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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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:
No
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥+
Humor: A bit
Perspective: First person from both the hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? A pretty balanced mix of both but maybe a bit more plot focused
When mains are first on page together:
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes
Format: listened to the audiobook from library (Hoopla)
Should I read in order?
This is book 1 of Graves’ Romancing His Stone series.
Basic plot:
Behind on rent and living in a mountain of debt, Julianna can’t turn down Titan’s absurdly generous payments to be her Daddy – though she didn’t bargain for him also being a gargoyle.
Give this a try if you want:
- monster romance
- contemporary setting
- gargoyle hero / human heroine
- child free couple
- sex worker heroine
- bit of a mystery/planned burglary
- bit of instalust
- size difference – heroine is tall, but the hero is very large in gargoyle form
- very protective hero
- higher steam – 8 scenes with kink (tail play/bondage, ,praise, Daddy/baby girl dynamics, spanking)
Ages:
- Heroine is 30, hero looks 40 in human glamour, but is over 600 ;)
First line:
Fat rivulets of rain flood the grooves of my granite back and drop off the tips of my claws and horns.
My thoughts:
I was not sure what to expect before diving into this one. I would have said I am not really interested in Daddy kink romance, but ummmm very much loved it!
There was something so amazing about how absolutely protective Titan is. So, so protective and always thinking about her and her comfort. He spoils her and I adore it. There’s something about watching Titan go from an absolutely brutal attack to protect the heroine to pampering her with the utmost care.
Julianna I loved too. She’s very adaptable because she’s had to be. And as hard as it was for me to read about her super toxic and abusive family, the comeuppance for them is so satisfying.
The world building here was interesting to me – loved the whole gargoyle gang Titan has going on 😂 I’m definitely curious about more from this world and would read more in the series when they come out!
Endearments
The hero calls the heroine ‘baby girl’ and the heroine calls the hero ‘daddy’.
Cock/Hero Stats:
- Gargoyle hero
- has a tail that he uses sexually – it has ridges
- horns and wings and claws
- his tongue is long and thick and pointed
- very well-endowed cock with ridges
Quotes/thoughts: (Any mistakes are my own)
“If you say you’re fine one more time, baby girl, I’m going to spank your ass red every night for a month.”
---
“Don’t look at me that way.” Titan grinds out the words like each one is more painful than the next. It only makes me want to soothe him more.
“Like what?” I chew at the corner of my bottom lip and let my eyes drop to the floor before flicking them back up to his.
“Like you are giving yourself to me.” His voice is suddenly low and raspy. “Like you want me to devour you.”
“What if I want you to devour me?”
Content warnings: (This should be taken as a minimum because I could have missed some!)
- abusive parents/family trauma
- violence on page
- mention of putting heroine under a conservatorship and abuse/take advantage of her
Author given content warnings: Titan contains depictions of violence, sexual situations, and a financially abusive parent relationship (mother) which some readers may find graphic or otherwise disturbing. The main characters engage in a consensual power exchange, the relationship in the story is not meant to depict real-life best practices.
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
“Soon enough, baby girl. I’m big, and you need to work up to me,” Titan rumbles in my ears. “And I told you not to move. Don’t make me tell you again.”
47% - 🔥 oral for her, dp with the tail (tail anally)
“I won’t be gentle.”
“Promise, daddy?” He lets out a low feral sound and I feel the firm bumpy pressure of Titan’s tail slide up my leg. It moves over my dress, between my breasts, til it finally circles my throat with just enough pressure to let me know his warnings were sincere.
64% - 🔥 bath tail play/penetration, throat play, bj (incomplete), sex against the wall (?)
“On your knees,” Titan commands, “and show me what is mine.”
73% - 🔥 hero masturbation
I press the soft fabric against my nostrils, and I let it cover my mouth and brush against my fangs. I bite at it, hoping to get one last taste of her, and breath her in again and again, begging her scent to smother me.
93% - 🔥 oral for her, tail bondage, sex against the wall
“Needy, needy girl,” he taunts me. “Tell me you didn’t miss coming on my tongue.”
98% - 🔥 spanking, her on top
“You took your punishment so well for me, baby girl,” he says soothingly.
He pulls me up onto his lap, holding me tight to his chest as he rubs his hand soothingly over my sore skin.
“Good girl,” he whispers and kisses me on the forehead.
I shift in his lap so my thighs strain to straddle him.
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥+
Humor: A bit
Perspective: First person from both the hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? A pretty balanced mix of both but maybe a bit more plot focused
When mains are first on page together:
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes
Format: listened to the audiobook from library (Hoopla)
Should I read in order?
This is book 1 of Graves’ Romancing His Stone series.
Basic plot:
Behind on rent and living in a mountain of debt, Julianna can’t turn down Titan’s absurdly generous payments to be her Daddy – though she didn’t bargain for him also being a gargoyle.
Give this a try if you want:
- monster romance
- contemporary setting
- gargoyle hero / human heroine
- child free couple
- sex worker heroine
- bit of a mystery/planned burglary
- bit of instalust
- size difference – heroine is tall, but the hero is very large in gargoyle form
- very protective hero
- higher steam – 8 scenes with kink (tail play/bondage, ,praise, Daddy/baby girl dynamics, spanking)
Ages:
- Heroine is 30, hero looks 40 in human glamour, but is over 600 ;)
First line:
Fat rivulets of rain flood the grooves of my granite back and drop off the tips of my claws and horns.
My thoughts:
I was not sure what to expect before diving into this one. I would have said I am not really interested in Daddy kink romance, but ummmm very much loved it!
There was something so amazing about how absolutely protective Titan is. So, so protective and always thinking about her and her comfort. He spoils her and I adore it. There’s something about watching Titan go from an absolutely brutal attack to protect the heroine to pampering her with the utmost care.
Julianna I loved too. She’s very adaptable because she’s had to be. And as hard as it was for me to read about her super toxic and abusive family, the comeuppance for them is so satisfying.
The world building here was interesting to me – loved the whole gargoyle gang Titan has going on 😂 I’m definitely curious about more from this world and would read more in the series when they come out!
Endearments
The hero calls the heroine ‘baby girl’ and the heroine calls the hero ‘daddy’.
Cock/Hero Stats:
- Gargoyle hero
- has a tail that he uses sexually – it has ridges
- horns and wings and claws
- his tongue is long and thick and pointed
- very well-endowed cock with ridges
Quotes/thoughts: (Any mistakes are my own)
“If you say you’re fine one more time, baby girl, I’m going to spank your ass red every night for a month.”
---
“Don’t look at me that way.” Titan grinds out the words like each one is more painful than the next. It only makes me want to soothe him more.
“Like what?” I chew at the corner of my bottom lip and let my eyes drop to the floor before flicking them back up to his.
“Like you are giving yourself to me.” His voice is suddenly low and raspy. “Like you want me to devour you.”
“What if I want you to devour me?”
Content warnings: (This should be taken as a minimum because I could have missed some!)
- abusive parents/family trauma
- violence on page
- mention of putting heroine under a conservatorship and abuse/take advantage of her
Author given content warnings:
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
“Soon enough, baby girl. I’m big, and you need to work up to me,” Titan rumbles in my ears. “And I told you not to move. Don’t make me tell you again.”
47% - 🔥 oral for her, dp with the tail (tail anally)
“I won’t be gentle.”
“Promise, daddy?” He lets out a low feral sound and I feel the firm bumpy pressure of Titan’s tail slide up my leg. It moves over my dress, between my breasts, til it finally circles my throat with just enough pressure to let me know his warnings were sincere.
64% - 🔥 bath tail play/penetration, throat play, bj (incomplete), sex against the wall (?)
“On your knees,” Titan commands, “and show me what is mine.”
73% - 🔥 hero masturbation
I press the soft fabric against my nostrils, and I let it cover my mouth and brush against my fangs. I bite at it, hoping to get one last taste of her, and breath her in again and again, begging her scent to smother me.
93% - 🔥 oral for her, tail bondage, sex against the wall
“Needy, needy girl,” he taunts me. “Tell me you didn’t miss coming on my tongue.”
98% - 🔥 spanking, her on top
“You took your punishment so well for me, baby girl,” he says soothingly.
He pulls me up onto his lap, holding me tight to his chest as he rubs his hand soothingly over my sore skin.
“Good girl,” he whispers and kisses me on the forehead.
I shift in his lap so my thighs strain to straddle him.
I didn't go into this thinking I was gonna love it, but I didn't think I was going to dislike it this much either. On the positives, it was well written. It had a plot that was a tad confusing (especially in the beginning), but that was at least interesting. Jules was a great main character and I really loved her backstory. The scene where she's at the first party was something straight out of a heist book, and I loved that.
However. I fucking hated Titan lmao. He was just way too violent for my taste, and I felt no chemistry between them. Like, none. The hook between them was so flimsy it was impossible for me to buy that they fell in love in like. Less than a week. I also didn't like the whole financial aspect of it all. I get it, but it's not something I really like in romance, it feels too materialistic, especially when there's so much focus on it.
Also, I just hated what he did to her and I hated that it took him a ridiculously long time to understand why it was so shitty of him. I was on Jules's side the whole time and I wanted so bad for her to leave him lmao They didn't know each other that long like girl you can find someone better trust me!!!
So yeah. Not the worst thing I've ever read, but pretty disappointing nonetheless.
However. I fucking hated Titan lmao. He was just way too violent for my taste, and I felt no chemistry between them. Like, none. The hook between them was so flimsy it was impossible for me to buy that they fell in love in like. Less than a week. I also didn't like the whole financial aspect of it all. I get it, but it's not something I really like in romance, it feels too materialistic, especially when there's so much focus on it.
Also, I just hated what he did to her and I hated that it took him a ridiculously long time to understand why it was so shitty of him. I was on Jules's side the whole time and I wanted so bad for her to leave him lmao They didn't know each other that long like girl you can find someone better trust me!!!
So yeah. Not the worst thing I've ever read, but pretty disappointing nonetheless.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I quite liked the book, especially Jules is not your typical girl who needs help, there was a fair amount of plot and a lot of spicy but it's not a D/S relationship but it has its touches of that. daddy titan hot af
My friends made fun of me for adding this book to my TBR, so, cuz I’m petty af I prioritised it on my list. And damn it actually slaps!!
So, tomorrow, my friends are getting an exclusive and thorough review of this book.
Woops.
So, tomorrow, my friends are getting an exclusive and thorough review of this book.
Woops.
My first adventure into Gargoyle romance and I enjoyed the story.
Couldn't resist the title
Its really unfair of me to review this. I knew what I was getting with the title, yet I read it any way, thinking it might be a laugh. It wasn't. I skimmed over the sex scenes, which means i skimmed about 2\3 of the book. The story was okay, but it didn't really hold my attention.
Its really unfair of me to review this. I knew what I was getting with the title, yet I read it any way, thinking it might be a laugh. It wasn't. I skimmed over the sex scenes, which means i skimmed about 2\3 of the book. The story was okay, but it didn't really hold my attention.
So this book was sitting at a 3 for me overall, but Daddy Titan needed a star all for himself. Jules did grate on my nerves a few times. Like, come on, DADDY TITAN wants to take care of you! Buy you all the things! Bang your brains out at all hours of the day! Who cares about some stupid sugar baby agreement? I would have folded faster than a folding chair in a hurricane.
I will admit, I kind of want a Dredd book. I feel like he's a standoffish hardass on the outside but has the possibility to be a caring cinnamon roll on the inside (Raahosh from IPB, anyone?). Definitely will read book 2 when it comes out.
I will admit, I kind of want a Dredd book. I feel like he's a standoffish hardass on the outside but has the possibility to be a caring cinnamon roll on the inside (Raahosh from IPB, anyone?). Definitely will read book 2 when it comes out.
Fives stars, because the writing is very, very good, and it features DDLG, a subject I rarely see in romance, let alone done well.
I would remove a star due to the vulgarity of the language in intimate scenes, but that boils down more to personal taste (the words tits and pussy, repetitions of wet, hot, throbbing, et cetera).
Features spanking and squirting.
I would remove a star due to the vulgarity of the language in intimate scenes, but that boils down more to personal taste (the words tits and pussy, repetitions of wet, hot, throbbing, et cetera).
Features spanking and squirting.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
🔥 “You’re mine, Julianna. Every little, naked, perfect piece of you is mine.”
~~~
Julianna is a fighter! Since she was 18, betrayed by her mother and her manager, she’s been willing to do whatever it takes to win her independence back. I loved how strong, brave, determined and resourceful she is. Even more, I really liked that she was not ashamed of what she did to make ends meet. That gorgeous sugar baby is a wonderful woman and I loved her so much!
~~~
Julianna is a fighter! Since she was 18, betrayed by her mother and her manager, she’s been willing to do whatever it takes to win her independence back. I loved how strong, brave, determined and resourceful she is. Even more, I really liked that she was not ashamed of what she did to make ends meet. That gorgeous sugar baby is a wonderful woman and I loved her so much!
Titan is one phenomenal male! He’s huge, strong, loyal, fearsome, growly and fiercely protective of the people he cares about. And he takes his responsibility to find the Keystone and protect the Relic Room very seriously. Even more, I loved Titan’s possessiveness and dominance. That massive gargoyle Daddy Dom is absolutely magnificent and I adored every single thing about him!
I adored everything that happened between Julianna and Titan. It all started with an arrangement - Julianna and Titan working together to find a supernatural artifact. But soon everything became so much more. From the moment they met, their attraction was undeniable and their chemistry was fantastic. I loved how easily Julianna accepted the supernatural world and Titan’s true form. And I adored Titan for showing her that she doesn’t need to deal with everything alone. They had a few bumps along the way, but I loved how everything resolved in the end. Titan and Julianna were so perfect for each other and the spicy moments they shared were off-the-charts hot and filled with all the deliciously naughty and kinky goodness. I couldn’t get enough!
In addition the worldbuilding and the storyline were spectacular! I loved this world filled with magic, gargoyles, witches and so many supernatural creatures. And I loved every single one of Titan’s brothers - each of them was so awesome in their own way. Even more, I’m quite intrigued by the witches, too. And the wild and dangerous search for the Keystone, the suspense and the unexpected turns of events kept me glued to the pages till the very end.
Overall, the story is a remarkable start of the series! It’s filled with action, danger, suspense, twists, humor, violence, blazing hot romance and wonderful characters.
I absolutely loved every page of it and cannot wait to see what happens next!