Jenna

This is not a good book. Where do I begin? Let's just start listing problems, shall we? This may contain spoilers, but I don't care enough to tag them.

It's like a shitty m/f romance novel except with two guys. Everything is so over the top. Damon is "well over six foot five" and has a 10-inch cock. 10 inches y'all! He's very proud of it too. "And I plan on putting my ten inches inside your virgin ass and filling you until you beg me to come." I don't know about you, but my virgin ass would run screaming from a 10-inch cock. That's longer than my forearm! Thanks, but no thanks.

So, on to the story. Early on, there's a point where Tanner is about to be raped by a couple of guys at a different club who are apparently well known for drugging and raping other men. Damon's friend LC knows this, but as another reader pointed out, he lets Damon finish eating his pasta before mentioning it. So Damon goes to rescue Tanner from these rapists, and his solution is to put on a show for them with Tanner because, well, he's gotta give them something to satisfy them! Then they just leave the men to their own devices; no need to, I don't know, report them to the police or do anything to prevent them from continuing to rape other guys, because <i>that's just what they do</i>. Well, okay then.

The writing is sloppy. There's one scene where Damon takes off his own shirt and jeans, Tanner drags Damon's naked body to his, then grinds against him, the friction against <b>Damon's</b> jeans nearly undoing him. Wait, what?? Damon's supposed to be naked! So maybe it's a typo and it was Tanner's jeans? Except then Damon's hand slides down Tanner's crack and he's naked as well. Ok so no one's wearing jeans? Or is Damon suddenly wearing them? I'm so busy trying to figure out where the jeans went that I don't even care about the sex.

There is little to no character development. I still don't feel like I know who these guys are. Their train of thought is completely disjointed and illogical. It's like the author wanted to mention several feelings, memories, and opinions, but just threw them all together without trying to make any sense of them.

The plot isn't good enough to distract from these other problems. It's (get this) about a rapist who's attacking guys outside Damon and LC's club. Ohhh, so <i>this</i> rapist is a problem and must be stopped! I see.

The final straw for me was Damon incessantly calling Tanner boy. He also calls him sweet boy and (*barf*) baby boy. Just, no. The word was used 177 times in this book. After [b:An Unlocked Heart|18076442|An Unlocked Heart (Collars and Cuffs, #1)|K.C. Wells|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1371328887s/18076442.jpg|25381494], I seriously cannot take any more of that pet name, especially when combined with sweet or baby.

So yeah, I gave up at 70%, and it took a lot of effort to make it that far.

I enjoyed this one, though there's one plot point that seems to have been abandoned, which left me with an unanswered question: What was the altercation between Mac and George about? Did Mac kill George with the knife? Or was it Jimmy? And why?

While this was good, I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped because of just how submissive Finley is. I like it when they're more spunky and rebellious with more push and pull. Also, literally everything makes him cry and that was just too much. The kink was hot though, and I'll probably want to read the next book.

Enjoyable and hot, but the relationships were pretty shallow and not well developed. Interesting enough plot, and I look forward to reading the next one.

Main novel ending: 5 stars

Extras: 3 stars

Meatbun masterfully weaves together intricate plots in a way that few authors can accomplish. This in combination with characters whose story rips my heart to shreds and pieces it back together is like my holy grail.

After that emotional ordeal, the AU short story couldn't compare!

😭😭😭😭😭

This one made me cry, but I feel like it should've made me cry more, if that makes sense.

Meatbun never fails to rip me to pieces, and I keep coming back for more!

Just your standard PWP porn - nothing special, but it does the trick.

There was too much wrong with this story for me to give it any more than one star. The biggest problem that I absolutely could not overlook is the terrible writing. I was too focused on my own pain to care about Aaron's suffering. Lack of commas and incorrect words and phrases were only the most obvious problems.

Vincent and his guards' behavior didn't make sense, and the story didn't grip me emotionally like I know it was intended to do. I can't bring myself to care enough to buy the next installment. I'm going to give Flesh Cartel a try instead.

2.5 stars (Infected: 2 stars, Prey: 3 stars)

I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't get into it. The plot failed to pull me in, and I frequently got bored, having to take breaks to read other books whenever I'd finish a chapter or two. It's hard to nail down exactly what the problem was, but I know at least part of it is that it felt like I was thrown into the middle of a story without any background or development. It took me a while to figure out how the virus worked, how it was spread and what virus children were. When virus children were first mentioned, there was absolutely no explanation about what that meant, and it wasn't til much later that it was explained. Granted, I was sick while reading this so it's possible that my inability to concentrate played a part here. I'm still sick so hopefully this review isn't too incoherent.

I like to watch a relationship develop, but Roan and Paris were already in a long-term relationship in the beginning of this book, so it was difficult for me to feel the connection between them when I had no background to go on. I didn't feel that their interactions adequately expressed the depth of their relationship, therefore I couldn't feel too attached to them. Over the course of the book, I did eventually learn their back story and began to feel that connection, but it was too long in coming. I'm hoping the next book will focus more on the significant personal implications of the virus in Roan and Paris' relationship. I'd already purchased Bloodlines so I do plan to read it eventually, just not right away.

WOW. I am blown away by this book. It sucked me in right from the beginning and kept me hooked, and now I'm chomping at the bit to start the next one! For me, a 5 star book is one that makes me fall in love with the main characters, one that takes me past being entertained and turns it into a truly emotional experience. Evenfall achieved that multiple times throughout the book, and on two occasions grabbed hold of my heart and squeezed for all it was worth! There were a few bits that were slightly boring, but I can easily forgive those in exchange for the intrigue, lust, heartache, love, fear, happiness, panic, and awe that I felt the rest of the time. This is my all-time favorite m/m fiction to date.

I tried to finish this book, I really did. I had to stop at 74% because I couldn't take it anymore. It's very poorly written, the MC's have no chemistry, and it's just plain boring. It's not even an enemies to lovers story, which is kinda the whole reason I decided to read it.

This book got off to a good start, but I gave up at 87% because I couldn't take reading about any more tears. I never imagined 2 Doms could be so weepy and unsure of themselves. The insta-love irritated me and the endless sappy dialogue got on my last nerve. Once they hooked up about halfway thru the book, the tears and sap started and never let up. The instant complete trust between them was thoroughly unbelievable. Definitely not what I was hoping for.

DNF @ 18%I tried, but it's so poorly written that I cannot keep reading.

I made it to 50%. Too cheesy and fluffy. Author goes overboard trying to make it funny so that it goes past amusing and into cringey.

DNF @ 15%

The characters and humor were too juvenile, and the plot wasn't grabbing me, which was disappointing because I've enjoyed this author's other books.

I have mixed feelings about this book. While I was intrigued by Toreth and Warrick's personalities and very much enjoyed their interactions with one another, I found most of the rest of the content a chore to read. There was too much overly detailed explanation of the background that drowned out the real story. The mystery was too easy for the reader to figure out, and just made it frustrating that Toreth and Warrick didn't catch on as quickly. However, from what I've seen in other reviews and comments on the book, the series does get better, and I can see the potential for these two characters, so I will continue reading!

There are 2 types of awkward: the kind that isn't funny and just makes the reader uncomfortable, and the kind that is endearing and you can't help but laugh about it. This book is chock-full of the latter, and it is great. It's also hot. And sweet. And fun. Good stuff.

I'll just let my Comedy Central boys summarize my reaction for me:

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Books are like people, and this one is smart, sexy, funny, dark, and a little bit mysterious. It will make you think - about the world Isa K has created, about your own values, about the motives of each character, and about what might be going on behind the scenes that Derek is unaware of. In that way, it reminds me of Captive Prince.

I had trouble putting this one down. The worldbuilding was impressive, the characters were realistically complicated and flawed, and the plot kept me guessing for most of the book.

One of the things I most enjoyed was the verbal sparring between Marco and Derek. I loved watching them try to outwit one another. I also appreciated that Derek did not fall in love with his captor - a nice change from most captive/slave stories.

I rated it 4 stars for a couple of reasons. The main reason was that part of the ending was both predictable and difficult to believe (that Marco's plan went off without a hitch and that he was able to anticipate everything that Derek would do). The smaller reason was the presence of a few distracting editing errors. It's still a really wonderful book that I'm so glad I read!

I definitely recommend reading Lords of the Gutter after this one for some much needed alternate perspectives and backstory that will change a few of your perceptions about this book.

Lovely taste of absolute mindfuckery. The author does a wonderful job of putting the reader inside Drew's mind, feeling his helplessness, questioning what's real, and knowing that even if it is, no one would believe you because it'd only make you seem crazier.

While the writing is very simplistic with numerous spelling/grammar mistakes (since English is not the author's native language), it still manages to be quite a compelling story. It's dark, it's emotional, and it's got a shit ton of pain, but Jason keeps going and makes you want to push through his gut wrenching story in the hope that he will make it out okay in the end, and perhaps even find happiness.

I really enjoyed this one! It was well written, and I found myself smiling and laughing several times while reading. I felt such fondness for both characters by the second half of the book that reading their story just made me happy, while I was also intrigued to find out just what the hell the truth was.

That was beyond brutal.