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Too Many Beds: A Trope-Subversive Gay Romance Anthology by F.A. Lantern, Marie Reynard, Adelaide Blaike, Rebecca Cohen, Jessica A. McMinn, L. Eveland, BL Jones, Ashlynn Mills, Jem Zero
Did not finish book. Stopped at 53%.

3.5/5 Stars for the first half of the anthology. I put this aside at page 202.

I finished the first five stories and they were enjoyable but I lost interest in the second half of the anthology. I've put it aside for now. For the stories I finished here are my ratings:

Mattress Testers Wanted by Marie Reynard- 4/5 Stars (I'm definitely going to pick up more in this series after reading this story.)

Killers Like Us by L. Eveland- 3/5 Stars

Relentless by Adelaide Blaike- 3/5 Stars

Sleepwalk of Shame by Ashlynn Mills- 3.5/5 Stars

Seamlessly in Love by Delaney Rain

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

3.5

Bang Bang, Baby by Delaney Rain

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

Scandals To Die For by Delaney Rain

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

This was cute!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Holli Jolly by Freesia Woodley

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

This was cute! I'll have to read the other stories in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Curse of Silver & Blood: An Infinite Arcana Novella by Sheena Jolie

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I loved this story when I read it in the Fated Mates anthology and I still loved it now that it has been expanded! Alec and Leif are perfect for each other! I hope we see them again as the Infinite Arcana world keeps expanding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping

Santa Has Tentacles by M.A. Innes

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

I love everything to do with The New Neighbors series and this new story was so cute!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Happy Krampus Xmas & The Meet Not Cute by Paulina Ian-Kane

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Lori is hilarious and insane and I loved this story! Then the story about Spencer was sweet. I can't wait for more in this series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Gambler's Conceit by Raissa Phoenix, Adara Wolf

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

This was an interesting start to a new dark romance series. I'm intrigued. The characters are interesting and I am curious about Seven's past. I feel like there was some development in the romance department that should have happened on page where we could see it happen and not have it revealed after something happened. I will pick up the next one because I'm curious to see where it goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Lost at Sea by K.L. Hiers, Mozzarus Scout

adventurous dark sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail