A review by dsuttles
Scent of a Mate by Milly Taiden

3.0

Yeah, I read a trashy romance novel and I liked it, so whatever. I picked this book out specifically because the protagonist was a plus-size woman of color. The reason I ended up liking the book so much (aside from the smutty sex scenes) was because she wasn't constantly eating or bemoaning her size. Like, there were a couple points in the book where her insecurities about her weight came up, but it wasn't incessant the way it is in some other romance novels. The highlight of the story wasn't the fact that she was fat, but the sizzling romance which is what it should be. So yay for greater representation in the world of lewd paperbacks.