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Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra

15 reviews

pvbobrien's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Ableism

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Classism, War, Biphobia, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

maybephasing's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Ableism, Blood, Alcoholism, Biphobia, and Cursing

cgn's review against another edition

4.5

This book was so delightful. It was just like a warm hug with a hint of intrigue (though mind the trigger warnings)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Racism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Alcoholism

jade_newcastle's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is my go-to comfort book right now! The romance is charming and healthy, the disability representation makes me feel seen, and the worldbuilding is intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Suicide, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Infertility

stifledlaughter's review

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Joy Demorra's "Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites" was an immense delight to read, and I would highly recommend it if you like fantasy worldbuilding, engaging romances, and simply well-done writing. 

The book focuses on three characters, bringing in their unique storylines to weave together in a way that absolutely makes sense but isn't rushed or feels like they're shoved together in a way that doesn't fit. Sometimes characters feel disparate and like they ought not to be in the same narrative but Nathan, Vlad, and Ursula come together in ways that truly make sense. 

There was also such humor in the book, despite the seriousness of the plot it definitely was lightened up at times by the sharp wit of the author. The locations were also all described so well that I could picture them excellently as backdrops for the character interactions. 

As someone that is poly, kinky, and chronically ill, I found it fantastic that all of these aspects were in the book, as finding all three addressed in any media at once... this might be the first time? The author addressed all of these with such care, and I look forward to reading the sequel whenever it comes out! 
(Cross-posted to other sites)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Contains consensual (and well-written) kink