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weelasswithabook's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
4.5βοΈ
CW: kink shaming, CONSENSUAL non consent, cancer, death of a spouse, grief, death of a parent, car accident
π Blind Date (kinda)
π π« BDSM romance
π Widower
πΆ Primal
πΆ CNC
πΆ Al fresco
πΆ Impact Play
Yet another book to add to the "I read this exclusively because of the kink, but it turns out that I was more emotionally invested than I expected" list.
The camp aspect of this series, first off, is a solid 10/10. I feel that every BDSM book I've read in the past 15 years has been set in sex clubs or dungeons. So this was a refreshing twist I didn't see coming. Also, the sense of community in the camp had me hyped. Grace and Max = friendship goals, and every other character we bumped into along the way was a 10/10.
Anyway. Grace, our heroine, is seriously repressed. Mostly down to her delightfully kink shaming ex. She's also overwhelmed, between working and taking care of her mum, she's finally taken a break to go on "holiday" ie to the kink camp. She gets the opportunity to fulfil a fantasy, anonymously.
Liev, our hero, is an understandably grumpy tortured widower who has a once a year anonymous one-off scene.
The two of them had chemistry that had me resenting every moment I had to put the book down π I loved watching them suss out who their mystery person was. And their interactions were πΆπΆπΆ
CW: kink shaming, CONSENSUAL non consent, cancer, death of a spouse, grief, death of a parent, car accident
π Blind Date (kinda)
π π« BDSM romance
π Widower
πΆ Primal
πΆ CNC
πΆ Al fresco
πΆ Impact Play
Yet another book to add to the "I read this exclusively because of the kink, but it turns out that I was more emotionally invested than I expected" list.
The camp aspect of this series, first off, is a solid 10/10. I feel that every BDSM book I've read in the past 15 years has been set in sex clubs or dungeons. So this was a refreshing twist I didn't see coming. Also, the sense of community in the camp had me hyped. Grace and Max = friendship goals, and every other character we bumped into along the way was a 10/10.
Anyway. Grace, our heroine, is seriously repressed. Mostly down to her delightfully kink shaming ex. She's also overwhelmed, between working and taking care of her mum, she's finally taken a break to go on "holiday" ie to the kink camp. She gets the opportunity to fulfil a fantasy, anonymously.
Liev, our hero, is an understandably grumpy tortured widower who has a once a year anonymous one-off scene.
The two of them had chemistry that had me resenting every moment I had to put the book down π I loved watching them suss out who their mystery person was. And their interactions were πΆπΆπΆ
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, and Grief
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