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A review by greysun69
Down and Dirty by Mari Carr
funny
hopeful
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
3.5
3.5⭐️
⚠️TW:
Abandonment (mention)
Attempted Sexual Assault
Assault/Battery
Light Bondage
Impact Play
Homelessness
Anal play/DP
💭 Random points and thoughts:
👍🏾Safe sex practices
👍🏾Established consent and safe word
👍🏾I love a healthy age gap (24- 34/38)
👍🏾Realistic displays of financial hardship for the heroine.
👍🏾the guys were helpful. Reese was sweet and supportive and his secret side is HAWT 👍🏾Jess was independent, hardworking and self-aware of the effects of her insecurities on her kid
👍🏾Jasper was a kid who behaved like a kid, and not an alien in a kid body.
👍🏾Some sexual chemistry and the sex scenes were fun to read.
👍🏾Aunt Berta is my FAVORITE!
🫳🏾Tony had heavy-handed caveman energy and thats not really my thing but for the people it works for, it works.
🫳🏾Miscommunication tropes can be good depending on how it is executed and this one felt tedious for me.
👎🏾There was no dates or any reason for me to buy them as a thrupple. I don’t even care about them as couples. I feel like they could have benefited from not living together a few months and dating separately. That would have been fun to read and would have made buying them all together easier.
👎🏾 Reese and Tony had a tendency of making decisions about Jess without Jess’ involvement
👎🏾 Jess acted like her moving out of the apartment meant that Jasper would never see anybody ever again. That was dumb.
👎🏾Jess masturbating in bed next to her kid
⚠️TW:
Abandonment (mention)
Attempted Sexual Assault
Assault/Battery
Light Bondage
Impact Play
Homelessness
Anal play/DP
💭 Random points and thoughts:
👍🏾Safe sex practices
👍🏾Established consent and safe word
👍🏾I love a healthy age gap (24- 34/38)
👍🏾Realistic displays of financial hardship for the heroine.
👍🏾the guys were helpful. Reese was sweet and supportive and his secret side is HAWT 👍🏾Jess was independent, hardworking and self-aware of the effects of her insecurities on her kid
👍🏾Jasper was a kid who behaved like a kid, and not an alien in a kid body.
👍🏾Some sexual chemistry and the sex scenes were fun to read.
👍🏾Aunt Berta is my FAVORITE!
🫳🏾Tony had heavy-handed caveman energy and thats not really my thing but for the people it works for, it works.
🫳🏾Miscommunication tropes can be good depending on how it is executed and this one felt tedious for me.
👎🏾There was no dates or any reason for me to buy them as a thrupple. I don’t even care about them as couples. I feel like they could have benefited from not living together a few months and dating separately. That would have been fun to read and would have made buying them all together easier.
👎🏾 Reese and Tony had a tendency of making decisions about Jess without Jess’ involvement
👎🏾 Jess acted like her moving out of the apartment meant that Jasper would never see anybody ever again. That was dumb.
👎🏾Jess masturbating in bed next to her kid
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual harassment