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The first part is absolute ass, so I'm not surprised so many people dnf-d before they got to the good part(s). The dialogue in part I was absolutely horrendous and made the characters seem insufferable. I didn't get their constant arguments and fights, after having known each other for so little time. I wasn't a fan of the insta-infatuation and wouldn've liked them to gradually get to know each other. After Poppy was rid of Roisin (so from part II onwards), I actually started to like her and the story. The found family was amazing, and without Roisin dragging everyone down with her martyr attitude, I enjoyed the book much more.

This is my second book in the series, and while I did enjoy it and, unfortunately, related to Harper quite a bit, the whole of it fell incredibly short. The way Nascosta dealt with grief and depression was great and gave substance to the story, but the book just abruptly ends without any resolution whatsoever. It also took far too long for any kind of spice to appear in the book. It doesn't align with the tone of the rest of the series, and would have benefited being a completely separate and longer standalone.

Quite enjoyable, but I found the comments about a fat character unnecessary. However, since they're characteristic of the time this was written, I can't penalise it too harshly. It was interesting enough, and I was surprised by character depth.

I'm conflicted. I was really excited when I first heard about this book, but I'm not sure I enjoyed reading it. So many of the fantasies were so simple and mundane, but maybe that's the point? Maybe the whole gist of the thing is that women are made to feel unnecessary shame for something that isn't even all that wild? I don't know. All I know is that I was bored for most of this book and its not something I expect when reading about sexual fantasies.

I also didn't enjoy some contributors using the space to vent and complain about their (nonexistent) sex lives, incel style, as if anyone owes them closeness and intimacy. One of them says 'I'm a human being with just as much right to the same types of relationships as others.'  Legal right, in terms of them not being forbidden to, sure! Entitled? Absolutely not. And it looked like they meant the latter. It's not a good look and I wish such stories weren't included.