madmadmaddymad's reviews
191 reviews

Too kinky for me. 

I made it to the point where the Krie were having a sex orgy with a bunch of nymphs in chapter 12.

They pushed several live rodents into one nymph’s butthole. Oiled up so the creatures couldn’t climb back out.

Listen I really wanted to know if this human astronaut found love with this big alien, but, that pushed me into DNF territory, it was way too vivid and way too upsetting for me to continue. 

Much better than the first one! Damien is a real heart throb, and I’m a sucker for fuck-buddies-to-lovers.

While the first book felt like the supernatural gimmick was tacked on as an afterthought, this book embraces the supernatural genre and lets itself have fun. It has a few witchy antics, supernatural things happening which actually have an effect on the plot, as well as a small Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer subplot that is an exceptionally good time. 

A shining sequel and an awesome conclusion to a duology! 

LOVED the development of Briar’s character in this one, LOVED the relationship she explored with Wyatt. They were definitely toxic together but they still love each other so much. 

I’ll never get enough of stories with explicitly queer characters who discuss and question sexuality and gender. My favorite part about this book? This series? It’s about a trans MC and his demisexual boyfriend, but it’s not ABOUT being trans and queer, ya feel me? It’s a fantastically satisfying magical fae adventure with all kinds of twists and turns. And man. Do I need more books like this one. 

Wyatt and Emyr have earned their rest, but I will absolutely be checking out other works by this author. 

I both loved and hated this book

I don’t think I ever had an opinion about the Death Penalty. My opinion now is that it is incredibly important to abolish. Our justice system is broken and shows favor to the wealthy and guilty over the poor and innocent. 

This is a steampunk adventure with high stakes from the first chapter. 

It’s a relatively short read, but so jam-packed with action and intensity that I felt like i wouldn’t have minded if it had gone on for another 500 pages. 

I found the cast extremely easy to love, and I loved their chaotic interactions with one another. It felt like found family meets a band of DND adventurers.

I found Sicarius, the stoic assassin, to be SO swoonworthy despite him being probably the most morally grey fictional man I’ve ever met. 

What can I say?

It’s good smut

I did think it was a little on the nose that the magic sex fruit LOOKS LIKE AN EGGPLANT and TASTES LIKE A PEACH

Also, it’s a little uncomfy how the protagonist keeps referring to how straight he is, all the while thirsting after huge alien cock…. Sexuality can be a fluid thing, but it felt a little fetish-y for the author to keep insisting that he was a straight man having these very gay thoughts. Made me uncomfy as a reader. I just want my smut participants to be 100% consenting, lol. This isn’t an instance of dubcon because the author makes it clear that the Krie won’t penetrate a man who’s not willing, but STILL, it felt slightly offputting to me personally

Anyway, yes, I’m definitely gonna look up the sequel 

This is a fantastic book, chock full of adventure and high stakes, with a plucky trans protagonist and a dreamy love interest. It takes place in a world of fae and humans, and includes a subset of the fae race called witches that are more human in appearance - and more powerful than high born fae. Wyatt is a witch, and Emyr is his fae mate. But they met before Wyatt ran away to the human realm - and before he transitioned.  

I LOVED the premise, the sheer adventure in this story, and being guided by a protagonist with such a fun sense of humor. 

My favorite character is Briar, bi and ace best friend to Wyatt.

At the end we find out what happens to witches who are dumped in the human realm. “We call ourselves changelings, actually.” She’s a witch too! I literally LOVED the reveal with Briar and it made me want to immediately grab the sequel to this book.

It was kind of a bucket list read for me. I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for YEARS. 

Anyway; it’s wacky and absurd and very funny. When you read this book you will discover the answer of Life; the Universe, and Everything. Watch the Universe come to an end, and see it all come back around. Realize that the feeling that there’s something deeper going on is nothing more than perfectly normal paranoia, everyone has that. 

I love the twists each new story brings. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a very solid standalone, and if you’ve seen the film, it does a pretty good job of covering the zany premise of the story in a 2 hour time slot. The real fun begins when we go to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. The sequel expands upon the canon while keeping everything light. I also really enjoyed the third book, Life, the Universe, and Everything. My favorite bit was Arthur encountering Agrajag, (specifically the callback to the improbability drive and the bowl of petunias we met in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I never expected to meet the consciousness from the bowl of petunias and have it become a major antagonist three books into a series. Incredible.)

The final two books in the series were difficult for me to get through. I’m not sure if I actually lost interest or if the zany, weird storytelling really started to grate on me after a while… but I just feel like I would have enjoyed this series JUST AS MUCH if I had never read them. 

Anyway this is a classic for a reason, it’s very good, I don’t think the sequels are ever really available commercially unless you buy this omnibus so, I honestly still recommend checking it out! 

Five stars for being a bright, hilarious, scientific, and still whimsical journey through the galaxy.

This book was rough for me to read. 

I was excited about the premise, but found the writing itself to be a little lacking. 

End of the world, apocalyptic zombie situation. The villains are the evangelical church types, trying to harness the power of the “Grace” and unleash it on the world. Very twisted, very dark, very violent. The heroes are a group of queer kids and Benji, the protagonist, has a ticking time bomb of the “Seraph” inside him that will one day dissolve his body like a caterpillar undergoing metamorphosis to become a butterfly. 

This book is creepy. This book is visceral. It’s gratuitous in it’s violence and the world building of the beasts called “the Grace.”

I’m not sure how I feel about it but I’ll give it 4 stars for being a unique take on the genre, and for having an all queer cast. 

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t read a lot of monster smut literature, but it’s a genre that I’m probably going to start considering more often. 

Meet Bishop, the spider of your dreams. (Or if you’re like me, nightmares) he may seem lonely and innocent, but it’s impossible to forget this guy has 8 legs and a pair of pedipalps perfect for surrounding your waist and holding on tight. This guy will tie you up in his web and make sure you enjoy yourself. I must confess, I’m creeped out by spiders, but Bishop still won me over.