4.25 stars

I love this series! The story of Thystle and Matteo is super sweet. I love how dare brought them together.

This book was so sweet. Muzo is such a pure soul and I was so happy to see him get his HEA.

I really can’t wait to see Poppy get his HEA as well. The characters in these stories are a little over the top with how innocent or naïve they are, but I can’t help but love them

This book was so amazing! All the time spent in cat form for Nite, plus all the cat mannerisms when not in cat form… everything was so adorable and it was also a pretty funny book. It had some themes that could actually be pretty dark, but they were handled in a light way (not in a disrespectful way though). The book was exactly what I needed.

This was definitely cute.

This is a very spicy novella, but there's a lot going on beneath the surface as well. It's not pure smut for smut's sake, although-yes-the spice is delicious.

The main characters are Luca and Thorn, who are both underwear models. Luca is world famous and excels at harnessing his raw sexuality in front of the camera; Thorn, on the other hand, makes use of his his serious nature for photoshoots, but flounders when he needs to act overtly sexy (especially around Luca). With the director losing his patience when Thorn keeps clamming up, the stoic model has one night to learn everything he can from Luca, or risk losing the job.

Luca and Thorn lock themselves in the studio overnight (we love a forced proximity trope, don't we, folks?), and Luca focuses on trying to train Thorn how to emote in front of the camera. And what better way to draw out someone's passion than to rub up on them? 😉 But it's not only the physical which helps Thorn come out of his shell. It's lovely to see in this novella how Thorn begins to blossom under Luca's praise. He slowly gains the confidence to speak his mind and go for what he wants.

Once Luca and Thorn start to get close, for me it feels like the book is moving in slow motion-and I mean that in a good way, so let me explain: It feels like the reader gets to witness every tiny touch and how those make the characters feel, and witness every tiny thought, and how those show on the characters' faces. I'm calling these microsensualities (making up words is fine, right?), and boy did they give me goose bumps. It's like watching a sexy, slow-motion erotic dance, but in book form.

Some Details:
Pairing: MM, Thorn & Luca
POV: 1st Person, Dual 🗣️🗣️
Tense: Present
Angst: 2.5/5 😟😟😟
Spice Frequency: 4.5/5 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Spice Level: 3/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️

I received a free ARC of this book; this is my honest review of it.