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A review by iam
Yanni's Story by N.R. Walker
3.0
I liked how slow-paced this was and that there was close to no angst, instead focusing on Yanni recovering and taking back control over his own life.
Content warnings include: panic/anxiety attacks, therapy sessions, injury, daddy kink (no BDSM), bullying, ableism; mentions and partly graphic descriptions of: abusive relationships, domestic partner violence, rape, religious cult, homophobic parents kicking out child, arranged marriage, denial of food.
The story begins when Yanni meets Spencer from the Spencer Cohen series and after he has already been disowned by his family and left the abusive relationship. There is some overlap with what happenes in the Spencer Cohen books, and the beginning feels a bit rushed because of it, but the focus here is wholly on Yanni, his recovery and his relationship with Peter.
It was easy to read, but the editing was sorely lacking. There were several consistency errors, like Peter introducing himself as a wine lover just to later reveal he doesn't touch alcohol at all, or one moment Yanni is in his third year of college and the next he is in his second year. Some of the dialogue also felt disconnected to what was happening and what was said before.
I'm impartial towards daddy kink, but found it a bit different here than in most other books. It's hard to pin down why, maybe because of the way it is defined - one moment they say it's all about the age difference, the next they say it's about the difference in body type, just to then go and say there are all sorts of couples who like this kink. I did like that BDSM was no part of their relationship, and wasn't part of what they wanted with this kink in general.
But can we PLEASE not call the not-Daddy guy/person of the couple "son"?????? Because sometimes in this book they call it a "Daddy/son" relationship which..... um, no????? Please don'tß??? They don't do it all the time and mostly call it "Daddy/boy" but the few times they used the son descriptor.... yeah no. Luckily even when they talk about how the Daddy-guy taking on a father-figure role they make very clear their relationship is one of equal footing.
Content warnings include: panic/anxiety attacks, therapy sessions, injury, daddy kink (no BDSM), bullying, ableism; mentions and partly graphic descriptions of: abusive relationships, domestic partner violence, rape, religious cult, homophobic parents kicking out child, arranged marriage, denial of food.
The story begins when Yanni meets Spencer from the Spencer Cohen series and after he has already been disowned by his family and left the abusive relationship. There is some overlap with what happenes in the Spencer Cohen books, and the beginning feels a bit rushed because of it, but the focus here is wholly on Yanni, his recovery and his relationship with Peter.
It was easy to read, but the editing was sorely lacking. There were several consistency errors, like Peter introducing himself as a wine lover just to later reveal he doesn't touch alcohol at all, or one moment Yanni is in his third year of college and the next he is in his second year. Some of the dialogue also felt disconnected to what was happening and what was said before.
I'm impartial towards daddy kink, but found it a bit different here than in most other books. It's hard to pin down why, maybe because of the way it is defined - one moment they say it's all about the age difference, the next they say it's about the difference in body type, just to then go and say there are all sorts of couples who like this kink. I did like that BDSM was no part of their relationship, and wasn't part of what they wanted with this kink in general.
But can we PLEASE not call the not-Daddy guy/person of the couple "son"?????? Because sometimes in this book they call it a "Daddy/son" relationship which..... um, no????? Please don'tß??? They don't do it all the time and mostly call it "Daddy/boy" but the few times they used the son descriptor.... yeah no. Luckily even when they talk about how the Daddy-guy taking on a father-figure role they make very clear their relationship is one of equal footing.