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sarah_ah's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
tarantulagirl's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
lexsassy's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
A great read, with excellent spice. Focused on spice and a simple story. If you enjoy spice this is a good read you will feel satisfied with.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
autumnwitch14's review
emotional
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual harassment, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol
Adult/minor relationship depending on your country's laws (she's 19)01melon's review
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Although it becomes a little repetitive after a while and lacks a plot—just continuous smut—it was still really hot. Not to mention, there were some truly troubling passages in the book, such as the one where a grown man fantasizes about seeing his son's girlfriend for sex in the same place. It struck me as a little odd and nearly made me dnf.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content
faith99's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Medical content
hotmessmamareads's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The Doctor was a steamy read featuring an age-gap romance with the slightly taboo/forbidden relationship trope of ex-boyfriend's father/son's ex-girlfriend. At the start of the book, the FMC is in an unsatisfying/unfulfilling relationship and admires her boyfriend's father's appearance. Once the relationship comes to an end, however, she almost immediately pivots to exploring the forbidden fruit of her attraction to his dad who's feeling her just as much as she feels him. Their initial physical attraction does carry the first half of the novel (with a pretty lengthy first-time hook-up scene between them), but the emotional connection didn't successfully build enough for me throughout the rest of the story. Beyond that, as their characters continued to develop, I found myself struggling to root for them as individuals and as a couple.
This ultimately made me feel as if the promise of romance didn't fully deliver an emotionally satisfying conclusion. Don't get me wrong--the physical connection between the two character is fire and most of the scenes are great. But without the added layer of emotional heart-to-hearts, it was hard to fully understand/envision why these two work well together. At times, I felt the MMC didn't really come across as being as "adult" as he should've been, considering the repeated references to his 40-year-old-ness. In some ways, this could potentially lend itself to explaining why their relationship works, but it was hard for me to buy into. Maybe what made it hard for me to see him as a great, heroic MMC was that he didn't come across as a particularly good father to his son and occasionally, things he said to the FMC felt manipulative--combined with a few other things, it made it even harder for me to root for him.
The writing was strong, and the spicy scenes were spicy. I enjoyed the nosy neighbor playing a part in complicating things, but did find the resolution a little... too convenient and also, awkwardly forced.
Still, it was a quick and pleasant read with plenty of spice. I just wish it'd delivered more heart or more angst. If I were to try to recommend books along this same theme/trope to another reader, I'd have to say that I enjoyed Katee Robert's "Your Dad Will Do" and Sara Cate's "Praise" above this one.
This ultimately made me feel as if the promise of romance didn't fully deliver an emotionally satisfying conclusion. Don't get me wrong--the physical connection between the two character is fire and most of the scenes are great. But without the added layer of emotional heart-to-hearts, it was hard to fully understand/envision why these two work well together. At times, I felt the MMC didn't really come across as being as "adult" as he should've been, considering the repeated references to his 40-year-old-ness. In some ways, this could potentially lend itself to explaining why their relationship works, but it was hard for me to buy into. Maybe what made it hard for me to see him as a great, heroic MMC was that he didn't come across as a particularly good father to his son and occasionally, things he said to the FMC felt manipulative--combined with a few other things, it made it even harder for me to root for him.
The writing was strong, and the spicy scenes were spicy. I enjoyed the nosy neighbor playing a part in complicating things, but did find the resolution a little... too convenient and also, awkwardly forced.
Still, it was a quick and pleasant read with plenty of spice. I just wish it'd delivered more heart or more angst. If I were to try to recommend books along this same theme/trope to another reader, I'd have to say that I enjoyed Katee Robert's "Your Dad Will Do" and Sara Cate's "Praise" above this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Abandonment and Infidelity
swiss_miss_73's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ /10 Spice
💀💀💀 /10 Taboo
📖 /10 Plot
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ /10 Romance
#spicybooktok
💀💀💀 /10 Taboo
📖 /10 Plot
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ /10 Romance
#spicybooktok
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
matcha_pages's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
If you're wanting an age-gap romance with lots of spicy smutty scenes then you've found the book you're looking for.
I picked this up out of curiousity, a steamy romance with a doctor? Yes please. I knew there was an age gap, but good grief a 19 year old girl with a 40-something year old man. I didn't have high expectations for the plot line (I'm here for the spicy smut) but the ending was extremely cringe.
Spice - 5 stars
Plot - 1 star
I picked this up out of curiousity, a steamy romance with a doctor? Yes please. I knew there was an age gap, but good grief a 19 year old girl with a 40-something year old man. I didn't have high expectations for the plot line (I'm here for the spicy smut) but the ending was extremely cringe.
Spice - 5 stars
Plot - 1 star
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
julianacosta_01's review
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Medical content