1) Theirs for the Night ★★★★


content warnings: attempted murder, mentions of fatal poisoning, mentions of past alcoholism and drug abuse
representation: mlm main characters, m/m/f main relationship

“Maybe it was narcissistic to think that I should be king. I have you. We have Meg. We have more money than we could spend in a lifetime. Why the fuck do I need a country, too?”

You guys might not see me for a while because I'll be off binge-reading all of Katee Robert's books. It's only taken two books in the same series, but she's already ascended to favourite smutty writer territory (it helps that I've heard her other books are incredible).

A few months have passed since Theirs for the Night and Meg has decided that her fun night with Theo and Galen will be nothing but that, a fun memory (that may have ruined sex for her). She's already struggling with paying her tuition so she can try to escape the life her mother had, she doesn't have time for Theo and Galen's bullshit. Theo, however, hasn't given up on Meg and wants her back; Galen just wants to keep him (and Meg, though he'll never admit it) safe. All their plans go wrong, but maybe in the best way possible.

This is obviously a lot longer than the first book, and thank god for that because I surprisingly got super into the plot. Of course the sex is still the focus, and it's fantastic, don't get me wrong. But Theo and Galen trying to find a loophole so they can get Theo restored as Crown Prince (and now King, with his father dead) and find proof that Theo's uncle screwed him over ended up being super interesting! They spend a lot of the book travelling across Europe trying to find the evidence they need, meeting new characters and getting into life threatening situations. Meg's involvement in it also ends up really interesting, especially because she and the boys ultimately don't know each other very well and end up clashing in what I found to be very realistic and compelling ways.

I also became extremely invested in the romance, which is nice because there's a lot of erotica out there that doesn't really care about the characters and their romance, instead only caring about the sex. That's fine, I guess, but my time of reading smutty fan-fiction has made me find way more enjoyment in erotica where I'm actively rooting for the characters to have sex with each other instead of them just doing it. The end of this book was wonderful, and definitely doesn't call for a sequel but I'm excited there's one anyway because god do I want to see these three just being a domestic couple who aren't running for their lives and have the weight of the world on their shoulders.

I'm surprised I'd only heard of Katee Robert recently because, honestly, nobody's doing it like her (except for maybe Sierra Simone. I don't know if it's just because I read a Sierra Simone right before this but they give me similar vibes (and not just because of how much they both love writing menage, but also we love to see it)) and every erotica reader should start reading her books right now.