Another week flown by; here’s hoping you’ve had some entertaining listens to accompany you along the way!
Here’s what the Gals have been listening to this week.
BJ
Narrated by Kathleen McInerney
Caz
Narrated by Thérèse Plummer & Andrew Eiden
Kaetrin
Narrated by Angel Pean
Melinda
Narrated by Andi Arndt & Sebastian York
Shannon
Narrated by Marguerite Gavin
I finished N.R. Walker’s Spencer Cohen series with Book 4, Yanni’s Story. Lots of good stuff about recovering from trauma, but overly long, coming in over 14 hours. It was also a look at a type of non-disciplinary daddy kink, where the older man wants to care and nurture the “son.” It was well described, and I liked it better than the “spanking” daddy kink, but still not my cup of tea.
Right now I’m listening to Incriminating Evidence by Rachel Grant. The mystery is interesting but I’m rolling my eyes over the insta-lust and warming body parts every time these two look at each other. There’s no building up to a relationship, at least not yet. I’m hoping it gets more nuanced than “I need to look for my brother’s killer, but I wish you’d bang me on the sideboard.” Honestly, if I didn’t trust someone, I’d have no problems keeping my libido in check, no matter how good looking they were.
Oh, I’m sorry the Grant isn’t working for you – that’s one of my favourites of that series.
Honestly, Caz, I’m rarely enjoying m/f romances of any sort these days. Where I can overlook most of the insta-lust and power differences in m/m, in m/f it instantly raises my protective hackles. (I also have a real problem thinking rational women have a problem controlling their libido around a good looking guy.) I realize it’s not 100% rational, that twink gay men are physically at the mercy of larger domineering men (I’ve read three books in a row with this power dynamic as the underlying problem, complete with physical and/or sexual abuse), but my immediate visceral reaction to the power imbalance when it’s m/f is something I have difficulty controlling.
In this cast I’ll probably be fine once they get past the “get to know you” phase and are more established as a couple. then I can focus on the mystery.
I get that. M/f works less and less well for me these days – I’m not 100% sure why, but I think the issue you describe is part of it.