short story review

Satan by Layla Fae

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


2.5 but I rounded up.

A misspelled letter to Santa leads to a night of passion, breaking of misconceptions and petty revenge.

+++

Not the worst smut short story I've read. Not the best.

It was actually quite amusing.

But... sugar cookies... I will never look at that holiday treat the same way again.





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2024 Reading Challenge: A book by a deaf or hard of hearing author

Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


3.5 stars

Lilah has spent her young life either being too deaf or not deaf enough. With parents who insist that she use hearing aids and pass - foregoing the use of ASL, she has tried. But when she gets the opportunity to be a junior counselor at the camp for the deaf and blind that she attended a couple times when she was a kid, she gains the opportunity to learn and be a part of the deaf community.

Also at camp she makes a connection with Isaac, a fully deaf senior counselor, who encourages her to embrace the part of her that her family and most of society has tried to get her to ignore.

Over the course of one summer she learns about community, love and perhaps herself.

++++

This was a sweet own-voices coming of age story that addresses teenage love, ablism and finding yourself.

While I was not the targeted audience, it was an enjoyable story and I may get the next book out by this debut author when it comes out later this year.



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a book review

Bought by Lauren Landish

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


3.5 stars.

Spice level - hot
Story - good concept, execution kinda lacking. Character development wasn't there so the end declarations of love felt rather "oh we need to do a HEA so - ping make them love each other"

I'm never comfortable with the "I was raped so the only sex that makes me climax is rough and harsh sex".

Not to mention the "let's hold back the trauma of my past from the Dom so that he doesn't know why I was triggered and then get mad at him."

Will I read more by these authors.. dunno but probably not in this series.





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