Reviews

Love for the Cold-Blooded, or The Part-Time Evil Minion's Guide to Accidentally Dating a Superhero by Alex Gabriel

thehappybookwyrm's review

funny relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.0

 

The chaotic energy from this novel has me captivated. It's surprisingly sweet and a little insightful. I appreciated that despite this is supposed to be a fun unserious novel, the author did manage to convey some nice points on superheros/villains and family. For something seemingly to be a smut novel it only had three sex scenes and they were pretty vanilla (not complaining!! just observing because it took me a bit unaware)
I guess the writing style could be considered "cringe", but I don't believe in that concept. It reads like most fan fiction writing style, which is self aware and a little silly.

Honestly if you're looking for a short and fun novel I would definitely recommend this novel. I've never read books in this style before, but after this pleasant experience I really want to read more.

 

callunavulgari's review against another edition

4.0

This one was fun. And shockingly explicit considering that when I first started it I thought it was just gonna be a silly heroes + villains love story. And I mean... it is definitely that. But also there is definitely sex.

rimestock's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A very fun read! My favorite bits were definitely Pat's stints as a minion, since I adore how the superhero worldbuilding runs on comedy logic. 

Romance-wise, it's okay! I think I definitely enjoyed Pat more, his rambly narrative voice is pretty fun. Pat and Nick both being vers is also cool, although I definitely preferred the sex scenes when Pat topped Nick lol What can I say, I love it when an uptight mf gets dicked down.

rebidstricky00's review

adventurous funny 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

4.0

simplydemonic35's review against another edition

funny tense 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? No

3.75

tashas_books's review

5.0

This has to have originally been a Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews (RPF Hockey) fanfic.

teresab78's review against another edition

5.0

Excellent! Clever and entertaining. I loved the humour, the action, and the characters. The romance was well developed as was the hero/villain plot. I loved that the Challengers (villains) weren't really evil. It was an interesting twist to the usual narrative!

mattsimms's review

4.0

Very fun book.

mgwuh's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Entertaining and well written, though if I ever met the protagonist in real life I'd find him intolerable.

desperatecheesecubes's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0