One of his lines was telling the abused fmc who’s struggling if she’ll ever be able to have intimacy that she’s “more ready than she thinks, let me show you ” like cool, mansplain to me a little more and then he’s like internal monologuing that he wants her to get past it so “a man can do what he needs to with a woman” The author tried to make him sound a little more palatable while they got a little spicy but it just couldn’t bring back the fact that he was boarderline like the guy who she ran away from- in the perspective like he owned her body and that she’d ultimately be forced to get through her trauma, the other guys said it perfectly- he’s acting like she’s a blow up doll. It in no way endears himself, then he started talking about himself in third person and referring himself as daddy and it was just SO cringe- they have no real background with each other and he’s all like trying to bring about dirty talk about how she’s daddy’s good girl and it just felt so creepy there’s no background or build up this is day three and it feels creeptastic. Especially because there were a few comparisons to her dad acting as a father and how he wanted to take that kind of leadership role. Having that mental comparison in my head, like both of them thinking about how her dad had to be a father and parent and he’s trying to get into that role then make it sexu@l was so cringe. Like ultimate ick. Again this encounter with her and the guys just feels like coercion, pushing a traumatized person into physical while not trying to come off as r@pey. And then fmc is inexperienced and her inner monologuing explaining his genital area was so ew. There were a ton of times I caught myself rolling my eyes. This felt like it didn’t make sense and wasn’t well written enough to pull off not having this vibe. The detailed explanation of her pubes and how homegirl who’s quite aware of po*n keeps referring to the guys’ genitals as “things” just sounds so infantile. I don’t know how this got a bunch of stars. I’m curious to see where this goes but I know it’s going to be difficult to get through, especially bc I don’t feel like this book had to be broken up into other books, that feels very money grabbing to me. There’s not very much of anything happening in this first book it doesn’t make sense to end it the way she did.
August 22, 2023
DNF - 100% of book 1 & 2 - 8% of book 3
***Review Shared for the series***
***Spoilers Ahead***
Okay so.... I wanted to love this series so bad. I love a good damaged fmc. And this girl is d.a.m.a.g.e.d.
One man. One word. One d0uchcanoe... Judge.
I wanted to see him be redeemed. I did. I wanted to see him get his head out of his a**. But I lost patience with this man. He was just as bad as Leon. He saw a woman and decided she would be used as a breeding cow. And because he is a man? he has the right to make that decision? Like... I'll give you protection but you have to let me use your body... oh and six other men.... And then he continuously treated her like she wasn't even human. He had these rare moments where you thought he saw her differently and then he would say she is leading him by his d*ck. Like no sh*t dude. You're letting your d*ck lead you too. What's the difference? And then to have them have a daddy kink? No. Sorry. He is literally the WORST man to have a daddy kink with. Daddies actually care about their baby girls as humans at least.
Okay Jud rant over...
The other men are the reason I continued to read these books. They were good for the most part. I still think everyone should have stuck up for her more and not pushed her because that's not how trauma works, but you win some you lose some.
The plotline outside the relationship was kinda meh. I wish Leon or his brother had survived so that they could have been the antagonists. The conflict kinda came out of left field when the relationship just started to work through their issues so it was kind of a lot. It had really just started up when I decided to quit so I didn't get very far into it.
Also the entire series seemed heavily focused on her sexual relationships. Which is all the more reason her trauma should have been more of a focus to work through.
Thank God (ha! inside joke once you read it) for Rev. Their relationship was a bit cringey (mostly because he came off creepy in general sometimes, but also because of the age gap, and I love a good age gap) but he was the only one that actually seemed to really focus on finding ways for her to heal and move past what happened to her. Their Daddy kink was more DDlg which is rare to read and was a nice change of pace and seemed to work for them. I also appreciated how the author explained it in the book.
Grim was... chef's kiss. He can be husband any day. I loved that their relationship seemed so natural and she trusted him so much. Also the fact that he was genuinely p*ssed off about how she was being treated him made him a favorite.
So yeah, not only of my favorites... I might come back for the smut later on because that was pretty good. It was a great idea. I just wish it had been executed differently.
***Review Shared for the series***
***Spoilers Ahead***
Okay so.... I wanted to love this series so bad. I love a good damaged fmc. And this girl is d.a.m.a.g.e.d.
One man. One word. One d0uchcanoe... Judge.
I wanted to see him be redeemed. I did. I wanted to see him get his head out of his a**. But I lost patience with this man. He was just as bad as Leon. He saw a woman and decided she would be used as a breeding cow. And because he is a man? he has the right to make that decision? Like... I'll give you protection but you have to let me use your body... oh and six other men.... And then he continuously treated her like she wasn't even human. He had these rare moments where you thought he saw her differently and then he would say she is leading him by his d*ck. Like no sh*t dude. You're letting your d*ck lead you too. What's the difference? And then to have them have a daddy kink? No. Sorry. He is literally the WORST man to have a daddy kink with. Daddies actually care about their baby girls as humans at least.
Okay Jud rant over...
The other men are the reason I continued to read these books. They were good for the most part. I still think everyone should have stuck up for her more and not pushed her because that's not how trauma works, but you win some you lose some.
The plotline outside the relationship was kinda meh. I wish Leon or his brother had survived so that they could have been the antagonists. The conflict kinda came out of left field when the relationship just started to work through their issues so it was kind of a lot. It had really just started up when I decided to quit so I didn't get very far into it.
Also the entire series seemed heavily focused on her sexual relationships. Which is all the more reason her trauma should have been more of a focus to work through.
Thank God (ha! inside joke once you read it) for Rev. Their relationship was a bit cringey (mostly because he came off creepy in general sometimes, but also because of the age gap, and I love a good age gap) but he was the only one that actually seemed to really focus on finding ways for her to heal and move past what happened to her. Their Daddy kink was more DDlg which is rare to read and was a nice change of pace and seemed to work for them. I also appreciated how the author explained it in the book.
Grim was... chef's kiss. He can be husband any day. I loved that their relationship seemed so natural and she trusted him so much. Also the fact that he was genuinely p*ssed off about how she was being treated him made him a favorite.
So yeah, not only of my favorites... I might come back for the smut later on because that was pretty good. It was a great idea. I just wish it had been executed differently.
May 1, 2022
This book has the trope I love love love the most in RH -- a wounded FMC with traumatic past, and a protective harem caring for her, helping her to heal. (Trigger warning: past sexual abuse and torture)
It's dystopian, which isn't my favourite setting, but I can live with that as long as there aren't any zombies (although I loved Dying to Love by Reese Rivers, which did have zombies; but we didn't get much glimpse of them, so it didn't bother me 😂).
In some harems, there's one who's the 'leader', who's more decisive than the others, and in this case, that's Jud. I never warmed up to him because he was a bit of an a$$hole with a chip on his shoulder two feet long. He made Cora feel like her main value to the guys was her body -- firstly, being a female (made for f*cking) and secondly, having reproductive abilities (able to ensure the future of the species).
Cora is confused because while he doesn't force her to do anything, he also lays down decrees and warns her that she'll be punished if she doesn't obey. She tries making excuses for him like, oh he's the leader so he has to be decisive or some such crap. I mean, he saw her scars and the wounds on her back, so he knows what she's been through, and he knows she has legit reason to be scared of sexual intimacy. But he's all, "I don't have time to wait for her to sort out her sh*t" and immediately he tells her that she is to spend each night in one of their beds, and rotate through the men. Like, seriously?!?!!
The other guys make up for him (hrrrmph) but the one I liked the most was Grim. I really felt for the poor dude because his "gift" (which had come with the fever that killed the other humans, but somehow hadn't killed these 7 guys) forced him to stay apart from the guys and avoid any kind of physical contact, no matter how casual or minor. Cora is immune to all the guys' gifts (mightily convenient, I agree) so she is able to restore something to him that he thought had been lost forever.
Cora is believable as an SA survivor. Once she knows the guys are not going to force her into intimacy that she's not ready for, she feels safe enough to start exploring. I liked her as a character and was rooting for her. She also realises that she's not the only one who is broken, but that the guys have their own stuff to deal with, and she wants to help them wherever she can. She's got a compassionate heart.
This author is new to me. Apparently the second book in this trilogy just came out, after three years, which was why this book was being offered for free. I've read the next book, too, but not sure I'll be holding my breath for the 3rd, if it takes another three years!
It's dystopian, which isn't my favourite setting, but I can live with that as long as there aren't any zombies (although I loved Dying to Love by Reese Rivers, which did have zombies; but we didn't get much glimpse of them, so it didn't bother me 😂).
In some harems, there's one who's the 'leader', who's more decisive than the others, and in this case, that's Jud. I never warmed up to him because he was a bit of an a$$hole with a chip on his shoulder two feet long. He made Cora feel like her main value to the guys was her body -- firstly, being a female (made for f*cking) and secondly, having reproductive abilities (able to ensure the future of the species).
Cora is confused because while he doesn't force her to do anything, he also lays down decrees and warns her that she'll be punished if she doesn't obey. She tries making excuses for him like, oh he's the leader so he has to be decisive or some such crap. I mean, he saw her scars and the wounds on her back, so he knows what she's been through, and he knows she has legit reason to be scared of sexual intimacy. But he's all, "I don't have time to wait for her to sort out her sh*t" and immediately he tells her that she is to spend each night in one of their beds, and rotate through the men. Like, seriously?!?!!
The other guys make up for him (hrrrmph) but the one I liked the most was Grim. I really felt for the poor dude because his "gift" (which had come with the fever that killed the other humans, but somehow hadn't killed these 7 guys) forced him to stay apart from the guys and avoid any kind of physical contact, no matter how casual or minor. Cora is immune to all the guys' gifts (mightily convenient, I agree) so she is able to restore something to him that he thought had been lost forever.
Cora is believable as an SA survivor. Once she knows the guys are not going to force her into intimacy that she's not ready for, she feels safe enough to start exploring. I liked her as a character and was rooting for her. She also realises that she's not the only one who is broken, but that the guys have their own stuff to deal with, and she wants to help them wherever she can. She's got a compassionate heart.
This author is new to me. Apparently the second book in this trilogy just came out, after three years, which was why this book was being offered for free. I've read the next book, too, but not sure I'll be holding my breath for the 3rd, if it takes another three years!
August 31, 2025
mediocre
unlike many who did not enjoy this book,i didn't dislike it because of the "magic stick" aspect after two years of trauma. i don't read post apolcolyptic romance for the realism. there were apparently less than 20 people left in the entire pacific northwest,yet no one mentioned how unrealistic that was. no,i didn't enjoy this book because it referenced her previous torture incessantly,but didn't show her starting a new life. her new life was just remembering her old life,at ever turn,but in safety. i was rooting for them,hoping their love could make her happy and safe,but it was not written that way. it was strange that jud thought they could repopulate the world with only one woman. the other men were spoken of,but never TRULY introduced to the reader. i think 7 men is too large a harem-* i think 3-4 is a workable number,because logistically,they were seven in number,so each had her for one day a week. so the guys are supposed to get laid on their one day,giving them about 4-5 intercourse days per month,but SHE'S getting laid EVERY DAY,no breaks. in a 3-4 man harem,adult times can occur together,giving both frequency to the guys AND still allowing a heroine to be by herself some days. there was little spice-some frottage,an oral episode,and a hand job. that was it. the book ended abruptly,and is book one in a FIVE BOOK SERIES about these characters! it appears that these books are NOT standalone. ultimately i was dissatisfied with multiple aspects of this book- plot progression,character development,plotline,and more. the world building was mildly intruiging-the possibility of more pockets of surviors was appealing,but overall this book fell flat for me to the point where i am not interested in continuing to see where this story leads. my opinion only. feel free to read and for your own. bjt don't sah you weren't warned.
unlike many who did not enjoy this book,i didn't dislike it because of the "magic stick" aspect after two years of trauma. i don't read post apolcolyptic romance for the realism. there were apparently less than 20 people left in the entire pacific northwest,yet no one mentioned how unrealistic that was. no,i didn't enjoy this book because it referenced her previous torture incessantly,but didn't show her starting a new life. her new life was just remembering her old life,at ever turn,but in safety. i was rooting for them,hoping their love could make her happy and safe,but it was not written that way. it was strange that jud thought they could repopulate the world with only one woman. the other men were spoken of,but never TRULY introduced to the reader. i think 7 men is too large a harem-* i think 3-4 is a workable number,because logistically,they were seven in number,so each had her for one day a week. so the guys are supposed to get laid on their one day,giving them about 4-5 intercourse days per month,but SHE'S getting laid EVERY DAY,no breaks. in a 3-4 man harem,adult times can occur together,giving both frequency to the guys AND still allowing a heroine to be by herself some days. there was little spice-some frottage,an oral episode,and a hand job. that was it. the book ended abruptly,and is book one in a FIVE BOOK SERIES about these characters! it appears that these books are NOT standalone. ultimately i was dissatisfied with multiple aspects of this book- plot progression,character development,plotline,and more. the world building was mildly intruiging-the possibility of more pockets of surviors was appealing,but overall this book fell flat for me to the point where i am not interested in continuing to see where this story leads. my opinion only. feel free to read and for your own. bjt don't sah you weren't warned.
November 21, 2024
DNF at 50%. For starters, the idea of everyone's 'gifts' and names was really cool and I liked Judge's and Grim's gifts a lot. I liked the premise of a vulnerable and literally powerless woman seeking refuge in a group of violent outcasts at the fringes of what was left of society. I didn't enjoy the execution as much. The trauma the FMC went through at the hands of her previous 'owners' was hard to read about (which isn't necessarily a problem in its own), but made so much worse by the way these new men still treated her like a 'precious' piece of meat. Yes, they had slightly higher moral codes so as not to directly harm her, but they weren't above coercion and pushing boundaries like making her share a bed with them and using lots of grossly possessive language about her and her body. Maybe this could have come off as a little rude/weird but who tf cares cause it's hot and we're into it, but mixed into the same scenes describing her scars and obviously abused state both physically and mentally was a bit jarring. I should have seen it coming with the line in the blurb that's something along the lines of 'she will be ours, because what Judge says goes, even if she doesn't want it' or something like that. Again, this trope of 'it's fine if they do it/ get away with it because they're hot' wouldn't be as bad if she hadn't just escaped a situation that may have started with the same intentions. Based on the length, I'm sure the second half is just smut or something, but especially as we've only met 3/8 (?) of the guys and the whole dub con while healing from trauma thing going on, it's a no from me. 3/10.
October 5, 2023
Title- Finding Their Heart
Author- Mira
Method- kindle
Length- 172 pages
Tropes- whychoose, apocalypse, supernatural
Spice- 3/5 🌶
Overall- 5/5
Summary-
Cora is running from some major problems in the middle of the apocalypse. She ends up in the arms of three men who only want someone to hold their heart. The three men are three of seven who live at the compound. Cora must over come a few hard challenges to fall into her place at Eagle Peak.
My Opinion-
This post-apocalyptic spin on Snow White and her seven dwarves is super cute. I gave it 5 out of 5 because it legitimately made me want to go buy the next one and made me search for other reverse harem during the apocalypse. Which was a trope I did not know I needed. Now all I can think of is a reverse harem with Rick, Daryl and Negan from Walking Dead. These men are all very different and approach a hard topic with Cora. The writing of Cora's trauma is nice, she is slowly being faced with healing from it but also not going so fast that people may think that its not realistic. But you have to think that this is an apocalypse and she must think of how she will survive. She is thinking about survival and her future mostly and trying to forget the trauma of her past. I gave it a 3 in spiciness just because there really isn't any penetration but the four main spicy scenes are hot and very good for building Cora's confidence.
This book does reference abuse and sexual abuse. So if that is not your jam, please don't read.
Author- Mira
Method- kindle
Length- 172 pages
Tropes- whychoose, apocalypse, supernatural
Spice- 3/5 🌶
Overall- 5/5
Summary-
Cora is running from some major problems in the middle of the apocalypse. She ends up in the arms of three men who only want someone to hold their heart. The three men are three of seven who live at the compound. Cora must over come a few hard challenges to fall into her place at Eagle Peak.
My Opinion-
This post-apocalyptic spin on Snow White and her seven dwarves is super cute. I gave it 5 out of 5 because it legitimately made me want to go buy the next one and made me search for other reverse harem during the apocalypse. Which was a trope I did not know I needed. Now all I can think of is a reverse harem with Rick, Daryl and Negan from Walking Dead. These men are all very different and approach a hard topic with Cora. The writing of Cora's trauma is nice, she is slowly being faced with healing from it but also not going so fast that people may think that its not realistic. But you have to think that this is an apocalypse and she must think of how she will survive. She is thinking about survival and her future mostly and trying to forget the trauma of her past. I gave it a 3 in spiciness just because there really isn't any penetration but the four main spicy scenes are hot and very good for building Cora's confidence.
This book does reference abuse and sexual abuse. So if that is not your jam, please don't read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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