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A review by rjordan19
Consumed by You by Lauren Blakely
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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? Yes
3.5
Overall: 3.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium to fast
When mains are first on page together: immediately
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, 6 months later
Format: listened to an owned audiobook (audible)
Why I chose this book: I cannot remember how I found this and had it in my library, but it ended up being our book of the month in one of our contemporary groups so I decided to give it a listen!
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
I picked this one up alone and found it very readable! Not sure how the series flows together exactly.
Basic plot:
Cara and Travis meet again, years post summer fling. She can’t get him out of her head so she presents a bargain to get him out of her system.
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- California setting
- longing between the mains...
- dog training heroine
- fire fighter hero
- fling with a time limit
- second chance (they had been together at 18 during a summer relationship)
- feels like a shorter page count (I think goodreads has it at under 200)
- higher steam – 7ish full scenes within a shorter page count
Ages:
- hero is 29, I didn’t catch heroine but I think it’s similar
First line:
The dress she wore was pure torture.
My thoughts:
Ahhh I really need to stop going in blind so I can avoid second chance for awhile. It’s not a favorite trope for me – though this one was better to because there wasn’t a ton of built up animosity (which I usually struggle with). They do dive into things pretty soon in, so for me there wasn’t as much tension building.
I did like a lot about this one though to just have on as a quick listen audiobook. It’s not very angsty and is an easy read. I was a bit disappointed in the ending though because I thought the hero’s reasons for avoiding relationships was a bit far fetched and something I really dislike is when they have this life consuming goal (like the hero never being in a relationship) that is quickly resolved with a simple conversation of someone else giving a few sentences of life advice. This was something that seriously affected the hero, but when told that his reasoning wasn’t really that logical, he immediately switches his perspective. I would rather read about him sobbing on the floor with his loss and him coming to the realization himself that he messed up... 😂
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 2
Average rating: 3.5 stars
Favorite book: This one
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- light alcohol usage
- heroine has been adopted
- parental death and grief
Author content warnings? Didn’t catch any on audio
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex: Condoms used
How’s the consent? It’s good
Pregnancy/children in story? I don’t remember any pregnancy or children mentioned in this story (A side character is pregnant and I think there’s a small mention of heroine wanting a family/children in the future)
Chapter 2 – 🔥 fingering for her at the bar
Chapter 7 – 🔥 oral for her on the table
Chapter 10 – 🔥 bj
Chapter 13 – kisses
Chapter 14 – 🔥 missionary
Chapter 15 – kiss
Chapter 16 – 🔥 spanking, missionary to him holding her
Chapter 18 – 🔥 dry humping, oral for heroine outside, missionary in the bed
Chapter 22 – 🔥 her on top
Total Chapters: 27
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium to fast
When mains are first on page together: immediately
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, 6 months later
Format: listened to an owned audiobook (audible)
Why I chose this book: I cannot remember how I found this and had it in my library, but it ended up being our book of the month in one of our contemporary groups so I decided to give it a listen!
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine
Should I read in order?
I picked this one up alone and found it very readable! Not sure how the series flows together exactly.
Basic plot:
Cara and Travis meet again, years post summer fling. She can’t get him out of her head so she presents a bargain to get him out of her system.
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- California setting
- longing between the mains...
- dog training heroine
- fire fighter hero
- fling with a time limit
- second chance (they had been together at 18 during a summer relationship)
- feels like a shorter page count (I think goodreads has it at under 200)
- higher steam – 7ish full scenes within a shorter page count
Ages:
- hero is 29, I didn’t catch heroine but I think it’s similar
First line:
The dress she wore was pure torture.
My thoughts:
Ahhh I really need to stop going in blind so I can avoid second chance for awhile. It’s not a favorite trope for me – though this one was better to because there wasn’t a ton of built up animosity (which I usually struggle with). They do dive into things pretty soon in, so for me there wasn’t as much tension building.
I did like a lot about this one though to just have on as a quick listen audiobook. It’s not very angsty and is an easy read. I was a bit disappointed in the ending though because I thought the hero’s reasons for avoiding relationships was a bit far fetched and something I really dislike is when they have this life consuming goal (like the hero never being in a relationship) that is quickly resolved with a simple conversation of someone else giving a few sentences of life advice. This was something that seriously affected the hero, but when told that his reasoning wasn’t really that logical, he immediately switches his perspective. I would rather read about him sobbing on the floor with his loss and him coming to the realization himself that he messed up... 😂
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 2
Average rating: 3.5 stars
Favorite book: This one
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- light alcohol usage
- heroine has been adopted
- parental death and grief
Author content warnings? Didn’t catch any on audio
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex:
How’s the consent?
Pregnancy/children in story?
Chapter 2 – 🔥 fingering for her at the bar
Chapter 7 – 🔥 oral for her on the table
Chapter 10 – 🔥 bj
Chapter 13 – kisses
Chapter 14 – 🔥 missionary
Chapter 15 – kiss
Chapter 16 – 🔥 spanking, missionary to him holding her
Chapter 18 – 🔥 dry humping, oral for heroine outside, missionary in the bed
Chapter 22 – 🔥 her on top
Total Chapters: 27