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A review by readingnesting
Stix & Stone by Courtney W. Dixon
challenging
slow-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? Yes
2.0
Stix & Stone by Courtney W. Dixon.
Stone is one pissed off cookie about Stix. There is something about him that ticked off all the wrong boxes in Stone's messed up head.
And Stix loves to push those buttons.
They both work at a bar called Alpha's rejects (no, this is not omegaverse, this is contemporary romance).
Alpha is a guy from the same background, creating a safe place for people. "He'd been trying to get us to shoot straight instead of zigzagged through life."
Turns out that the push and pull is their attraction to each other.
"My dick had no business reacting to him. It wasn't the first time that had happened. Making me resent him even more. It should always be flaccid with the thoughts of him."
I loved reading their story. It is not easy to navigate the world when money is tight, when there is pain, but these boys have a lot of love to give.
"When you're a child with no way out, not knowing if you will be fed, hit, loved or hated is suffocating. It leaves you confused about who you are and what you want out of life. Ambitions are snuffed out with a slap to the face."
Both have daddy issues and I had strong feelings about their dads. The word douchenozzle came to my mind. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll be a bit cryptic. I personally connected with Stone and the closure he achieved with his parents. I appreciate Courtney Dixon for writing it in this way.
I was easily transported to all the places in this book. The workplaces, homes, where they skate. I love the boys.
There is a lot of spice, with a bit of light kink.
I would advise to check trigger warning before picking up this book.
It is a Hurt/Comfort story. It has demisexuality and health issues representation.
After finishing all three books:
what started as a niggle, it got worse in the last book.
The author is a woman (married to a man) that is writing mm romance. Not a problem as a standalone fact. She is writing very spicy books about queer boys with severe and often s** trauma.
I don't have a sentence in the books that I can point to. But it feels off.
These books are explicit and contain very detailed spicy scenes. Triggers are described, but not during after being intimate. So the author is familiar with trauma and triggers. But then they don't use that for their intimate scenes. It feels exploitative and predatory.
That is why my rating is a two star. I did finish the series. But it leaves me feeling icky.
Stone is one pissed off cookie about Stix. There is something about him that ticked off all the wrong boxes in Stone's messed up head.
And Stix loves to push those buttons.
They both work at a bar called Alpha's rejects (no, this is not omegaverse, this is contemporary romance).
Alpha is a guy from the same background, creating a safe place for people. "He'd been trying to get us to shoot straight instead of zigzagged through life."
Turns out that the push and pull is their attraction to each other.
"My dick had no business reacting to him. It wasn't the first time that had happened. Making me resent him even more. It should always be flaccid with the thoughts of him."
I loved reading their story. It is not easy to navigate the world when money is tight, when there is pain, but these boys have a lot of love to give.
"When you're a child with no way out, not knowing if you will be fed, hit, loved or hated is suffocating. It leaves you confused about who you are and what you want out of life. Ambitions are snuffed out with a slap to the face."
Both have daddy issues and I had strong feelings about their dads. The word douchenozzle came to my mind. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll be a bit cryptic. I personally connected with Stone and the closure he achieved with his parents. I appreciate Courtney Dixon for writing it in this way.
I was easily transported to all the places in this book. The workplaces, homes, where they skate. I love the boys.
There is a lot of spice, with a bit of light kink.
I would advise to check trigger warning before picking up this book.
It is a Hurt/Comfort story. It has demisexuality and health issues representation.
After finishing all three books:
what started as a niggle, it got worse in the last book.
The author is a woman (married to a man) that is writing mm romance. Not a problem as a standalone fact. She is writing very spicy books about queer boys with severe and often s** trauma.
I don't have a sentence in the books that I can point to. But it feels off.
These books are explicit and contain very detailed spicy scenes. Triggers are described, but not during after being intimate. So the author is familiar with trauma and triggers. But then they don't use that for their intimate scenes. It feels exploitative and predatory.
That is why my rating is a two star. I did finish the series. But it leaves me feeling icky.