3.86 AVERAGE

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

asiajane's review

5.0

Funny, warm, and steamy!
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: No
lighthearted 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
emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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
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katy2001's review

3.5
lighthearted medium-paced
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

shut up i'm obsessed with this book 

Listen. This lil gem. It’s pretty ding dang adorable and quirky and lovey dovey. In reading Satisfaction Guaranteed, I am excited to read other books by Stetz-Waters. And I say “other books,” because this one… for all its good… is not The Best.

First, bless a queer romance set in a feminist sex shop. We love it. We need it. Cade and Selena are such cuties with adorable idiosyncrasies and heartwarming perspectives. I really like imagining the two of them in this kooky sex store being… themselves. A little sex kitten art freak and a tight lace, normcore jock boi. My heart.

This book also does one thing, I’ve not EVER read… the most perfect, effortless modeling of sexual and romantic consent. I mean—hats OFF.

It’s just… a real slow burn. Slow. Really slow. So slow, it didn’t seem to fit with my interpretation of the characters. Slow like, I really perfectly understood why Cade and Selena WEREN’T getting together and when they finally did… it was a little anticlimactic. Pun intended.

The first half (over half) of this book was such a tease… and when readers finally get that sexy gratification… it’s a little too simple and easy? I’m not sure exactly how to identify the problem beyond thinking about it as a super cute, very good date that ends in a quickie when we wanted it to end (not end) in a very very long night.

My honest review is a 3.5 but that’s not how Goodreads works.