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Threads of Fate by Lexi Esme

9 reviews

readingwithtemperance's review

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So this spider man or man spider? Whatever he is he's HOT.

Listen those extra limbs come in handy and it's pretty cool that he comes with his own rope. His bite being an aphrodisiac is also a nice touch. He's gorgeous AND ferally protective.

Idk its kinda hot that he murdered the man that hurt her the first night they met. AND threatened to give her shitty coworker the same treatment.

I love a man that's all about touch her and you die. I don't care that he

ate his ex wife and murdered her village. Thats on her for starving that man tbh.

I LOVE HIM.

He's such a goober at times like when he

brandished a spatula at poor Mr. Muffins.

And we love a man that can please in more ways than one! That spaghetti sounded so good oml.

And at the end when

she commanded him to go hunt that terrible man? AHHH I love them.

The spice was soooo good omg. I'll def be combing through this author's backlist. She did insta love SO well.

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bookishmillennial's review

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funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial

This had fun, familiar elements of steamy romantasy that we all know (&that some love):

novella so it's under 160 pages
instalove (say what you want, but this dude was down BAD & that's just how I like them)
shifter/monster/paranormal romance
"touch her and die" vibes for sure
his venom is an aphrodisiac lmaoooo this is so unserious &yet still had me drooling
Mr. Muffins the cat gets a shoutout for being a cutie patootie

steam rating: 4.5 out of 5 - look, I had a great time & would read smut by Lexi Esme anytime!

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carlaabra's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This was meh.

Tropes: Fated mates/instalove/insta-sex. Interracial (black FMC). Gary Stu. Touch her and die.

🌶️ not well written imo but: spiderweb shibari, fang biting, venom is an aphrodisiac. He has a human form.

MMC is your typical half-spider guy. His character is pretty flat, imo he’s just a scaffold for wish fulfillment and a Gary Stu (he can manipulate camera footage magically? Learns anything super fast, so he’s a great cook and is happy to make her dinner when she gets home from work, the doting husband. super attentive “I exist to make you happy” blabla. Cute and goofy sometimes, hot and sexy all other times, eight-pack. Obviously deadly and saves FMC a few times from the harassing men at her workplace. Seemingly endless amounts of money. Sex god, his venom causes orgasms). OTHER BIG GRIPE: he can transform into a human form, siiiigh. He has a tragic past *eye roll* involving him losing control and harming someone.

The FMC was a bland self-insert imo, she was black but most anything that would make her feel like a real black woman was excluded (cough hair maintenance, she takes a shower with no mention of it; she has unspecified “curly” hair). Besides ofc one or two mentions of her “espresso” skin. For me nonwhite characters are great and their race doesn’t have to be a big part of the story, but to just ignore it in relevant scenes, like showers, also seems weird.

The writer is a novice and it shows in the flat characterization and weak descriptions. Some of the sex scenes were kinda bizarre (he bites her clit??). I swear she orgasms ten times a session. Also not a fan that the first time they have sex he uses his aphrodisiac venom, so she’s begging and down for anything. She agrees to it but idk, for a first time to have your partner basically roofied is not great imo.

And the end, don’t even get me started. Their completely novel solution to prevent him from starving to death (he needs to eat humans) is for him to hunt criminals! It’s Spider-Man but with his spider form, let’s go with Man-Spider. The central conflict in the book is him agonizing over potentially hurting her due to his need to feed — I guess it never occurred to him that he could eat OTHER people instead?? Dumb.

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kittykels's review

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challenging fast-paced

4.0

The writing could use some better editing, but otherwise this was a very quick and spicy read. I was expecting more monster smut but it felt like normal smut given his human form.

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xoxlululuxox's review

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dark emotional fast-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

This started off so strong, the first chapter really drew me in. Within this first chapter there is an attempted sexual assault followed by some violence, where our female main is injured before the meet-cute between Rihanne and Sephtis. The idea that this could have be the perfect hurt/comfort monster romance had me plowing through the rest of the book before I knew it.

However, I did have several issues with what was presented in the rest of the book, which is why I had to drop my rating down from what would have been a 4.

I felt that it was lacking in building the characters, in that we were told more than shown how they were from their own perspectives. And they had some strange motives and questionable behaviour for the sake of creating drama that wasn't necessary.

The romance was pretty much insta-love, which wouldn't have been terrible if the events of the first three quarters of the book didn't take place over 3 or 4 nights, which is occasionally mentioned as an after thought. The short time period with insta-love really makes it hard to believe how they, particularly Rihanne, feel for each other.

While I didn't find this too explicit in terms of the spicy scenes, they were reasonably frequent so I would personally rate the spice a 3/5 (a good balance between spice and plot).

I did really enjoy this book despite the flaws I felt it had. The concept was right up my alley, and I really enjoyed Lexi's writing style. I would definitely pick up another of her books in future.

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drbuffyfanify's review

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dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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jadorelecafe's review

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dark hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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discarded_dust_jacket's review

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dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Listen it was good; it was cute. It was a short, steamy little monster romance palette-cleanser. It was better written than a lot of similar stories I’ve read. Was it extraordinary? Well, no, but you don’t go into a KU novella like this expecting an elaborate plot or fleshed-out, nuanced characters. You go into it expecting a good time, and this book was a good time.

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jessie_h's review

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adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

2.5

This was okay.

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