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I was taken aback when I started reading this as I must have missed the genre when choosing this to review from Netgalley. If you have missed it, this is very NSFW.

Anyway, I like that this is about the different and diverse relationships of superheroes. Even though it touches on the diverse types of relationships, I left feeling empty after finishing reading this.

mckinlay's review against another edition

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5.0

*I received an ARC from netgalley and the publisher. This does not affect my review.*

This was like, really good. Initially I wasn't going to read this because the description didn't sound queer but literally all 5 of the stories are queer! And so diverse, there's a genderfluid character, and fat characters, and POC. Consent is discussed, thoroughly, in a couple of the stories. Just all around really great!

jugglingpup's review against another edition

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4.0

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I got an ARC of this book.

I got this based on the title and cover alone. I did not read the description until after, you know the way I normally do things when I see a title like this one.

The book has five short stories. Each one focuses on a different pairing. There are trans men, women with other women, men with other men, and there is even an inter-species relationship (or two). I am all for this amount of diversity, though the book was still lacking something for me.

The trans man scene was fun, but eh. I am happy that a trans man was included and I would have killed to see this when I was starting my transition. Now, it just felt a bit weak. Most of the conversation is about his packer. I wouldn’t have minded if he had been the top, but he wasn’t. There is nothing wrong with a trans man bottoming (I can go full TMI if needed, but my father has access to my reviews so lets leave it at I have NO problems with trans men bottoming *cough*), but I needed something more exciting in this story for it to really capture me.

The story that really stood out for me was the last one. There was a hitman who had “gone soft”. He helped a kid survive in a situation that he shouldn’t have been in, but it messed with his tough guy image. He called his husband and his husband said he would help. The husband is this chubby black man who is perfection. He is clearly the dom to the hitman’s sub. Instead of using “sir” they use “dear”. Also the dom was a bottom which HELL YES. I was super into this in so many ways. It was diverse, it was the most engaging story of the bunch, and I could have read about them forever.

Each of the stories had something that was wonderful, but they all fell just slightly short of something. I don’t know what it was. Maybe it was the lack of condoms, though there was a conversation about testing and statuses in one of the stories. Maybe it was they seemed so emotional and soft, compared to what I am used to (though I 100% preferred these to any of the others I have seen). I don’t know. There was something missing, but I am not sure what.

readingtheskyline's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

The title tells everything that you need to know about this book.

I had such a great time with each story. I found every character funny and interesting and I wanted to know more about them.

I loved how Meredith McClaren showed a variety of characters with different ethnicities, genders, and sexuality in her short stories. It was a nice surprise and extremely refreshing.

I can't recommend it enough. But be warned, it does show actual penises, so if you're squeamish about that kind of thing, this book would make you extremely uncomfortable.

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iam's review

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5.0

Oh wow this was AMAZING!!!! I loved every single page, every second I spent reading this!!!

Super Fun Sexy Times is about the, well, super fun sexy times that superheroes, villains, sidekicks and the people involved with them have!
This is one of the few books that has an actually fitting and very well done blurb that summarizes it perfectly, and this is one of the rare occasion where I actively encourage reading the blurb!!!

I adored every single of the five stories - each of them individually is great and a perfect 5 star read, and together they are diverse, not just in their characters but also in the different facets of a society where superheroes are a thing.
It's hard to say which story was my favourite, but I'd probably go with "Worst Case Scenario", the very first one, because it made me fall in love with the comic overall from the very first page.

The artstyle was SUPERB. I liked it from the very first page: it's simple yet expressive and just so much fun to look at, with lovely details and and inherent vibrancy, even if the colours are muted.

If there is one thing I had to criticise it would be the cover and title. The title works when you know what the book is about, but if you don't....
I also think the cover completely fails to convey the beauty of the pages within. The characters' faces were one of my favourite things about the art style, so to me it feels like a missed opportunity to not show a face on the cover, too.
Neither the cover nor title did in any way take away from my enjoyement of the comic, though!

I really can't recommend Super Fun Sexy Times enough, it was a delight to read and I'm sure there is something in there for everyone! Be it from the aesthetics of a character, to kinks and sexual preferences, characters who have figured out their gender and characters who haven't quite yet, and so much more!

I received an ARC and reviewed honestly & voluntarily!

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