Heroine
Heat Factor: The kind of sensuality that comes with a lot of emotional but not specific description
Character Chemistry: Mercy
Plot: Georgie’s a mess on the outside, Levi’s a mess on the inside, and their messes complement each other until they crash and make me cry
Overall: I knew this book would give me big feels and tears, and I was right, and it was AWESOME
Dungeons and Dating, Book #4
Reviews of previous books in Dungeons and Dating: Book #1, Book #2, Book #3
Heat Factor: Sex in an alley. Sex in a public bathroom stall. Eventually they even make it to a bed.
Character Chemistry: My trauma recognizes your trauma.
Plot: We said we’re keeping this casual and so we will but do we really want to?
Overall: There’s a very specific dynamic here where the characters are very up in their heads. If that’s a thing you like, then you’ll probably like this.
Heat Factor: It’s not hot–closed door and very tepid.
Character Chemistry: Some are a little more zingy than others, but for the most part there’s not a lot of ka-zam going on here.
Plot: At Calvin’s Coffee Shop, we meet a group of employees who all end up finding their true loves during the course of the winter season.
Overall: Honestly, I’m usually the queen of low-drama, easy-on-the-bedroom-scenes type smut but this series dragged a bit too much for me.
Heat Factor: There’s a closed door scene that I’m not totally sure added anything
Character Chemistry: If not getting along most of the time is your love language then yes, there’s chemistry
Plot: Jasmine is in her early 20s and her life’s a mess
Overall: Women’s fiction marketed as romance strikes again!
Children of the Night, Book #8
Heat Factor: Purple prose fading to black
Character Chemistry: Well…
Plot: There’s a meddling vampire family and a vengeful sire and just a lot
Overall: It’s not tightly written
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