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Initiation: Sex Wizards Book 1 by Alethea Faust

March 14, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“You’ve proven you have everything you need to start studying at the Crux,” she says. “You have magic in your bloodline, you’re open to new experiences, and you’re not an asshole.” ― Alethea Faust, Initiation I’ll get the world building out of the way first. Wizards train at the Crux, which is a cross between a college campus and a castle. There are different types of magic in which one can specialize, and each one is based on creating specific storable spells by performing different […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alethea Faust, bdsm romance, consent, enthusiastic consent, kink, queer romance, sensory deprivation, sex positive, wizards, wizards in training

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alethea Faust, bdsm romance, consent, enthusiastic consent, kink, queer romance, sensory deprivation, sex positive, wizards, wizards in training ·
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If you had access to a machine that handed out orgasms like candy on Halloween, wouldn’t you give up on mere mortals?

Caught A Vibe (Love In The Quarantimes Book 1) by Eva Moore

October 15, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Why am I swooning over the one guy who treated me like a professional? Ridiculous. That should have been the bare minimum of every interaction today. ― Eva Moore, Caught A Vibe The image of her personally researching and testing out the product screams through my brain. I snap my eyes to hers and my mouth shut until I’m sure my filter is working again. I will not be that guy. ― Eva Moore, Caught A Vibe Penny is a robotics genius trying to get her […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: ADHD, badass female lead, bisexual mc, Contemporary Romance, COVID inspired, Eva Moore, hurt/comfort, sex positive, tech startups

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:56 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: ADHD, badass female lead, bisexual mc, Contemporary Romance, COVID inspired, Eva Moore, hurt/comfort, sex positive, tech startups ·
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Book cover of Tacky by Rax King - a female doll in a swimsuit sits in a martini glass with an olive on one kicked-up foot

For the OG Sex and the City fans, if Samantha was the writer

Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King

May 23, 2022 by auntadadoom 2 Comments

Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer is a sweet, sex-positive collection of essays by Rax King. The author frames each essay as “about” a particular pop cultural artifact — Hot Topic, America’s Next Top Model, the Cheesecake Factory — and uses that as a jumping-off point for personal memoir. First, the good: she’s a very skilled writer, and even the chapters that are about cultural moments that I didn’t personally experience (e.g. Degrassi) are well-handled enough that I was able […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, degrassi, Pop Culture, rax king, sex positive, tacky, top model

auntadadoom's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, degrassi, Pop Culture, rax king, sex positive, tacky, top model ·
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