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A review by theferalhousewivesbookclub
Axes & O's by Kayla Grosse
2.0
Spice: 4/5
Plot: 2.5/5
First Christmas book ✅
Unfortunately this wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. It’s definitely gunna hit for a lot of people, it just wasn’t quite it for me lol. And of course I’m gunna tell you why…
First off though basic breakdown; guy gets stranded in a snowstorm, couple of hot lumber people (insert eye roll) rescue him and a bi awakening happens. So if that’s not your thing and you’re never gunna pick this up you’re probably safe to keep reading this review. For everyone else, spoiler warning starting now lol.
Right from the beginning it was just really poorly executed. Plot holes and inconsistencies be looking like damn Swiss cheese and it was annoying AF. Not to mention it was super far from believable and extremely rushed. The whole premise of how he ends at this cabin is like, what the fuck?! So brutal lol. Plus there’s so much insta love in this that it made me wanna vomit. Seriously, I don’t care about the anal or the breath play or whatever else but can we please start getting trigger warnings for that insta love bullshit lol. Fucking gross. And again, I love insta attraction and a good one night stand etc etc… it’s the insta LOVE that gives me the ick lol.
I also really disliked our one MMC Nathan, what a fuckin knob lol. He’s like the softest and most pansy ass little guy, (seriously that’s how he’s written lol) but then you expect me to believe he has a secret Dom side that’s been repressed? Yeaaa ok. I think most of my dislike for this book actually comes from this guy and what a tool he is lol.
Our other main characters Fox and… I can’t remember her name now (no surprise there lmao) were decent and I would actually read their origin story in a heartbeat. Anyway, I really liked Fox as a character and I even liked his arc, I just didn’t like it with Nathan. The FMC is written to be plus sized, WHICH IS FINE, let me just be clear about that lol, but I still don’t need to read about her soft pouch lol. Do 50% of us women reading these books have soft pouches? Probably! I know I do lol, but that doesn’t mean I want to fucking read about it! Ick.
And yall, there are just so many ick words in here it was like a damn mine field. But the biggest one of all… brace yourselves… he fists her, which is fine if that’s your kink, but then they watch his hand move around inside of her stomach!!! Fucking WHAT?!? That is some fucking Alien shit right there. I’m sorry but who the hell thought that was a good idea?! “You know what I think is really hot?! When Sigourney is screaming on the med table with an Alien trying to rip its way out of her belly! Let’s try to imitate that but make it sexy!” How bout NOOOOOO! *gags*
Anyway… Yea. It really wasn’t that bad up until a certain point and then it just went downhill real fuckin quick. Would I recommend this? Honestly, probably not lol. I mean maybe if you don’t care about plot holes and weird icks lol, cuz to each their own hahaha. If you do end up reading this, hit up my DM’s and let me know lol.
Xo
-J
Plot: 2.5/5
First Christmas book ✅
Unfortunately this wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. It’s definitely gunna hit for a lot of people, it just wasn’t quite it for me lol. And of course I’m gunna tell you why…
First off though basic breakdown; guy gets stranded in a snowstorm, couple of hot lumber people (insert eye roll) rescue him and a bi awakening happens. So if that’s not your thing and you’re never gunna pick this up you’re probably safe to keep reading this review. For everyone else, spoiler warning starting now lol.
Right from the beginning it was just really poorly executed. Plot holes and inconsistencies be looking like damn Swiss cheese and it was annoying AF. Not to mention it was super far from believable and extremely rushed. The whole premise of how he ends at this cabin is like, what the fuck?! So brutal lol. Plus there’s so much insta love in this that it made me wanna vomit. Seriously, I don’t care about the anal or the breath play or whatever else but can we please start getting trigger warnings for that insta love bullshit lol. Fucking gross. And again, I love insta attraction and a good one night stand etc etc… it’s the insta LOVE that gives me the ick lol.
I also really disliked our one MMC Nathan, what a fuckin knob lol. He’s like the softest and most pansy ass little guy, (seriously that’s how he’s written lol) but then you expect me to believe he has a secret Dom side that’s been repressed? Yeaaa ok. I think most of my dislike for this book actually comes from this guy and what a tool he is lol.
Our other main characters Fox and… I can’t remember her name now (no surprise there lmao) were decent and I would actually read their origin story in a heartbeat. Anyway, I really liked Fox as a character and I even liked his arc, I just didn’t like it with Nathan. The FMC is written to be plus sized, WHICH IS FINE, let me just be clear about that lol, but I still don’t need to read about her soft pouch lol. Do 50% of us women reading these books have soft pouches? Probably! I know I do lol, but that doesn’t mean I want to fucking read about it! Ick.
And yall, there are just so many ick words in here it was like a damn mine field. But the biggest one of all… brace yourselves… he fists her, which is fine if that’s your kink, but then they watch his hand move around inside of her stomach!!! Fucking WHAT?!? That is some fucking Alien shit right there. I’m sorry but who the hell thought that was a good idea?! “You know what I think is really hot?! When Sigourney is screaming on the med table with an Alien trying to rip its way out of her belly! Let’s try to imitate that but make it sexy!” How bout NOOOOOO! *gags*
Anyway… Yea. It really wasn’t that bad up until a certain point and then it just went downhill real fuckin quick. Would I recommend this? Honestly, probably not lol. I mean maybe if you don’t care about plot holes and weird icks lol, cuz to each their own hahaha. If you do end up reading this, hit up my DM’s and let me know lol.
Xo
-J