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A review by edgybutfemme
Hollows Grove by Lee Jacquot
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/ 5 - We have broken the spice scale! This is either pure erotica with absolutely no downbeats in between or the plot is just an excuse to move from one sex scene to another. This is not a complaint, when I read erotica I do it intentionally.
The Smut / Kinks include:pleasure / service dom, overstimulation, chase / primal play, exhibitionism / sex in public The author actually doesn't have a list on their website or at the front of the book, so some things might have been left out since I am adding this after the fact <3
I was pleasantly surprised with just how much I enjoyed this fun little bdsm holiday novella. It is the perfect thing to read this time of year to get me in the mood for the spooky season and the smut was good. I am much more picky about heterosexual smut (especially just straight erotica), but this one cleared the "is this hot and well enough written" bar. Sure, this is definitely not safe bdsm practices, but the author fully warns for that in the front of the book. That's not what we are here for! We are here for a brain off smutty good time and this absolutely delivered. I mostly read a lot of actually pretty fucked up dark romance, and this was not that, but I was super here for it anyway. Dorian and Eve's relationship is actually super sweet, don't let the theoretical enemies set up fool you. Also, more people should write things with service/pleasure oriented doms. A common complaint I have with BDSM erotica is it being pretty basic and/or actually vanilla, so I am here for anything that gives me some variety and this delivers. I am def going to be checking out this author's other work, and I owe great thanks to Probably Smut's newsletter (Smutty Sunday) for introducing me to this fun lil novella.
The Smut / Kinks include:
I was pleasantly surprised with just how much I enjoyed this fun little bdsm holiday novella. It is the perfect thing to read this time of year to get me in the mood for the spooky season and the smut was good. I am much more picky about heterosexual smut (especially just straight erotica), but this one cleared the "is this hot and well enough written" bar. Sure, this is definitely not safe bdsm practices, but the author fully warns for that in the front of the book. That's not what we are here for! We are here for a brain off smutty good time and this absolutely delivered. I mostly read a lot of actually pretty fucked up dark romance, and this was not that, but I was super here for it anyway. Dorian and Eve's relationship is actually super sweet, don't let the theoretical enemies set up fool you. Also, more people should write things with service/pleasure oriented doms. A common complaint I have with BDSM erotica is it being pretty basic and/or actually vanilla, so I am here for anything that gives me some variety and this delivers. I am def going to be checking out this author's other work, and I owe great thanks to Probably Smut's newsletter (Smutty Sunday) for introducing me to this fun lil novella.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content