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A review by 7sofia7
Bare-Knuckle Love by K.A. Merikan
4.0
3.75 - 4.0
This novella is enjoyable but you have to like the tropes, kinks that are in it.
The authors do a good job at describing them so read the description and warnings beforehand.
Protagonist:
This novella is enjoyable but you have to like the tropes, kinks that are in it.
The authors do a good job at describing them so read the description and warnings beforehand.
Protagonist:
- Poor baby I'm so mad that his family was so shitty
- I don't love when characters are so much in need for emotional/phisical connection that will do anything for it. But at the same time I like the yearning and humiliation that comes from it.
- He was a bit too eager and said stupid stuff (SPOILER would you really tell the guy that made you his prisoner that it was your firts kiss?!?)
- Do I like dogs irl? No. Did I like them in this story? Hell yes.
The sex and writing:
- Per se it wasn't too rough but the dynamic was pretty messed up. Blackmail, collaring, beating, using him as a target for darts were kinds of abuse perpetrated by the love interest to the protagonist in non sexual scenes.
- I enjoyed the story and the relationship but it didn't make me horny.
- I like how the authors write and the world that they create. Gritty and though but you can still find good. I find particulary nice how they manage to write power imbalance and rough sex but still make it seem fine to the reader.
- This book was pretty short and there isn't much more story than what we are promiced by the blurb. It did it's job well and I would have wanted just a few pages more at the end (SPOILERS their first time, or reflecting upon it, and their kind of getting together)
- You don't get much from the mc part, just rude and violent men betting on fights. What is more at the centre is the fighting
The love interest:
- Aka the mc's leader, high school crush, dr jekyll and mr hyde
- He was such an asshole. He acted like a true villain and then he did something somewhat nice for the main guy and so we went along.
- We never really knew him and I would have liked to understand him a little bit better; sayed that
I agree with the author's' choice to write the story entirely from the fighter's pow. - I liked his family
This author duo is a nice one:
- No disjointed parts or writing style changes
- If you find yourself liking their books: 1. you are likely to enjoy their other books
2.they have an extensive backlist