Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

“Oh, sugar,” I cursed under my breath, darting to my bedside table for a tissue, somehow both satiated and humiliated at the same time. Which is not the worst feeling, for some reason.

This book is so much fun. The perfect balance of obsessive love and romance, superhero-y action, and some of the spiciest smut you’ll read.

I think one of my favorite parts about this is how, if you strip back all the action and ‘extra’ stuff going on, you still have a really sweet (and filthy) romance at the center of it all to kinda bring it all home. They’re fated mates so there’s definitely an instant connection, but it doesn’t necessarily read like instalove. Their connection is believable and you can see how they work together basically right away.

Forget bi-awakening, I had a sub-awakening on my hands, and I had never been more here for anything in my entire goddamn life. Come. To. Daddy.

Their dynamic is a LOT of fun. Butch is an absolute beefcake of a (younger) man, and he loves to be a good boy for Xander. The mix of mild degradation with praise really works, and both MCs love it. If you’re worried about the degradation warning, I would honestly say there’s not much to worry about (unless it’s a trigger for you), because there’s so much pure affection behind it.

Two nights without Butch in my bed and I’d turned into a fucking menace to society.

I think I’ve mentioned this previously as well after reading the second book, but the humor is top notch. It’s so on the nose sometimes, especially with the funny hero/villain/character names, that it makes me chuckle every single time. It’s sorta cheesy, but only in the best way. Gentlemen Prefer Villains is still my favorite, but there’s no doubt that this is also a solid 5 stars. Hats off to the author for building this fun universe with lots of smut, and still managing to center it all around a good romance.

“Oh, fuck,” I repeated out loud as every red flag I’d ignored wildly flapped in the breeze.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Superhero/villain
Secret identity
Hookup to lovers
Praise kink
Age gap
Feuding families
Possessive and protective
First times
A touch of daddy kink
Submissive beefcake
Fated mates
Grumpy/sunshine
Mild degredation

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Mild degradation
Slut/brat
Mentions of killing
Graphic murder details
Intentured servitude
Kidnapping
Animal autopsy (seagull)
Explicit sexual content
Violence

This list and more can be found on the author’s website:
c-rochelle.com


⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Superhero romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
MCs age: 22 and 31


“[…]It’s okay to cry over sea turtles, Xan. It doesn’t make you weak.”