A review by solly
The Cobbler's Soleless Son by Meredith Katz
4.0
3.5 stars
This series is the last of the short works by Meredith Katz I haven't read. It is, also, one of the horniest short stories by this author I've read. Not that I'm complaining, this was a lot of fun. I liked the worldbuilding we get glimpses of, and what I'm really excited about is reading the other two books in the series. From what I understand, they're all set in different places which all have different global human/demons relationships and I'm really interested to see how Meredith Katz plays with this idea that demons aren't seen the same way depending on the people/the place.
*However*, do you see how aroace I am if this is what I'm the most excited about?
I liked Renart, but in this "oh god I do not understand the species that are allos" kind of way. So I didn't relate much to him but he was a lot of fun to follow, even if I kind of wanted to bang my head against a wall at his decisions. All because of lust? Can't relate, bro. Though at least it's lust for a demon and I marginally understand, which might make me an aroace sex-averse monsterfucker and what does that even say about me?
There's a good amount of foot fetish and it was actually pretty cool? I liked the sex scenes and the *plot twist* that I somehow didn't see coming. It was all super horny and a lot of fun and I liked it, even if it's far from my fave Meredith Katz work.
TW: explicit sex, foot fetish, voluntary injuries/blood (not self-harm tho), mentions of humans as food/meat.
This series is the last of the short works by Meredith Katz I haven't read. It is, also, one of the horniest short stories by this author I've read. Not that I'm complaining, this was a lot of fun. I liked the worldbuilding we get glimpses of, and what I'm really excited about is reading the other two books in the series. From what I understand, they're all set in different places which all have different global human/demons relationships and I'm really interested to see how Meredith Katz plays with this idea that demons aren't seen the same way depending on the people/the place.
*However*, do you see how aroace I am if this is what I'm the most excited about?
I liked Renart, but in this "oh god I do not understand the species that are allos" kind of way. So I didn't relate much to him but he was a lot of fun to follow, even if I kind of wanted to bang my head against a wall at his decisions. All because of lust? Can't relate, bro. Though at least it's lust for a demon and I marginally understand, which might make me an aroace sex-averse monsterfucker and what does that even say about me?
There's a good amount of foot fetish and it was actually pretty cool? I liked the sex scenes and the *plot twist* that I somehow didn't see coming. It was all super horny and a lot of fun and I liked it, even if it's far from my fave Meredith Katz work.
TW: explicit sex, foot fetish, voluntary injuries/blood (not self-harm tho), mentions of humans as food/meat.