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Forget Me Knot by Briton Frost

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3.5

Personally I don’t see the issues people had with this book. 
 
Yes it’s insta-love, it’s Omegaverse 🙄. 
 
The Alien thing 🤷‍♀️ the author seemed to want to world build a little. Considering this is the first in a series, I get it. To be honest, I appreciate its divination from the norm. It gave more depth than suggesting the book had a society the same as the one we know, with a complex social/biological hierarchy, mpreg, oh and no women.
 
Also it’s a <100pg novella, I’m not sure how much “story” people wanted packed into a book about a dude having a baby put in him. The MCs don’t even kiss until page 30 🙄 
At Your Service by Amithia Raine

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fast-paced

2.0

Just psudo medical k!nky spice. Too short for me to find it really enjoyable, but still kinda cute. And would make a great meet cute for an actual novella. 
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Team's Omega by Lacey Daize

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

Excessive snow shovelling  
Half story half spice 
4 Alphas flirt with an Omega until he makes a life changing choice 
There is indeed Mpreg 
 
I had hopes! Sadly this fell just short of the mark for me. It was long enough I felt like i should have been more emotionally invested in Ash but really I was more interested in the flirty dudes that pop in and out of the first 60% of the book. The last 40% of the book felt like it moved lightning fast as at least 25% of it was medium salsa level spice. 
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Whispers of the Closet Monster: A Forbidden Tryst by Seraphina Steele

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Spice only 
Tentacles 
Closet monster 
 
Typical girl fears her closet (…I get you), finds out what’s in her closet, and get to know it…in the biblical sense. Super quick, kinda fun, I’ll likely try out at least one more short story by this author. 
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Exes and Goals by Heather C. Myers

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
I had a difficult time getting into the story I DNFed at about 19%. I skipped ahead to see if the story picked up, for me and it didn’t. I even tried a scene where the MCs hook up for the first time. I personally wasn’t a fan of the way the characters feel about the hook up and how they communicate. 

The language of everything I read felt a little off, a few misused words and weird tense mistakes really stood out. 

I imagine other people will/have liked this book. I just don’t feel it’s for me.
Off Season by Jodi Oliver

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emotional funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Middle life 29/38
Fake boyfriends / holiday hookup
Found family
Almost everyone is queer
Grief x 2 - parents death/abandonment 
We’re only going to bang on this two week holiday…we will not catch feelings 🤣
Slow and steady

Slowish, peppered with ample spice. At 70% the boys are in love but still in their holiday bubble. No true third act break up. But sooo much misaligned communication, the boys were trying, they’ve just got some work to do to get where they need to be. 

Second book in the series. Feels completely stand alone but the side cast is strong enough I will likely go back and read the first book before the third is published.
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Just A Little Love by Kerry Kilpatrick

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Fake dating
Middle life MCs are late 20’s and 38

A Daddy finds a boy who needs him at the perfect moment. Guy finds a Daddy to help him and gets roped into trying out how being a Little feels. 

Started with me wondering if I would like it. Around 50 pages in it completely picked up for me. 

The dual POV was interesting. I liked having Gabe explain his emotions as a Daddy and Rory discovering new bits of himself. Getting to ride along while their relationship developed and grew was awesome. 

I can’t speak to the accuracy and depiction of the Daddy/Little relationship, but I can say this is one of the first I’ve read that didn’t leave me with a lasting level of ick. 

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Thank you to Gay Romance Reviews for the ARC so that I could give it my honest opinion.
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Love Language by Jax Calder

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Grump/sunny 
Sign language 🤟 
Office mates 
 
Single POV with epilogue for alternate MCs POV 

Absolutely adorable, I'm a sucker for MC1 telling MC2 that they adore them in a language MC2 doesn't understand; especially when it's believed to be one sided. It gives me ALL of the feels. 

These boys are a wonderful example of a grump and sunny boy in perfect balance. Just because someone has a sunny disposition doesn't mean they can't snark as good as they get. 

Super quick <100 page novella. LOVED every moment. Perfectly paired with my morning coffee. 
Two Truths and a Lyle by DJ Jamison

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lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

Cute bff to lovers 
Demisexual rep 
Small town 
First time 
 
Oh my, these boys. They kiss and think everything has changed. When everyone (but them) seems to know that the only thing that’s changed is that now they kiss and play nuddy twister. This was the perfect lead into the main series. 
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Never Have I Evan by DJ Jamison

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lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

Pan awakening 
Geek / Jock 
Friends to lovers 
First time 
 
Warning… 
Serious injury depiction 
Accidental outing (non traumatic) 
 
Cute full length novel after reading the prequel novella to this series. I enjoyed the characters and “game” plot device enough to pick up the rest of this series. 
 
At first I was a little unsure how I would like Even as an MC, but I ended up loving him. He’s sweet, hard headed and adorably innocent. Dawson is charming, perfect, and broken is a way Evan can help with. They go from being casually acquainted, to friends, to smouldering lovers. I genuinely liked this book. 
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