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Bro and the Beast 5 by L.C. Davis
2.5
funny lighthearted slow-paced

I'm reviewing the series as a whole (Bro and the Beast 1–5) rather than individually, since the "installments" are all about 100 pages and change, and pick up one after the other. In all honestly, they should have been published as one big book.

I enjoyed the first installments a little more than the later ones, which got way more meta than I was expecting (and I think the story suffered for it). It would have been more interesting if Brad was forced to stay there and never got back to the "real" world. 

The books are not bad. They have a great sense of humor, and I think Brad and Raul's chemsitry is great, but that about sums up everything I like.

There's a lot weighing down these books for me. First of all, there is not enough sex. We get like a total of three sex scenes between all the books, and since the plot doesn't make a lot of sense, the smut needed to be ramped up big time. Second of all, Luna is the prime example of a self-insert character, and it's not cute. Another thing: the logic is not consistent throughout—in the first installment, Brad isn't actually in the book world physically, because his body is in the hospital in a coma, but later on, whenever they "jump" worlds, they don't have a physical body left over. Which is why I don't really understand how Brad
got pregnant
.

Overall, if you're looking for a fun time, this could give you one! But if you hate copious amounts of fourth wall breaks and meta-textual elements, I think there's better omegaverse fics out there for you.