This is a twincest romance. Not for everyone's taste, but definitely for mine. I love reading taboo as well as menage, but rarely are they done well. End Scene is an enjoyable read, but it fails to give its core, the incest between twins, a deeper meaning. It's well-written and has fun and adorable main characters, plus a compact plot. But. The romance falls short, and the execution of the theme, the representation of the incest relationship between twins, is disappointing.

Writing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Characters: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Romance: ⭐⭐⭐ | Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Theme: ⭐⭐⭐ |Final Rating: 4 stars

I have zero issue with the writing style. It's so smooth, and the author is completely invisible on the page. She chooses a single first-person POV narration, and she pulls it off. But. I would really love it if it's an alternating dual POV narration. Seeing Ash struggle with his feelings for Atti and his jealousy of Jay would bring so much on the table.

Gods, I love them. Atti is so funny and the most adorable little twink. But he isn't all soft. He perseveres with his shitty job and suffers through living in a shitty basement. These give him more character and kakes me love him even more. Ash is the yang to Atti's yin. He's the serious, responsible, muscled version of Atti. I love him because he is always there for Atti.

The romance is unsatisfying. There is a great deal of chemistry, but the presentation and execution don't hit the mark for me. I dislike that their intimate relationship is founded on lust. It cheapens the whole thing. The sex is unremarkable. They touch, they kiss, one is bent over, the other thrusts inside, then continue until both climax. It's a bisexual awakening, and I dislike that Ash hasn't experience the difference between having sex with a man vs. having sex with a woman. It would make Ash's opionion that gay sex is more amazing and better, more believable to me.

Theme: failure. So disappointing. The author says she wants gay and taboo romance to be a mainstream genre, yet she doesn't care to give the theme a deeper meaning. Why is twincest acceptable? What's so special about it? How is it any different than conventional relationships? I want this book to contain meaningful answers to these questions. I want this book to at least say that twincest and any other taboo relationship aren't so different from conventional relationships. They're also built on trust, communication, respect, and amazing sex, and that all those things are glued together by true love. Maybe the author also wants these things to reflect on the book, maybe, but, really, she fails. Now, I'm under the impression that she uses the idea of twincest not to give it a good name but just for the story to stand out.


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