My Brother Torin

My Brother Torin #1

by Kate Rivenhall

Anxious to learn more about where she came from, cupcaker baker Laoise Cavendish travels deep into the rugged mountains to a remote cabin to meet the brother she didn’t know she had. She didn’t expect to find someone as cold and hard as she is warm and soft. And she didn’t expect Torin Reilly to refuse to let her go.

Genres: Novella, Smut, Dark, Dark Romance, Adult, Romance

44 pages, ebook

First published August 9, 2023

About the author

I write dark horror about women escaping abusive cults and other dystopian stories.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

The coziest CNC, kidnapping, taboo romance I've ever read 🤣
Erotic horror of the highest tier 😘

My Brother Torin might be my second fave of ALL of Kate's books (top 3, at least).

Summary:

Adopted cupcake-baking city girl seeks out rugged woodsman bio brother. He won't let her go.

Review (SPOILERS):

Y'all already know the deal--I fucking love each and every one of Kate's books and this is the taboo label 🤷🏼‍♀️

Instead of my usual review, here are my reactions while reading this book.

Laoise visits Torin at his remote cabin and he tells her about their family background:

“We were born within 2 days of each other,” he said. “That made things kind of fucking awkward for our asshole father, since our mothers didn’t know until they met in the hallway of the fucking hospital.”.

Me: Oh, so they're not really siblings 🤣🤣



Learning she comes from a line of "violent, lawless, mean assholes," Laoise asks:

“And what about you?” I couldn’t help asking, although my breath felt squeezed from my chest. “Are you a violent, lawless, mean asshole?”
He crossed his arms, and I couldn’t help uncomfortably noticing how big they were.
Yeah, Laoise,” he said. “I am.”.

Me:




When Torin talks about his relationship started:

“I’ve had various girlfriends over the years, but none at the moment. One of my neighbors lets me fuck his wife occasionally.”.

Me: *nodding* Naturally.




When Laoise feels super uncomf and wants to leave but Torin fucked her car up so now it won't start:

The goddamn car didn’t start. I tried again and again, turning the key with increasing desperation.
I felt horror crawl all over my skin.
This couldn’t be happening.
My throat filling with panic, I looked up and in my rearview mirror, and saw Torin standing on the front porch..

Me: YESSS 🙌🏻👏🏻 love car won't start horror trope.




When Laoise freaks out because she's trapped with this huge, intimidating dude who says he wants to keep her indefinitely and she tries to run off a cliff but Torin saves her:

“It means I was either going to grab you or go over the edge with you, Laoise. It means I was either going to save you or break my goddam neck trying. That’s what it fucking means.”.

Me:



When, trapped and horrified, Laoise pleads:

“Why are you doing this?” I cried. “You don’t even know me.”
“I do know you,” he said. “As soon as I saw you I knew you. I’m cold and hard and dark. I want you. I want warm and soft and light.”.

Me: IK it's super fucked up and legit horror moment but...




When Laoise hits Torin but he boxes her in and starts undressing her:

I gasped. “I punched you in the nose and you still want to touch me?”
Torin cocked his head slightly, the blood still a smear across his chin.
“You can do whatever you want to me, Laoise. I’ll still want this.”.

Me: *dialing my therapist*




When he's edging her and she stabs him with a hunting knife:

I knew goddamn exactly where that hunting knife was now, and I turned and grabbed it, stabbing him in the arm, ripping the blade down his flesh.

Me: fuck yes

I felt the blood from where I had cut him drip on my back and ass, each droplet a reminder of his obsession..

Me: 🤌🏻🤌🏻

“A wound from you is like a kiss from anyone else,” he said, and I knew I was trapped..

Me: *clutching my heart*

I couldn’t fucking go back. I couldn’t go back to boring everyday sex with nice men I met at the library. I wanted obsession. I wanted danger. I wanted Torin..

Me:

I didn’t even see your name. All I saw was your face and then I knew you were mine and you were out there somewhere.

Me: This is the shit I love



When he's fucking her and he does THIS:

As I looked up at him again, I saw him raise the arm where I had stabbed him, and he tore open the wound that hadn’t even begun to heal, ripping and shredding savagely at himself. “I can’t bear that I hurt you,” he growled painfully, his breath loud and ragged in my ear..

Me:

And I knew that as much as I was home for him, he was home for me, too.

Me: I am a sucker for a good last line.






Honestly, one of her best. 20/10. Cannot wait to read Part II.

[Danielle Overly Bookishly Backlogged · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m still processing…

Still processing…

Still don’t know how to put into words WTF I just read. It was filthy. And I mean F-I-L-T-H-Y.
Torin is a wild mountain man obsessed with his half sister. OBSESSED. Once he sees her, he can’t let her go. To the point of kidnapping. What follows is crazy Non-Con/Dub-Con knife wielding, stabby sex and chases through the woods.

Did I mention this book is FILTHY? And, yeah, the writing is pretty good, too 😬

[Ive · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5⭐ not bad for a porn-no plot short story but not a favorite of mine.

[Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Brother Torin part 1 and 2 was short and to the point. While I enjoyed reading both parts the way the books are listed is misleading. I thought you had to read My Brother Torin parts 1 & 2 before reading The Parolee but that's not the case. While all the books feature the same couple the stories are completely different, from their childhood to their ages.

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

Half siblings separated at 3 years old are reunited in this short and steamy read. This was a little confusing because how did Torin mess with her car to keep her there if he was always in her sight? If he had a pic of her, surely he would have been able to find her instead of waiting for her to find him; was dumb luck she entered the same genealogy website.
This could have been better if it wasn't insta-lust and they actually spent some time together with the attraction growing naturally.

[Audi♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Same couple...er siblings from The Parolee, but instead of Torin going to jail for killing their dad. Leelee was adopted and wanted to meet her brother.
Same outcome they fuck like porn stars 🔥🌶

Ps- you can buy this on eden books

[honeybee · Rating 1 out of 5]

UHM NO.

Remind me why i hate incest in the first place lmao.

[KittySexy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vaya sorpresa, pero no está tan mal aunque demasiado apresurado

[Teresa Patricia♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Madre mía 👀

[♥ I’d Rather Be Reading ♥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

- FMC: Laoise
- MMC: Torin
- POVs Included: Single Female POV (Laoise)

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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)

Laoise was adopted as a toddler and has always wondered about her birth family. So when she finally finds someone who is her family on a family match website, she's excited to meet him.

Little does she know, her half-brother Torin has plans for their meeting. He's been watching her and obsessed with her. And he doesn't plan to let her go.

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REVIEW:

This was okay. I honestly had higher hopes for this one for some reason. But it was alright.

There is a lot of dubcon and even noncon at first. I liked this aspect, but also everything just felt off to me. Like she just met him and gives in a little too easily to be believable.

The steam was decent though. I liked the bit of predator/prey play going on. And of course the taboo aspect is right up my alley with what I like to read.

I don't know that I'll read the second part though. It seems kind of pricey for how short it is, so I don't know that it's worth it for me. Also I find it a little odd that The Parolee is about the same exact characters, but told as an alternate timeline. I just find that kind of awkward. Like the same book written two ways? Kind of weird to me.

Overall it was okay. Not as good as I hoped it would be, but alright. I don't plan to continue, though.

[Kirsten_BookRants · Rating 4 out of 5]

🌶️🌶️🌶️

Same characters as the Parolee, but a different storyline. Which can be confusing, in terms of continuity. And in my case remembering which storyline took place where.

What I appreciate about this author is she's transparent. This is a smut story, therefore we know the storyline doesn't make sense. However I feel that's what makes this an entertaining read.

When Torin pulled an Edward Cullen, and took Laoise's car battery out, I literally laughed out loud.

This book is taboo, there is no skating around it. Laoise knows it, we the readers know and Torin is just in the denial. But I ate this book up. And only took a star off because I feel pulling a multiverse on us is confusing. Laoise had more personality in The Parolee. And for doing anal with no lube or preparation. Only in fiction does that not end in a trip to the ER 🥴. Plus consent is sexy, I'm still on the fence about the dub-con trope, though this might not be that either, so I did feel a certain type of way about the spicy scenes.

[B.J. Mann · Rating 1 out of 5]

WTF is happening with these books? No order. Doesn't make a damn lick of sense!
So in The Parolee, SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
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the same characters grew up as kids, knocked around by their dad; obsessed brother defends her, kills their dad and goes to jail, comes out 10 years later, and they're reunited in all their incestuous glory. BUT in this book, she doesn't know him and is driving to meet him for the first time as a grown-ass woman? WT Actual F???! Did the author forget that she'd written The Parolee?

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Laoise takes a DNA test and discovers a long-lost brother, who it turns out is obsessed with her and won’t let her leave when she shows up to meet him.

Kate gives us another unhinged taboo short in this. It’s a delightful little treat.

With impact, noncon, primal, and anal.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
POV: Solo 1st Past

[Kayla Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice - 🌶️🌶️🌶️

I'm a big fan of Kate Rivenhall for her taboo romances and this one is no exception. It's a spicy novella following our FMC as she re-connects with her brother who she has been separated from since she was 2 years old. As always, plenty of spice and go into this knowing what content the author writes.

[Kim B · Rating 4 out of 5]

This might not be for everyone....step brother and sister (they share a father) who were separated at age 3 are reunited. Definitely some kidnapping, stalker, obsessed hero vibes. And also dub con / non con in the beginning.

[Cristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

The taboo was so good! 🥵 glad there is a part 2.

[R.N. Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a same relative taboo and it was really good.
Yes, they do share the same father.

It's a book that I enjoyed. I read one and two last night. I will find number three and read it also.

[LUCY · Rating 1 out of 5]

Suprisingly, the incest was not the weirdest part of that book

[Lion1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hot short Book .

[Flo₂₂ · Rating 3 out of 5]

why are we having the same couple with a different story in 3 different books ?
couldn't the author create new one's ? which one of this 3 story's is the main and finale one for them ?

[Nerina Belen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bastante entretenido torin está súper loco

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

For a novella very good . Was wishing was full length to slow it down

[bikesandbookss · Rating 3 out of 5]

- half-siblings
- kidnapping (kind-of)
- boy obsessed
- short novella

[Marielis Ramirez · Rating 4 out of 5]

No esperaba nada

[Daenerys Targaryen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ex jail bird hero and cup cake baker heroine. Incest romance with out a serious plot line.

[Vishous · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5
the sad part is that if this wasn't so badly written it would be a great taboo dub-con story.

[Regina Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo terminé de leer esta mañana y las advertencias están bien puestas. No es un libro para las mayorías
Cuidado.
Y lo más difícil es fecharlo

[Juli_xox · Rating 5 out of 5]

very hot

[Cat · Rating 3 out of 5]

very short
i feel that's why it seemed so abrupt- the start, as well as the end, and everything in between.
i read this before the parolee, which i'm currently reading, and gotta say, while that's also quite short, i'm enjoying its pace better.
having read the eclipse ritual as rivenhall's first work, i came in expecting great pacing and chemistry, which is why i'm left a little wanting and kinda wish i'd read these before eclipse ritual. BUT but but! the smut is great <3 10/10 on filthiness haha