Comfort Me, Daddy

The Brat & The Beast #2

by Misha Horne

How do you love someone when you don't know what love is?

I'm not sure what I was thinking when I let The Beast take me home with him. High on endorphins and out of options isn't the best time for decision making, but I work with what I have. And now I have a Daddy, I guess.

Until I screw it up.

Yeah, my old life was awful, but at least I knew how to handle it. I'm not used to being taken care of, and feeling good is not my comfort zone. Even when everything I want is right in front of me, I can still manage to be a total mess. Just what every guy wants.

But Caleb doesn't get mad when I lash out and push him away— he gets gentle. And stern. And reminds me in no uncertain terms just who I belong to now. Says he's not going anywhere no matter what I do.

The more I learn about him, the more I'd like to believe him, but I've got problems he can't begin to imagine. Ones a lot bigger than homework that keep popping up and ruining things. Ruining me.

The smart thing to do is get my grades back on track and take off. My past is never going to leave me alone, and my future seems more confusing than ever now that I'm having these feelings.

Turns out I like being cuddled and cared about and kept in line, no matter how much I try to fight it. Turns out I like Caleb. A lot.

But, happy endings don't happen for guys like me.

Do they?

Comfort Me, Daddy is book two in The Brat & The Beast duet, an angsty, kinky, grumpy epic MM romance about an angry, stubborn, bratty jock who won't give an inch and a slightly stalker-ish gentle giant with infinite patience. The conclusion to Logan and Caleb's story features hurt/comfort, daddy kink, tantrums, spankings, caretaking, cozy moments, bad breaks, new beginnings, and all the feels.

This is not a standalone. Book one, Hurt Me, Daddy must be read first.

Genres: M M Romance, Romance, Sports, BDSM, Contemporary, High School, Sports Romance

449 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 31, 2022

About the author

Misha Horne (they/them) is a queer kinky author of queer, kinky, character-driven romance. Expect lots of steam, snark, and spanking.

Reviews

[nark · Rating 2 out of 5]

✦ waaaaay too long and too drawn out for no reason whatsoever.
✦ i got bored. i skimmed a lot. yawn. the two books could have easily been condensed into a 250 page story.

[Imme [trying to crawl out of hiatus] van Gorp · Rating 2 out of 5]

|| 1.5 stars ||

Oh, I am so disappointed. This book made me kind of uncomfortable and was also very boring. It wasn’t at all what I was hoping it would be. I was expecting so much better after truly loving book 1, but I flat out hated this.

This whole thing was just way too much kink. Their relationship, and therefore the entire story, was only about spanking, feeding, and rules. It was a bit weird and definitely extremely repetitive. It was just too much.

Whereas I really connected with Logan in the first book, I couldn’t make that connection with him here. I didn’t really care about any of it and actually ended up skimming not only all the MANY kink scenes, but also the more ‘emotional’ scenes, which weren’t that many to begin with, but even the few scenes we did get, did not hold my interest for even a second.

Long story short, I was bored out of my mind and the relationship did not work for me at all. I just did not like it whatsoever. I’m glad to be done with it now.


'The Brat & The Beast' duology:
1. Hurt Me, Daddy - 4.5 stars
2. Comfort Me, Daddy - 1.5 stars

[Rain · Rating 4 out of 5]

*3.5* I didn’t inhale this book like I did the first one, but it still touched my heart. Despite my dislike of daddy/spanking books, I really enjoyed this duo!

I don’t know anyone smarter or stronger or more capable than you. You held your fucking life together with duct tape way before I showed up to help you.

Highlights
Gray being his comfort color
The little bit of jealousy
Playing football with the friends
Excellent character growth from bk 1 (both characters!)
Caleb's never ending patience with Logan
Living together
Cooking, clean clothes, a soft bed
Their love and intimacy

“I don’t want a jock,” I told him, holding his gaze while I grabbed his shorts and yanked them down, taking his warm, thick cock in my hand. “I want you and your books and your sweaters and your big. Fucking. Brain.”

And then I sucked his big fucking brain right out his dick.

Problematic
The Chem test, the big football game, and his mother, all in one day!?
Too much spanking/daddy talk, repetitive
How did a 19 yr old become such an accomplished Dom?

[Kati *☆･ﾟ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5**** stars

“If you ask me what color I am, I swear to god I’m running away,” I muttered into his shoulder. “I’ll just come and find you and bring you back. You belong here. With me. To me.”

Lots of love and a little rant incoming… (starting with the rant, I guess)

I hinted at it in my review for the first book but that day when Caleb came over to Logan’s house and things between them got started was probably the longest day I’ve ever read about. It took up 120 pages in the first book and took 80 more in the second.

I mean, it’s not like they went on an adventure with a whole lot of stuff happening or anything. It was a journey, a discovery journey, sure. But, come on! 200 pages? 200 full pages spanning only 12hrs with not really that much happening? It’s a bit much, don’t you think?

And then we got another 350 pages to tell the rest of the story —that was only another week long. Girl, please! *lmaooo

I honestly speed read the hell out of this book because I wanted to see them succeed and happy but still, I also loved the hell out of this story.

I truly ate it up. It was actually pretty weird considering that I was also so annoyed by the drag of it all. *lol


But damn, Caleb was so insanely good with handling Logan. So patient. With the brat, the broken boy, the anger issues, his silent screams for love and belonging. It was so freaking heartwarming. So perfect, really.

“You want a spanking?” he asked after a minute, realizing what I was saying.

“I want my Daddy.”

*sniff ♡



Anyway, I’m not sure I’m going to make it through the novella also but I’ll decide on that tomorrow. The Jock and the Jerk sounds delicious too from what we’ve seen from Walker and Ellis.

*************
The Brat and the Beast Series
(Maddox Sharks Football)

Book 1 - Hurt Me, Daddy - 4.5 stars
Book 2 - Comfort Me, Daddy - 3.5 stars
Book 2.5 - Away Games

Book 3 - The Jock and the Jerk - release late 2024

[Mariam, · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread 3: August 18-19, 2023
I always wondered why I keep coming back for this book, why I always looked at it and wanted to reread it all over again. Little did I know, every time I read this book, my soul felt nourished and taken care of by hands, words and actions of Daddy Caleb 💝💘




Reread 1: December 8-10, 2022 Logan and Caleb deserve the whole fucking world and I'm so glad they found it in each other ❤️💜🤍

“Freak,” I whispered.
“Brat.”
I sighed.

4 months of waiting, 3 months of ever fuckin changing release dates and countless nights of longing for this book and this couple, and now I can FINALLY fucking sigh in relief and breathe easier.

Just barely, but sometimes just barely was enough to keep you alive.

And you know what? All that fucking waiting for WORTH IT because this sequel did Caleb and Logan justice, did us fucking readers justice. There was not a single page that didn't count (even though I got pissy eyes when Misha fast forward a smut scene 😡🤬😡) this book was almost 500 pages long and it was perfect.

💛 I didn't expect to have my fucking heart in Daddy Caleb's string grasp. He was such a gentle yet fiery, strong and steadfast soul, he was such a voice of calm and a pillar of hopes and dreams and just-UGK. he was everything and he had my fucking heart sobbing when he got vulnerable and how he always tried to be invisible and how he invalidated his own feelings because "they just weren't important/major enough". Fuck that and fuck people who think so. Daddy Caleb also needs a little reminder then to.

I’d burn the world down for him, no lie, and I was never going to forget what he’d done for me. How he’d shown up. How he’d seen who I was and showed me who he was, how we were locked together that way now, the scariest parts fused and melted permanently, and when he looked in the mirror, I knew he saw that too.

💥 Holy fuck, if I thought I hated Logan's mom in the last book, I literally wanted to step inside this book and fucking pull her spine out her body (😳 yikes). She deserved a faith worse than death!

❤️ The studious vibes of this bookkkkk 🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰 it actually gave me motivation to go back to studying (the tragedy) so thanks Daddy Caleb ❤️

“I like spending time with people I like, I guess. I don’t like very many people.”
“People in books aren’t real,” I pointed out.
He shrugged. “They’re real when you’re reading. That’s close enough.”

💚 Overall, I'm not fucking dissapointed, not like this lousy ass review. My heart is fulfilled and my mind is at piece now that this duology is complete and I can reread without a turmoil of pain now 😌

“You held your fucking life together with duct tape way before I showed up to help you. But I’m here now. I will always be here. And I’m telling you, you can do anything.”

Also, I really hope Ellis gets his book! I've been rooting for him since book 1 and I need his love story NOW.


Reread 2: March 21, 2023
There's something about this book that SPEAKS to me, because I couldn't control my have that clicked on this book and randomly started reading 😁

[moonlight ☾ [semi-hiatus] · Rating 4 out of 5]

“You said you didn’t like teams. But…” I sucked on my lip when my mouth got crazy dry all of a sudden, the truth just sucking up all my saliva. “I’ve been playing sports forever. And nobody’s ever been on my team like you’ve been. I never would have passed that test without you. But it’s way more than just that. Everything you’ve done… And given me. Helped me and listened to me and yanked me back in line. Fucking saved me over and over, like not just my scholarship but my fucking life… I didn’t know someone could give you all that and just… It feels really good to be taken care of.”

this duet was such a lovely surprise to me bc, while i’m not into daddy/spanking kinks, i was intrigued by the premise and i remember seeing some quotes from this that had me curious to read it and it didn’t disappoint!! i think the strongest aspect that worked for me was simply the hurt/comfort and seeing Caleb’s soft patience towards Logan but tbh Logan’s development from the beginning of book one ‘til the end was satisfying and a joy to read about. he was still Logan, but you can tell he had a different aura about him by the end. 🥺

despite how much i enjoyed the duet overall, i personally thought the second book didn’t need to be this long bc, as much as i adored Logan and Caleb, there came a point in the story when Ellis and Walker’s tension and what was happening between them intrigued me more (speaking of, I NEED THEIR BOOK ASAP PLEASE), which isn’t a bad thing necessarily but it took me out of focusing on Logan and Caleb when they had another scene bc i kept wanting to know what was gonna happen between Ellis and Walker even tho they were in the background lol, but still, i am happy i finally got around to reading this!

oh and the scene towards the end of the book when Caleb came to Logan’s rescue from Logan’s shitty mom and her bf was SO satisfying, especially when he told them off. 😌

[⊹ ⁺ ₊ ✧ she's book obsessed ✧ ₊ ⁺ ⊹ · Rating 2 out of 5]

⊹ ⁺ ₊ ✧ Comfort Me, Daddy ┊ 2 stars ✧ ₊ ⁺ ⊹

☆₊⋆ → thoughts┊Yeah yeah yeah the title is… I know😭

dnf: 26%
⤷ 04/07/24 ┊I just couldn’t deal with the daddy trope any longer😔

✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄☆⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧

✧⋄⋆ pre-read notes ⋆⋄✧
⤷ 03/07/24 ┊Again, look away from the title 😭🙏🏼

౨ৎ happy reading ౨ৎ

[Cat the bookworm (still at the cottage in AO3 land) · Rating 3 out of 5]

It started well enough, but then it got looooong at some point.

After reading the reviews, I curbed my expectations down after REALLY loving book 1. And it started off well enough, right where book 1 stopped. Caleb makes Logan move in with him after seeing the circumstances under which Logan lives. And they’re settling in: they have sex a lot, Logan is a brat, he gets spanked, and he gets better at school.

And he has thoughts. Lots of them. Which is understandable, seeing what he had to deal with for his entire life. But Jesus. That’s A LOT of repetitive thoughts, and I started to skim a lot after a while.

On top of that, “showdown-day” must have been at least 50 hours long - I mean… getting up and off, going to school, study hall, the drama with Logan’s mum, the “cleanup”, the chemistry test + having the teacher look at it, the big football game AND the HEA - all in one day?

I find that I agree with my friends on here who reviewed it - it’s not really good, especially when compared to book 1. Still, I liked the psychological part of it, and being in Logan’s head, even though the book would have worked a lot better had it been only half as long.

2.5 stars rounded up because of the parts I liked. And because of Caleb. And ofc Logan.

I’d really be game for a book about Ellis now, but I’ll have to wait for that one until December 2024 😕

[L Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

So. I finally finished this and, ngl, the first 20 to 25% of the story had me bored to tears. I wanted to DNF so badly, but I just knew things had to get better once they got back to the real world and started interacting with people other than themselves. Well, it did for the most part, but it was still extremely long winded and, in all honesty, this could’ve been just as good being about 100 pages shorter. It really wasn’t a bad story, it was just too long. Too wordy. Too much being in Logan’s head, hearing his thoughts on every single thing Caleb did. I didn’t necessarily skim the story but there were parts of it where I skipped all of the unnecessary everything and just focused on what was actually being said.

Logan and Caleb were very well written characters and even though we mostly focused on Logan’s past trauma we still got glimpses of Caleb’s issues as well. After their divorce neither of his parents wanted to take care of him and the children at school constantly bullied him. He felt abandoned and unloved, afraid of causing trouble and standing out in a crowd. In a way his coping mechanisms for those injustices were what allowed him to be the perfect Daddy for Logan. And, my God, was he ever. I don’t remember reading about a more patient, more sensitive, more loving Daddy than he was (not that I’d ever gotten into the realm of ageplay… not saying that was what was happening in this story but I’d imagine that the level of care would be similar) and he was just a high schooler.

I won’t even get into Logan’s issues. His mother was a fucking mess and that little stunt she pulled toward the end of the story had me wanting to throw my phone across the room. She was bat shit crazy and the fact that Logan was so used to her madness was the saddest aspect of the story. The way she treated him was awful. He actually stopped believing that he would ever be happy or that anyone could love him. It was heartbreaking watching his reaction to the simple things that Caleb did for him. Things like buying him new underwear or asking him what he wanted for dinner or checking him for injuries after practices sent him into a tailspin of confusion, mistrust, pleasure, and self loathing. He felt so undeserving, like it was all just a cruel joke. It was hard to read.

Like I said, this was a pretty good story and if it weren’t so unnecessarily drawn out it would have been perfect. The author is actually very good with words and there were many beautifully phrased passages throughout. I'm not sure if I’d actually recommend this but if Daddy kinks are your thing, and you don’t mind going deeeep into Logan’s inner thoughts, you may actually enjoy this. 3 stars for an amazing Daddy.

[Amur Thera · Rating 5 out of 5]

The good
+ Logan
+ Caleb
+ Caleb's infinite patience with Logan
+ Logan's walls crumbling for Caleb
+ Logan doing whatever he can to give Caleb back the affection he deserves
+ Logan being an asshole because they both love it
+ Logan learning to trust Caleb
+ Infinite caretaking
+ Logan deciding Gray is even better than Green
+ Caleb going full possessive caveman for Logan
+ Writing lines!
+ The feelings
+ Spaghetti for breakfast!

The neutral
o Like in the first book, you have to suspend disbelief a little to believe Caleb is such a capable Daddy while in high school
o I forgot some of the names of side characters from the first book, and I would have liked a little refresher sometimes. Just one sentence to describe who someone was again

The bad
- The principal and Logan's coach got away with their shit. I had hoped they'd get some kind of payback for their shitty behavior
- Ellis was a real dick and he also didn't really get what he deserved

Quotes
x "Let's get you fed, you must be starving." "Yeah. For your dick. I'm gonna need seconds of that shit."
x He smirked at me a little and bent and kissed me on the forehead before I realized what he was doing. I hated it. I hated it so much I leaned forward so he'd do it again.
x "Can I -" "Yeah. Whatever you want. Do it. Sold. Green. Gray. Peel my clothes off. Suck my dick. Organize the shelves, I don't care."
x Why just agree when you could see how much arguing you could get away with.
x It looked like a goddamn Italian restaurant. Not that I'd ever been to an Italian restaurant. But I'd seen that dog movie.
x "I bet I'm covered with scrapes you can put band-aids on. Bet that makes your dick hard."
x "You make me feel warm and disgusting like my heart exploded all over my insides."


This book was so fucking adorable. I loved Logan and Caleb. It gave me all the warm and fuzzy feelings and I definitely recommend the duology. These books are great. There's just nothing else to say.

[Jane aka Coughy019 (Safety info included) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tropes: nerd/jock, daddy / brat, hurt/comfort
Feels: 1/5
Steam*: 2.5/5
Kinks: daddy kink, spanking, bondage, punishments, dirty talk, humiliation
Angst: medium
HEA: yes
Pairing: MM
Triggers/potential icks/content warnings: bad parents, addict parents, domestic violence / child abuse, poverty, food insecurity, homophobia

Goodreads crashed when I was 90% done my review and I lost it. It was long. That makes me sad and angry.

This book was not for me. I barely made it through, and I'm the type of person who is OCD and can't dnf. I usually read a book in one day, and this took me three to four days, and I fell asleep reading it three times.

This book is a duet. Technically there's a novella that follows this book, but I will not be picking it up. This book picks up where the first book left off, Logan is packing up to leave his home with his mother, after a blow up with his mom's boyfriend that was abusive. Caleb is taking him home to his place.

Things that I liked about the book:
- Logan was a decent character, I liked the moments where he was vulnerable and had some very meaningful moments of food insecurity and poverty reactions. He showed his vulnerability and it resonated.
- I also liked some of the moments where Logan showed his platonic affection for Caleb. Those moments of platonic affection were much more meaningful than the moments of them having sex or engaging in daddy / brat play, I liked seeing that affection, it made their relationship more believable.
- Logan's friend group had some funny moments that provided nice comic relief and also it was nice that they were supportive of Logan and Caleb's relationship. We needed some lightness.

Things that I didn't like about this book:
- This book suffered because it was single POV. We desperately needed some of Caleb's POV. Nothing about Caleb's behavior made sense. As an example, at 13% into this book I was confused about what Caleb feels. We are one book and 13% in to their story and sometimes Caleb acts indifferent to Logan, sometimes he acts like Logan is just someone he has a lot in common with particularly their kinks match up, and sometimes he acts like he likes him and could be in love with him. He's 19 though, and he's just taken Logan into his home and shared everything with him, telling him he's going to cover all of his expenses. Unconditionally. This type of behavior is not realistic or believable unless someone is deeply in love. People just aren't that altruistic, especially teens. But I don't know Caleb or his thoughts well enough, so I can't understand whether this is a good idea or going to end horribly.
- Further to the point above, I was really confused about Caleb's financial situation. The ambiguity about it made Caleb's behavior seem crazy, unrealistic, and you couldn't read into his emotions. It took us until the 13% approximately to find out that Caleb's parents were helping to foot his bills. And it took us to 49% before we found out that Caleb actually has a job. I was legit worried that Caleb had no realistic source of income or respect for the cost of things. It's wild that we got all the way through a book and a half before we got this detail. Caleb was a stranger. And I hated that. It made me so uncomfortable that we didn't know where the money was coming from when he's talking so big about taking care of Logan and spoiling him. Caleb is emancipated so his parents owe him nothing. He is 19 years old they have no reason to financially support him. Yet for some reason they are financially supporting him. What they're going to support his boyfriend too? It's like they're living in a dream world. Until we found out Caleb actually had a job, I was mentally preoccupied with wanting Caleb to have a job and to be actually able to realistically support the independence that he has and support Logan realistically as well until he can support himself. This is honestly a bit like triggering for me, it made me feel anxious
- I think the author chose the wrong game to fit their story. They are playing a version of memory and every time they play it they stop in the middle of the game. And sometimes they talk about resuming it. It's a freaking memory game! The whole point is get familiar with where the cards are, try to memorize the place where they are so that you can match them up more easily. Stopping and restarting the game completely kills all that memorization of location. As someone who's a little OCD, this is driving my brain batshit, them not finishing the game.
- This book had a huge problem with the passage of time and pacing of the story. The first 142 pages of this book took place over the course of one day. It's hard to believe that only a day had passed. There's an unrealistic development of relationship dynamic change in him showing up at Logan's house for a platonic study session and the very next day he's completely moved in and Caleb is buying him everything he needs without asking and throwing around the love word. That is jump the shark worthy! Also, it was just painful to endure that one day that took forever to pass! 142 pages all about the same days events?! This problem persisted for the rest of the book, because the 444 pages of this book took place over the course of 7 days.
- Stupid comment on page 166 about corner time. This is the first time he's ever done corner time, and it's right at the start of the corner time. He shouldn't have had enough experience to have made the conclusion that it broke him down harder than any other punishment. Also he's saying like nothing else he did to me, but their daddy / brat relationship only started like 3 days ago, there hasn't been a ton of punishment.
- I hated how the character of Caleb was presented. He's just too sure and understanding for someone who's 19. He sounds like an older man every time he talks. I really wish this book had been a bit of an age gap of a book. If you're going to make the daddy kink believable and if you're going to make the type of character Caleb is believable then make him older. And I say this as someone who doesn't really like age Gap books! Caleb as a character did not make sense
- I didn't like the use of kink in this relationship. Every element of their relationship is tinted by the color of the kink that they are practicing. It's touched every element of their relationship, their entire dynamic is about kink. It's performative, and it's fetishist. It's inorganic. They can't feel or express anything outside of the kink and it's unhealthy. Especially when someone like Logan needs real therapy bad. It doesn't come across as a like cathartic thing to me it's just like this vicious circle of negative behavior by the brat and punishment and pain and then sex. And it's not a realistic progression. At the point where I came to this conclusion, It's literally only been a couple of days, like 3 days since they went from completely platonic tutor and student to Daddy / brat. And they're already so committed to each other and in deeper than they should be and they went straight into kink. And they're always expressing themselves through the kink. They need to communicate in some other way.
- This book contributed no new plot to the story until the 74% mark. The first 74% of the book was still dealing with the plot from the last book of Logan needing tutoring and needing to pass this test for chemistry. I know it was only a matter of a few days that had passed, but it was hundreds of pages of story and there was not much plot happening besides a little bit of football and some kink. I was bored.
- the first time Logan topped Caleb, at page 364 or so, he's talking about what a hot f*** he is and how all the guys he's with think he's so good. Well at the same time he's describing that he is a jackhammer f***** who does no prep and is quick to nut, and I'm just sitting there jaw dropped, laughing that that this guy thinks he's a hot top and good at sex.

Some notable moments:

"He smirked at me a little and bent and kissed me on the forehead before I realized what he was doing. I hated it. Hated it so much I leaned forward so he’d do it again."

"I just stared at him, trying to figure out when the fuck he’d turned into this, thick lips and long eyelashes and sex hair and just straight up it. His skin looked so warm and soft and I knew how good he smelled, and maybe, maybe, I inched a little closer, snuggled up next to him, and without even thinking about it first, I might have leaned over and kissed him on the shoulder."

"“This is what’s what,” I told them, trying not to glare, but having it on deck. “You got a problem, say it now.” “Problem with what?” Walker shrugged. “This is not the secret you’ve been telling yourself it is. We’ve literally been talking about this all week.” “Told you that’s what tutoring was,” Ellis said. “If it keeps your grades up, fuck in the goddamn hallway. I’ll hold my coat up in front of you so nobody looks. I mean, I’ll look, but I won’t let anyone else.”"


*FYI about steam: I rate steam based on a combination of quality & quantity. I note kink separate from steam because I don't want to underrate steamy reads that don't have much kink.

**Note about spoilers: I like to comment on the plot of a book in reviews, so I almost always mark my reviews as containing spoilers. But I try to avoid spoiling the big dramatic moments! As a reader, I personally like to know what I'm getting into before I read a book so I know more about the content and if it's to my taste/mood, so I try to give that information in my reviews for myself when I'm considering rereading and also for other readers.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

“What are you going to do to me?” I asked him, and I didn’t even think about how cliche that sounded, I just really wanted to know. He smirked, slow and a little scary. “What I should do is tease every inch of you. Lick you just a little and touch you just a little, until you’re ready to kill me. Until you’re crying and shaking and you ache so much you think you’re broken. Until you’re so hard you don’t even know if you’ll be able to come. And then maybe, if you’re very good, if I think you’ve learned your lesson, if you know who you belong to, I’ll fuck you so completely you’ll feel it in your goddamn teeth.” I could feel my eyes getting wider the longer he talked, but I couldn’t fucking help it. Maybe one day I’d get used to him talking shit like that, but not today. Not any day I could imagine.

The title is so apt because this is one of my top comfort re-reads. It's a beautiful story that sneaks up on you out of nowhere.

[Rin (indefinite hiatus) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was ready to give this 3 stars until the end and THERE ISN’T AN EPILOGUE.

Ya’ll. I just spent days and 722 pages of investment in two books with far too much internal dialogue but a character that I identified way too much with only for the entire plot of 722 pages wrap up to be crammed in the last 15% of the book with NO EPILOGUE. Did they graduate?? Go to school together and be successful?? What about Logan’s football career?? What about Logan’s mom?? Caleb’s parents?? I feel ABSOLUTELY ROBBED.

Look, the reason I got so invested is because Logan’s background and trauma is not unlike what I experienced growing up. It’s not often I come across characters that I’m like “whoa hittin’ a little too close to home there, son” but this was one of them. It’s clear the author knows something about abuse, trauma, and neglect. The issues with food when you’ve been denied it, the smell of food, the novelty of food being THERE for you, the novelty of clean and new clothes and sheets… from this neglected and poor kid, I felt all of Logan’s issues on a visceral level. The nightmares and the literal complacency to the trauma he faced every day. I was so invested in Logan because in a lot of ways he’s me and I wanted his HEA (I’m thankful I have my own).

And while Caleb was perfect for him, not getting anything from his perspective took away so much. Like… SO MUCH MORE could have been given to this story with his perspective.

This duet should have been one book. There was absolutely insane amounts of internal dialogue and the spankings…. Oh my god the spankings. This is supposed to be a Daddy dynamic with D/s themes, and 80% of their scenes were spankings. So many spankings. And sometimes that punishment didn’t fit the offense. There is a depth that can happen in Daddy dynamics when the Daddy knows what’s the appropriate punishment for the offense and it helps with the flow and here it’s was just… spanking. Over and over. And I got bored and skimmed. But I was mad I wanted to do that because I was really invested in Logan’s evolution. Sigh.

When the big drama happened toward the end I skimmed because it didn’t feel like it fit. Like it was just thrown in. The author just spent over 600 pages of excessive drawn out getting to the point then panicked at the last 15% and crammed SO MUCH at the end.

Then to NOT HAVE AN EPILOGUE. No. Nope. I’m so mad. I am mad I got so invested that I am this mad there is no epilogue. For that reason alone, I’m shelving this author. UGH.

FYI, the download bonus scene is just a role play with MORE SPANKING. Like… ugh.

[Mx. T *Chaotic Reader* · Rating 5 out of 5]

RTC
🥹🥹

[Monique · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 'Even more emotional porn' stars

Yeah, still as emotional and smuty the second time around 😍😏

“You belong here. With me. This house, this room, this bed. Right here. You might not believe me yet, and I understand that, but you will. I wanted you, I took you, and now you’re mine.”

I know I'm repeating myself but Misha Horne always makes me mushy with porn 🥰 in the second book we get to see the progress in Logan & Caleb relationship and how they are trying to navigate being together.

“Yeah, well, I do that a lot. Wake up at night. You should probably just… take me back. If you ever want to get any sleep.”
“Not happening,” he told me, reaching over and stroking his hand across my stomach, skimming some bare skin where my tshirt had twisted up around me. “You’re not going anywhere.”
I swallowed a moan. The guy was bossy, in a straight up, subtle, smooth way I couldn’t get enough of. He absolutely should take me back, that was the only way this was ultimately ending, but I liked when he told me no. Liked it a lot. “Feels kidnappy,” I told him.
“Great. Enjoy it.”

Logan is still very insecure about everything, which is to be expected considering how fast everything has changed. But Caleb is determined that they will make it work.

“Look at that little boy,” he told me when I caught my breath, and I whined and forced my eyes back to the mirror, wiping at my face so I could see. “He belongs here. With me. Right in this bed at night. Right over my lap when he’s naughty. That is my boy and this is where I want him. This is where he stays. Do you understand?”
I nodded. I was pretty far from understanding, but technically the words made sense and right now that was the best I could do.

I couldn't get enough of these two together. Every sex scene is scorching hot and despite of high number of them, I haven't skipped even one. It never felt like they would be repetitive and actually every time there was some kind of progress in their relationship - they are exploring their dynamic and kinks together.

I lifted my hips, shoved my dick at him so hard my hamstrings fucking ached, and tried to make a pitiful feel-sorry-for-me sound, but all that came out was a big lusty groan.
He just laughed and pushed me back down, the asshole. “Listen to you whine, my poor, spoiled baby. Wanna be touched so bad, don’t you.”
I nodded, playing along but not playing at all because fuck, no one made me feel like this. No one made me want like this, that casual hand on my thigh almost fucking sending me. “Come on. Come on, touch me.” It sounded like begging because it was. “Please.”
He almost smiled, but not quite, keeping that just out of reach too. “Who do you belong to, you little tease? Not anybody in that locker room. Let me hear you say it.”
“You,” I whined, lifting up again, begging with my eyes this time. “I’m all yours.”

And there's also daddy kink aspect, which plays a huge role in Logan's accepting of his new self and new start in life.

“Would you… can I?” I asked him.
“You want a spanking?” he asked after a minute, realizing what I was saying.
I nodded. “You said it wasn’t just for punishment. Or for fun. You said if I ever wanted it to smooth me out, make me feel better, I could ask. I’m asking.”
He seemed surprised at first, but then he nodded. “If that’s what you want. Anything you want.”
“I want my Daddy.”

Caleb is really trying to do everything to make Logan feel safe with him and to forget all bad things that happened to him.

“Come here,” he said softly, turning me around, and I stuffed my face into his shoulder, and he held onto me hard, keeping a hand tight around the back of my neck, making me feel more solid when I was feeling pretty blurry around the edges. “Daddy’s here,” he whispered, and I nodded, trying to press closer to him, trying to press into him, be him, because he just felt better.

But it's not only Caleb taking care of Logan but the other way around as well. Caleb has his own insecurities too and despite not wanting to show them, Logan sees through his walls.

“You know what I think?” I asked him, rubbing my thumb across his hole, feeling his entire body jump. “I think you've spent too much time trying to be invisible. I think you don't like attention because nobody ever gave you the good kind. But I will. I want to. I wanna make you feel so good you turn into the cockiest, greediest, most demanding motherfucker alive and don’t feel bad about it at all.”

Some sexy gifs for the intermezzo. For the amount of time they are showering, it's really a crime we didn't get even one shower sex scene but I'm gonna fix this 😏

With just his fingertips, he brushed soft, tiny touches all over me until I was practically in a trance, vibrating so hard I wasn’t sure I was still in my body. Until he grabbed me around both wrists, wrapping his fingers tight, pulling my arms up and pinning them over my head and holy shit, suddenly I was right there, completely there, reality so vivid no way could it be real, and I moaned so loud I scared myself. It wasn’t even right how much I liked it when he held me down hard like that. Shook me to my fucking core, like a whole deeper layer of being his, some real kidnappy shit, and yeah, nobody ever said my layers were healthy, who fucking cared.

Book 2 also takes place in only one week but it doesn't feel insta-love at all. Despite such a short term, I was totally sold on their relationship, not just about the chemistry but genuine feelings as well.

“If you say green,” he said, dropping his voice low, “I’m gonna bend down and kiss you in front of everyone.”
I grabbed him by the front of the jersey, yanking him down hard, startling a grin out of him.
“Green?” he asked me, double checking, and I shook my head.
“Grey. Better than green. All the way up.”
I tilted my head up and met his kiss, matched it, giving what he gave, soft at first, and then demanding more, kissing my fucking boyfriend until my lips were raw and my head was spinning. And then kissing him some more.

Overall, I was very satisfied with this duet. I wouldn't mind spending more time with Logan and Caleb ❤️

“I love you,” I said again, and it was even easier that time. Like I’d just been ready and waiting forever to say it, like it wasn’t really any big deal at all. “I love you. They all say I love you. Over and over. I love you. I love you. I think about you all the time. I just wanna be with you. You take care of me. You make me feel good. You make me… You make everything better. I didn’t know things could get better. I didn’t know I could. I wanted to hold your hand all week. I wanted to… I want to… All of this, all of you, I just want it. I love you. I’m serious. I really do. Happy?”
He grinned. “Yeah. Are you?”
I nodded. “Yes, Daddy.”

4,5 'Emotional porn' stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐/⭐
5 'Even more emotional porn' stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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[Nile Princess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whew! That was pretty great! So. this is probably really more a 4-star book than a five star, but I gave it five stars because the ending gave me everything it was supposed to give, right to the last word and, more than just the ending, I got to the last page with five star feels. I have been eagerly anticipating this book and it did the daggone thing. Caleb may be young, but he is one of the best written Daddies I've ever read...and I've read a few. He and Logan were amazing together. I loved them HARD. What I will say is that the first half of the book is a bit of a struggle, well it was for me. It just felt overly long and repetitive for no reason, and because there is no conflict/tension you kind of don't know where the story is going, because you can see you still have a lot of story left. It took me a few days to read the first half, which should tell you something cause I'm a 'one sitting' kind of gal.

Things get real just after the 50% mark and then you're cooking with gas. I read the second half in an afternoon, so if you're struggling, just stick with it. There are so many of nuggets of gooey Daddy goodness in this book, OMG. Caleb was so vocal in his desire to care for Logan and in his insistence that Logan belonged with him, and that Caleb wasn't going anywhere. I loved Caleb so hard. And I loved Logan's self awareness and his ability to try the uncomfortable things, even when he spiraled and had to be punished. I loved that even as the boy, Logan noticed that there were areas where Caleb needed his own healing (learning to play a sport, to be included, to be seen). There was just so much that was GOOD about this, secondary characters included, that if you're into Daddy kink you should really give it a go. Don't be put off that they're young adults still in high school. Caleb is the truth (You would have to read Book 1; this is not a standalone book).

[Misty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like I said for the first book, I wish this series had different titles. They are actually so good, and I think that a lot of people will miss out, because they won't take it seriously.

These books have become unexpected faves of mine, and I have fallen in love with Logan and Caleb.

Heart breaking, Soul mending, Beautiful, and HOT!

Again, like the first, a big trigger warning for child abuse (and/or young adult abuse, as Logan is 19).

[Celine Ong · Rating 4 out of 5]

"shit changed quick when you started calling your tutor fucking daddy." MISHA HORNE A GOD AMONGST MORTALS

[BearMi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actual rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5
Spice rating 🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5 Kinky Daddy peppers

I loved this book so much, i didn't want it to end.
First of all, as always i need to respectfully say - who the hell designs these covers?
So often the cover just distracts me and that is totally not how i pictured Logan, so when you pick this up and i strongly advise that you do as soon as possible, disregard the cover (and maybe the blurb and the title of the book?).

This is the second part of The Brat & The Beast duet, and it was EVERYTHING.
Hurt Me, Daddy (part 1) leaves us off when Caleb (The Beast) and Logan (you guessed it 😉) get together for the first time. Caleb is tutoring Logan in Chem. Logan is a jock and has a lot riding on passing this big upcoming test, or it's ba-bye football scholarship in college next year.

The premise is very straightforward, and even though this story is about 2 nineteen year olds, it didn't seem strained or fake. Now, this book is THICCC. And i would even suggest to merge and republish as one novel. It will still be fantastic.

[...] I was a bad boy getting spanked by my daddy, and that was fucking pure and exciting.

Actually, even though daddy issues aren't foreign here, i don't have a Daddy kink. So this, as far as kink satisfaction goes, was not necessarily my cup of tea. But the author totally made me understand what goes into this dynamic, and oh my god was i rooting for both these boys.

I have rarely read such thorough emotional character development as in this book. Logan grows so much, and i was there for all of it. The writing doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't and the book reads like the inner monologue of a late teen. Also, the book is written in single (Logan's) POV which makes Caleb's character more enigmatic and swoon-worthy.

The emotional journey that Logan goes through, learning about his needs and experiencing getting these needs met was so heartfelt and gritty, and also like watching it unfurl IRL:

[...] I don't know what part of me turned and threw it as hard as I could against the closet door, wincing and waiting for the mirror to shatter, horrified and relieved when it bounced off with a loud thunk, a lot of wobbling, but no carnage. I didn't even know if I was still mad. I just wanted the sick twist in my gut that was guilt and anticipation and fear and I didn't even know what the fuck else to stop before it killed me...

This was a very raw scene, which i felt deeply. The way Logan describes various states of mind is so true to reality, i wanted to stay in his head forever.

[...] I felt empty and clear-headed, something that was so unfamiliar to me I didn't even know what to do with it.

And the way Caleb loves Logan and shows it is just 🤌🤌🤌

I mean:

[...] "Spaghetti for breakfast? You're fucking crazy." My stomach rumbled though, thinking he was actually a goddamn genius, not caring what time it was, and I licked my lips, watching the sauce bubble.
"It's a special day, you deserve a special breakfast to get you going."
Excuse me while i go melt completely into a puddle.

This was an absolutely obsession inducing duet and one of the best reads of 2024 for me.
Highly recommend!

[ancientreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

(This review is for both halves of the duology.)

There's a rule in SF writing that you can bend one aspect of science but you have to make everything else consistent with that change. Or something like that, I don't remember exactly. For Brat & Beast the improbable thing you have to handwave is that Caleb, who's 18 though still in HS, is an experienced daddy dom. Caleb's so well characterized, though, that I was happy to pretend he could exist in the real world -- maybe not least because Logan, whose sheer courage becomes clearer bit by bit as the story progresses, is so endearing and needs a Caleb so badly.

Take as read all the expectable praise -- how much I liked Caleb and Logan, how loudly I wanted to cheer when Caleb rescues Logan, how hot the sex scenes are, & how well this series sold me on a kink that is, in general, not mine. (Misha Horne somehow manages to rope me into daddy kink every single damn time, the way Daniel May ropes me into poly. How possible, I know not.) This series does something especially impressive from a just plain writerly point of view, which is to do with first-person narrative.

If you majored in English, like me, you're trained to mistrust first-person narrative from the minute they throw Pamela at you in that sophomore rise-of-the-novel class,* which is to say that it's not easy to write in first person and make your narrator heroic without leaving a subset of your readers going surejan.gif. MH does such a good job of that here. I think they succeed because Logan's so self-deprecating and the details of his suffering (and he is suffering, oh boy) and of how hard he has to work to scrape by accumulate so slowly. It's really well done, and if you're a writer yourself then it's worth reading this series a couple of times after the first breathless round just to see how MH accomplished it.

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*This was back in the 1970s for me, and for all I know nobody reads Pamela anymore, but trust me, it's excellent preparation for spotting dubiously trustworthy self-presentation.

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

2023 Reread -- still vibing. Continue to think the characters' reactions are absolutely unbelievable for 19-year-olds, but I'm not here for the realism.
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INTO IT.

I thought this was a satisfying sequel and a nice conclusion. A lot more kink in this one, as well as some side characters I have to hope are gonna get a book at some point... I felt even more strongly than the first book that these characters read like their in their mid-20s and not late teens, especially Caleb, but ehh, it's fiction, it didn't bother me too much! The dynamic here very much worked for me, and I really do enjoy this author's writing.

[Ditte · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

This duet is going on my "getting Dommed into better mental health: the secret therapists don't want you to know" list

[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

I quite like Misha Horne’a writing style, so I enjoyed that about this book. But so much of it didn’t really make sense to me. Firstly, I am really not a fan of daddy kink stuff where the ‘daddy’ is the same age as his partner - even worse, they are both in high school! Give me a break. Caleb’s whole grown-up, I’ve been emancipated from my parents thing just felt unrealistic. His obsession with Logan is also never really made clear. Logan grew a lot in this book. But there were still some really harrowing home-life scenes toward the end. I very much wanted him to have a happy ending, which he got, so good. My second big issue was that the scenes were repetitive and boring. So much spanking, I skimmed a lot of them. For sure not a bad book, but plot-wise a bit loose for me.

[Susan]

DNF at 15%

I'm stuck and I have no interest to read on. :(

Perhaps I'll come back to this, someday...

[PineappleLo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Caretaking perfection. I had no idea what to expect from this second book, but it gave me everything and more. Caleb is the perfect Daddy - always looking out for Logan and his needs even when Logan doesn't know what he wants. He is also willing to apologize when he falls a little short. Logan, sweet tough Logan. He deserves all the cuddles and meals that Caleb gives him. So much love for this book!

[Lauralee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is a 19 year old believable as a daddy? Not really. Was Caleb believable? Absolutely. I ate this up.

[Jenny (Nyxie) · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Review for the full duology)

Tags: brat MC, high school, daddy kink / some age play, abusive parents and horrible home environment, jock and the nerd

I loved this series! The caretaking is wonderful. Loved how the MCs are so good for each other. And the lack of magical dick - just because they have sex, doesn’t mean Logan is instantly cured of his trauma. There is definitely some magical realism going on with Caleb being such a perfect experienced Daddy, but I was fine going along with it.

Overall would recommend!

[mellismoodreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this so much. The first book was equally good and right in the feelings but in the second there was a lot more smut and heat. Although the smut was really really good, I liked the parts the most that hurt. The comments about logans life and how it affected him. The struggle with feelings, accepting love (and pbandjs). I foresee a future of a lot of rereading 🥺🥰

[Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know why, but these two young men really got to me. Logan had such a horrible upbringing by a druggie mom who didn't love him, in fact she resented having to care for him and provide for him (and she did very little of that.) Caleb also grew up without love, and although he wasn't wanted, at least he was provided for. I was so happy that these guys found each other. Caleb loved providing for Logan, taking care of him and wanting him to succeed. The smallest little things that Caleb did for Logan, and most people would take for granted, meant the world to Logan. The book would have been better if it was shorter, but I enjoyed watching Logan and Caleb find comfort in each other, and eventually love.

[✨ Aaron Jeffery ✨]

DNF 32%