A review by 10111111111
Sebastian by Linden Bell
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Rating: 4.5 stars (9/10)
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes: camboy, age gap, anxiety, fan x retired star
Review:
This was a really cute and spicy read. I loved Sebastian, he is such a hard working, meticulous, clever person who deals with anxiety. He happens upon his inspiration for being a camboy, the retired porn star Christian, who is a PT at the gym Sebastian signs up to. Getting one free session with a PT as part of the gym membership, Sebastian chooses Christian, and after being prompted by his friends, tries to ask if he would be willing to collab. Christian is charmed by Sebastian, and as they fall together in front of the camera, their feelings for each other explode
I really enjoyed the anxiety rep in this book, talking about coping mechanisms and medication and showing that a lot of the time, there's not really a recipe to how an attack will start out what will trigger it. Christian is such an amazing person and I loved the love and care and gentleness and awe with which he treated Sebastian. And Sebastian is just the sweetest and hardest working person, he deserves everything. The chemistry and love between these two was so hot, I absolutely devoured this book. It felt like 50 pages and I would've happily read so much more about them. Given the nature of their work, this book was maybe slightly less smutty than I thought it was going to be. That's not to say there isn't scorching sex, but I guess I was perhaps thinking there might be more, but I was definitely not disappointed at all with what we got.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Tropes: camboy, age gap, anxiety, fan x retired star
Review:
This was a really cute and spicy read. I loved Sebastian, he is such a hard working, meticulous, clever person who deals with anxiety. He happens upon his inspiration for being a camboy, the retired porn star Christian, who is a PT at the gym Sebastian signs up to. Getting one free session with a PT as part of the gym membership, Sebastian chooses Christian, and after being prompted by his friends, tries to ask if he would be willing to collab. Christian is charmed by Sebastian, and as they fall together in front of the camera, their feelings for each other explode
I really enjoyed the anxiety rep in this book, talking about coping mechanisms and medication and showing that a lot of the time, there's not really a recipe to how an attack will start out what will trigger it. Christian is such an amazing person and I loved the love and care and gentleness and awe with which he treated Sebastian. And Sebastian is just the sweetest and hardest working person, he deserves everything. The chemistry and love between these two was so hot, I absolutely devoured this book. It felt like 50 pages and I would've happily read so much more about them. Given the nature of their work, this book was maybe slightly less smutty than I thought it was going to be. That's not to say there isn't scorching sex, but I guess I was perhaps thinking there might be more, but I was definitely not disappointed at all with what we got.