Reviews with content warning for Gaslighting - Sweet Berries

I like C.M. Nascosta's work a lot. What can I say? I like monsters. I thought it was cool that this book focuses on an unusual monster with a different anatomical situation going on than the usual. The premise for this book is absolutely bananas but I'm glad it stayed lighthearted and sweet.

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

I continue to enjoy the Cambric Creek series. Something about it is just so sweet and revs me up. Love a good monster romance and the voyeurism did NOT take awake from that. Spicy and a fun, fast-paced read.

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

CW graphic sexual content, emotionally abusive ex relationship, anxiety

🌟 Monster romance
🌟 Cinnamon roll hero
🌟 Mothman x Human

🌈 Anxiety rep

🌶 Exhibitionism/Voyeurism

Well if this wasn't the most adorable end to 2023 that I needed.

Our dear sweet heroine deserves to be protected at all costs. After fleeing an emotionally abusive relationship, she's bossing life and rebuilding herself, but keeps herself closed off to the idea of love (even though she's a massive horndog 🤣). Enter our cinnamon roll, socially anxious mothman. Yet another sweet previous bean who deserves the world.

The two of them made such a sweet couple with both their anxieties, just supporting and loving each other 😭

Also, in true CM Nascosta style, the spice remains spicing in every book they write 👀

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fast-paced

4.0

Didn’t enjoy this as much as the first one in the series but still a solid book :)

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emotional 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

4.0

Sweet Berries introduces us to Grace and Merrick the two sweetest and cutest characters we could ask for.
Merrick is a mothman who is such a shy and nervous wreck when trying to flirt, but once in his comfort zone talking about his passions, he is very confident.
Grace is a beautiful human who after a bad marriage needs to learn to put her love first and not prioritise those around her.
The two are beautiful together and bring me such joy to read about them.

The spicy scenes were also excellent in this book. Changing up what one might normally expect and getting adventurous with how different monsters would behave.

Great for the monster romance readers out there.

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4.5

*reread as the audiobook in february 2023

after reading MGMF, i just had to continue the series because it's so cozy and sweet but also SUPER HOT. this one was vvvvvvery good. MERRICK>>>> nascosta knows how to write mmcs that while just make me swoon. merrick is the perfect nerdy guy, who is shy around others - mainly due to the stupid xenophobic attitudes of the humans :( - but is also just a genuine sweet guy.... who also likes to watch ;) the way that merrick and grace "meet" is very HOT but also, if it happened to me irl, i would have called the police lmao.

like with book 1, the way the story is told through the fmc with flashing-back and recounting, it got a little confusing, but after reading book 1, i was more prepared for that type of storytelling. i had such a fun time reading, and can't wait to read the next installment in the series as well as other books by nascosta!

⚠️tw/cw: ableism, xenophobia, racism, bullying, toxic relationship, emotional abuse, gaslighting, domestic abuse

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adventurous lighthearted

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Delightful romance with a very reluctant heroine. The unique mothman features described in the sex scenes include; an extra-long suctioning tongue, tiny fang-like teeth, cock pocket, s-curved cock with knots, and a copious amount of thin ejaculate.

The book includes dubious consent for two separate voyeurism scenes.

The book also touches on themes of racism and ableism through the multispecies community.

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