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A review by betwixt_the_pages
Captured by the Cupid by Emily Shore, Emily Shore
4.0
Rating: 3.5/5 Penguins (rounded up)
Quick Reasons: SO much spice; BDSM themes (including d/s; cnc); mind the triggers please; detailed, vivid, purple prose; more fluff than story telling; character driven
HUGE thanks to Emily Shore for the title! My review is voluntarily written and in no way impacted by this gesture!
I moan and shut my eyes again, trying to hold back the bile. "I always dreamed of being swept off my feet, but I didn't think altitude sickness would be involved."
Going into this review, I was conflicted in how I felt about the read overall. Emily Shore's writing is description, filled with sights, sounds, scents, touches, tastes... I could (if I were not a reader with Aphantasia) easily imagine this world coming to literal life around me as I read. The characters are lovable, redeemable, and FULL of snark and wit. Crescendo's playlist was so familiar to me, it might have been plucked from my own Spotify. The BDSM dynamics and the steamy, sexy scenes FILLED this read with action and impact (hahaha...literally and figuratively)
But....and for me, this is a BIG but...there wasn't much STORY TELLING or plot progression as a whole. We get a whole lot of plot in the first 2 chapters and the last 2 chapters...but everything in between those? Fluff. Filler. Not a whole lot going on except the nuts and bolts of the BDSM play. And while I'm not MAD about that...I do wish there had been more to this story than, "human wanders into Purgatory. Human gets captured by Cupid. Commence instalove and all the steam." This read is VERY VERY character and smut driven, and I wish SO MUCH that there had been a better balance because this could have EASILY been a favorite read for me for the year if there had been.
A human in Purgatory. Far worse than any Fae realm. A pity for this glowing butterfly whose blood spills upon the gray ground like poppy petals.
Still, I had a great time falling into this story and watching the antics of our FMC and MMC as their relationship, uh....relationshipped. The snark was ON POINT, I love the brat/dom dynamics we had going on, and Cres was easily one of the best characters. I definitely recommend this to lovers of all things love, Greek mythology retelling seekers, and those who don't mind more smut than story in their reads. Valentines Day approaches, Penguins...will YOU be captured by the Cupid?
Quick Reasons: SO much spice; BDSM themes (including d/s; cnc); mind the triggers please; detailed, vivid, purple prose; more fluff than story telling; character driven
HUGE thanks to Emily Shore for the title! My review is voluntarily written and in no way impacted by this gesture!
I moan and shut my eyes again, trying to hold back the bile. "I always dreamed of being swept off my feet, but I didn't think altitude sickness would be involved."
Going into this review, I was conflicted in how I felt about the read overall. Emily Shore's writing is description, filled with sights, sounds, scents, touches, tastes... I could (if I were not a reader with Aphantasia) easily imagine this world coming to literal life around me as I read. The characters are lovable, redeemable, and FULL of snark and wit. Crescendo's playlist was so familiar to me, it might have been plucked from my own Spotify. The BDSM dynamics and the steamy, sexy scenes FILLED this read with action and impact (hahaha...literally and figuratively)
But....and for me, this is a BIG but...there wasn't much STORY TELLING or plot progression as a whole. We get a whole lot of plot in the first 2 chapters and the last 2 chapters...but everything in between those? Fluff. Filler. Not a whole lot going on except the nuts and bolts of the BDSM play. And while I'm not MAD about that...I do wish there had been more to this story than, "human wanders into Purgatory. Human gets captured by Cupid. Commence instalove and all the steam." This read is VERY VERY character and smut driven, and I wish SO MUCH that there had been a better balance because this could have EASILY been a favorite read for me for the year if there had been.
A human in Purgatory. Far worse than any Fae realm. A pity for this glowing butterfly whose blood spills upon the gray ground like poppy petals.
Still, I had a great time falling into this story and watching the antics of our FMC and MMC as their relationship, uh....relationshipped. The snark was ON POINT, I love the brat/dom dynamics we had going on, and Cres was easily one of the best characters. I definitely recommend this to lovers of all things love, Greek mythology retelling seekers, and those who don't mind more smut than story in their reads. Valentines Day approaches, Penguins...will YOU be captured by the Cupid?