Croc and the Fox by Eve Langlais REVIEW

Hello shame, my name is Hope.

This is my favorite book in the series so far. I loved Renee and her whole dynamic. I loved the fact that she was both a victim and a fighter. I loved how resilient she was. I love how Eve put her in a situation where she was helpless and put her in the position where she was the only one that could do something.

There's critics that will say something like this; "Renee is so unrealistic. She went through so much trauma for so long and she didn't even bat an eye. She recovered so smoothly." NO SHE DIDN'T and let me explain why.

Eve wrote Renee's character really well because Renee went through prolonged trauma. Throughout the majority of the book she is extremely dependent on Viktor. The dependency is typical of a person in Renee's situation. Viktor is who she knows will protect her because Viktor saved her from a bad situation. Renee also is very hesitant around strangers, not just hesitant but very mistrusting and scared around strangers. In fact, Renee spends a large majority of the book afraid. She also made jokes about her situation, which can also occur with some victims. It's not that Renee miraculously healed from her trauma, it's that she's coping with it by ignoring it's severity. There will be a time off-screen when Renee has to deal with her trauma but for now she focuses on things that makes her feel safe and happy.

Since this is a humor based erotica series, Renee kept things really calm and I commend her for this. Leaving Renee's struggles as subtle things is a true to life ordeal for individuals that have experienced prolonged trauma like Renee had. Even speaking from my own experiences after a lifetime of various abuse, a person doesn't notice that something's wrong with me unless something is really wrong, and it's from ignoring the trauma and focusing on other things. I never went through something as extreme as Renee but I understand her and that's what let's me know that how Renee is doesn't mean that she's okay, it just means that it's not the focal point for Renee. She's focusing on Viktor and in the future when she finds it to be the right time to face her trauma in a way where she can really heal, she has Viktor and her mom to support her.

That being said, the plot for this book was better than the one in the second book because Renee was a shifter that was experimented on by the mastermind. This book was a perfect puzzle piece to the rest where the second book was just kind of 'meh' and that was good. I have to say that this is my favorite book thus far.

Also, the fact that my erotica tag is getting bigger and has no signs of shrinking.... I feel shame.

Swan and the Bear by Eve Langlais REVIEW

Last review I expressed my small amounts of shame while reading the first book in this series. The fact that I read this in daylight with the parents in the room next door... Somehow the shame intensified? Only a little bit.

I loved Jessie, she's that wonderful mix of sass and smarts that I love in a main character. Mason, I didn't like so much. He wasn't that bad (a little pushy) but it was more like Mason wasn't in my tastes.

The story? Well, it was a strong okay. I felt as if the author wanted the story to intertwine so cleanly that she'd make up any reason for the bad guys to go after the main characters. Miranda is always the main goal but instead of legit trying to find Miranda they go through a huge amount of loops and turns to not really find Miranda. YEAH. It seemed as if it was all by chance. Plot convenience.

I feel as if there were better ways to incorporate Miranda and Mason into the big entanglement of plot instead of using them as an accessory to Miranda's timeline WHILE pretending that this plot is unique to Mason and Jessie. It isn't and I can't really let that go.

However, I did still enjoy this and I still wish that I could own the books physically. SHAME.

Bunny and The Bear by Eve Langlais REVIEW

The last time such a book as this came onto this blog, I feigned innocence because I honestly didn't know what I was getting myself into. In this case, I can't do that. I knew what I was doing when I decided to listen to this on audiobook at 2am. I am not ashamed.

I'm a little bit ashamed.

Now, for an erotica this is pretty fun? Eve mixes humor and sexual tension really well. This must be one of the most ridiculous eroticas that I have encountered in my few months of reviewing books but then I think about Small Favors and change my mind. There's some weird things out there people. A bunny and a bear have sex in this book in human form like how am I supposed to review this with a straight face? The answer is that my lips are on the left side of my face as I type this.

All jokes aside I actually enjoyed this. There was humor and it was something different. Definitely different. I liked it enough to want to read the rest of the series and to own physical copies? If possible?

This review isn't in depth because at it's core this book is erotica. If you pick up this book looking for something extraordinary, you're not going to find it. However, if you want to have a little fun, then by all means read it.

Small Favors by Colleen Coover REVIEW

Sometimes, I regret saying that I'd review anything but then I remind myself that my willingness to read anything is a strength because most reviewers stick to one kind of genre throughout their reading life. Reading any genre at any moment opens yourself to different ideas and viewpoints. And it's with those thoughts that brings me to review this. 

So, Small Favors. I know that it says porno on the cover but I didn't think that it would be completely porno. All three parts, complete porno... So I'm going to talk about the plot.

It's about a girl, Annie, that masturbates a lot. Enough for her conscious to pull her into her own consciousness and judge her. Then this fairy person Nibbil has sex with her and then somehow goes outside of her consciousness and the rest is basically about their sexcapades with each other and other girls.

It's definitely erotic and lacks a proper plot and just follows a base story line. Porn without plot because if you go into thinking about the inner workings of everything you're just going to make your head hurt. The art is simplistic but is still better than anything an average person can do, which I can appreciate. It's inclusive of race and relationship types, which is good considering the current political climate. 

Perhaps, this could be the perfect lesbian porno comic? I haven't read any others so I'm going to assume so. 

I downloaded this in three parts from BlueFire. And I totally recommend it  for anyone looking for this kind of thing.