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funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This should be labeled fantasy for how emotionally mature these men are.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I definitely would have loved this more if it were longer - I didn't get a good sense of John  or Bellamy and the insta-love trope didn't help that at all. I love queer urban fantasy but the character work just wasn't there for me to dig my claws into.

TMI

J.E. Birk, Leslie McAdam, Rachel Ember

DID NOT FINISH: 9%

I had to close the kindle app in severe second-hand embarrassment when I got to Max accidentally texting the other MLs AGAIN. When you do that once (as he started out the book), it's more likely that you are fanatical about never making that mistake again. I can't do it.
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Is
a coma
better than a third act break-up? Jury's still out.
challenging fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

DNF: I can't stand Dominic, so this was never gonna work for me even with my favorite trope in there.

JK, I picked it back up and finished it. Dominic grew on me, but I had to skim some parts - the little fighter nickname had me twitchy in a bad way and the casual
organ donation
in the epilogue made me laugh in its absurdity. However, that man sure does like to
eat pussy
so good for you, Clara.
challenging informative reflective medium-paced
tense fast-paced
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

The things we humans do to one another.

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fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Too short for any development and the overuse of "velvet steel" was comical for a story that wanted to be a gothic-lite monster romance.