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The Arcade by Harley Laroux

3 reviews

cluckieduck's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Nothing screams a sexy good time like
first time anal
on the ground of a dark alleyway behind an arcade.

This was fine for a free read.

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shaylee_reads's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

Ratings:
Plot:⭐⭐⭐/5 
Writing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Characters:⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5
Romance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Overall:⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5
Spice:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ /5

Harley Laroux is definitely becoming one of my favorite smutty authors especially when it comes to smutty novellas! this is the third smutty novella that I have read by her and I absolutely loved it. Laroux does a great job at puting in romance and character development in her small novellas, yes there's not as much development as you would get in a full length novel but she does a great job at putting in enough to make it feel like you know her characters and are invested in their romance. Just like you would expect this book SMUTTY and one of my favorite things about Harley Laroux books/novellas is her writing especially in her smut scenes! her writing is absolutely spectacular and I absolutely love it! I would definitely recommend this book if you need a fast dirty read (honestly I would recommend all of her books for that purpose)

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mellikesbooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.0

Harley Laroux has me in a chokehold and I can't say I mind. I hope this woman sleeps with both sides of her pillow cold and that she always find 11 nuggets in a 10 nuggets meal.

H. Laroux never fails with her dirty talk, and/or finding places or ways of having sex I never even heard of.

I really I'm binge-reading her books because I can't never get enough from her!

Anyway, let's talk about the book.

So this book is about a girl (Violet) who has been crushing for the same guy (Rafa) for four years. When he finally takes her on a date, he reveal he knows about her filthy Twitter account where she writes all of her BDSM fantasies.

First of all I would like to say that if I had an account like that and someone I knew discovered it you bet your ass I'm never going out again.

Aiden revealing he has a taste for kink too and offering Violet to make her fantasies come true made me realize why Violet was pinning over this man.

This man really knew what he was doing. He literally brought a remote butt plug and lube and had made a whole itinerary of how to fuck her. A prepared boy-scout😏.

Now the seggs ;).

-H. Laroux never lies when she puts all of those trigger warnings.

-Aiden can call me a whore or a dirty little slut and I would personally thank him just because HE said it. 

-I would also call him "Sir" everyday if he told me to.


-The motorcycle. I speak for every woman when I say those things are big ass vibrators. Aiden and Violet rode that shit together and she grinded on him and knew DEEP IN HER SOUL that he was big.

-Violet really thought about taking this man to his car just to ride him and I never related more.

-Aiden asking for Violet's panties and saving them later just to use it as a gag so nobody could hear her I-... MY MOUTH WAS ON THE FLOOR (accidental pun).

-The bathroom scene really had me on the ground. The dirty talk, the degradation, the whole butt plug situation... WOW.

And Aiden punishing Violet because she needed his help to put the butt plug in...WOW. JUST WOW. I'm not into degradation but if this man told he would punish me if I let him I definetely would.

-Aiden ordering (pls do so to me) Violet to not let herself fall off the wall in the bathroom AND the alley, I legit felt that shit (totally not speaking from experience with leg wobbling).

-AIDEN REALLY HAD THIS WOMAN COUNTING FOR EVERY SPANK HE GAVE HER AND THEN THANKING HIM FOR IT, LIKE, I KNOW HOW TO COUNT TOO.

-Also, probs to this man for holding a boner until they were definetely alone.

-Not sex related but Aiden treating Violet like an angel after everything and kissing her forehead had my heart softening. Aftercare in H. Laroux's books never misd.

From the three novellas I've read from her this one, in my opinion, has the best writing introduction (in terms of writing skills the premise is not new).

As always, I enjoy her books, and still I have to admit there were some things I wish it could've been done better.

-SURPRISINGLY I felt this book had less tension than the others and definetely not that long regarding page count. I honestly wished the sex had been a little more intense and the other scenes (besides the bathroom and the alley) longer.

-The writing quality of this book was a little low since I found some sex descriptions a little amateur.

The description of the genitals felt like Laroux was just grabbing synonyms from a dictionary to not be repetitive. There were also some scenes (non smut related) that were a little cringey. And the comparisons to the experiences Violet was having were... weird, and out of place.

-Absolutely off-topic but I find it unrealistic that a men's bathroom is clean and odorless. I, personally, wouldn't grab anything from a men's bathroom, much less a wall from a stall. But if Aiden told me to do so I would.

-Also off topic that I couldn't take Aiden's haircut seriously (or how the name Aiden sounds so saint, but it is a personal opinion. I relate that name to good boys).

-Again, I wished this book was longer. If scenes like the dance game and the basketball game had been more fleshed out I would have enjoyed this more.

None-the-fucking-less, I really enjoyed reading this and I slept really late because of this book.

Can't wait to read the last one of this trilogy and cry because there aren't more😭.


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