This book was just OK. The writing was fairly decent, and there's not a plot to speak of, other than the forming of this quad relationship. Which isn't something I'm ever expecting from a smutty novella. The whole thing overall just wasn't attention grabbing as I was expecting it to be. There are way too many coincidences for everything to align so that Sephy gets to be with all three guys she's lusting after. They all know each other, the guys all have history together and have shared girls in the past and they ALL end up at this conference together? But I suppose I'll accept it because it is a fictional romance novel, and the quicker they all get together, the quicker we get to the smut. And the spice was pretty damn good, like a 3.5/5. None of the guys are with each other intimately, but we get plenty of other spice include MF, MMF, and MMMF. Feels like a lot of dick for one person to handle if I'm being honest, don't know how she didn't get friction burn on her bits. Not an awful Christmas themed novella, but not the worst out there, so I say give it a try and see if you like this reverse harem story!
One of the things that irritates me in [some] reverse harem books is that the group of guys will be on board with "sharing" or have a history, and decide for the woman that she would like being shared or that they're all going to be with her. Even if she has trepidations or concerns, the guys will be all like, "we'll take care of you." Ugh. This is exactly what happens in this book. All three of the guys get way too familiar way too quickly, and that's really not fair to Sephy. Like, they all feel this deep bond with her and "must make her theirs." Wanting to jump from meeting one another to a full blown permanent relationship. Tone it down a few fucking notches, Jesus.
Why are the women in romance novels always "dripping wet" like immediately? And that "wetness" (barf) always coats their thighs or covers their partners hands. If they're like a freaking faucet, I don't know that these women could walk around successfully. You'd need to wear some kind of protection, like an adult diaper. The FMC in this book was no different. Gets all worked up from a kiss and is spouting wetness everywhere. I feel like it needs to be said - "wetness" is a disgusting adjective in this case, and I would like it banned in this context.
After Julien and Sephy have sex, she goes to the bathroom and he follows her in there and watches her pee. I'm not sure what exactly this added to the overall story and it was weird as hell. That's like a married and been together for years move, and they just slept together for the first time. Slow you roll, Julien.
UGH! With a reverse harem book, you know that an anal scene will happen ... it's kind of inevitable. And I was hopeful there would be adequate anal prep before they attempt to take Sephy's anal virginity. But no. One finger for a couple of minutes would NOT prepare her to take a schlong, and for it to also be occurring for her first time experiencing DP. Then things are made so much worse because after they get done plowing her, Julien goes back and takes her ass a second time! There's no way that she'd be ready again so quickly or that if they did attempt it again it wouldn't hurt like hell. The only saving grace about the whole thing is that they do use lube. But, I've said it before but I'll say it again, I'll die on the proper anal prep hill.