I am so happy with myself that I decided to do a reread of this before starting the next book. The first time I listened to this I had a migraine and I am so happy with myself that I decided to do a reread of this before starting the next book. The first time I listened to this I had a migraine and I don't think I really absorbed the beauty of the story. I knew that it was good because I adore Sarah Wallace and have unending faith in her ability to create stories and characters full of empathy and diversity and found family. But the first read I didn't grasp it all. This read really brought me so much joy. I really love watching Roger and Wyn figure their stuff out and I really enjoyed the magical systems and the explanations of fae and human magic.
Fat demisexual pan MC, gay MC with anxiety disorder...more
This was a reread for me in preparation for celestial monsters and wow I forgot how much I love this book. It's just so good.
So. Freaking. Good. It gaThis was a reread for me in preparation for celestial monsters and wow I forgot how much I love this book. It's just so good.
So. Freaking. Good. It gave big hunger games vibes (and apparently Percy Jackson but I haven't read those). I loved it all and can't wait for the sequel!...more
I think one of the most remarkable things about this book series is that the author has multiple point of views andWell. That was intense and amazing.
I think one of the most remarkable things about this book series is that the author has multiple point of views and somehow you are rooting for each one of them and want them to succeed in their individual goal. Except all of their individual goals contradicts with each other. So one character getting what they want is the downfall of another and your left with this feeling of uncertainty and unfinished business and suspense and it's somehow a good feeling? I don't even know. These books are a freaking ride and I highly recommend them please check out the content warnings beforehand. These are adult books and have very graphic depictions of violence and blood and murder and they have one small explicit scene....more
Reread July 2022 Just a quick little reread to get past the big heavy book I read yesterday and it was just what I needed.
Original review Very short anReread July 2022 Just a quick little reread to get past the big heavy book I read yesterday and it was just what I needed.
Original review Very short and very sweet but obviously a winner. I will devour anything that Reese Morrison writes and this is no exception. This book has a trans MC and a disabled bisexual MC. They are an established couple and have Been together for over 10 years when Phil decides to see if his daddy will go along with something new. Jason gets worried that his connective tissue disorder is getting in the way of Phil's ability to love him. He has some worries about potentially needing to retire early and / or starting to use a wheelchair instead of the cane that he normally uses.
Of course both of our MCs are worrying for nothing because Jason will do anything for Phil and Phil anything for Jason. This is sweet and fluffy with one explicit scene and minor age play. No ABDL. Small mentions of different medical procedures for trans folks, specifically trans men including top and bottom surgery.
Disabled bi fat MC, connective tissue disorder and chronic pain. Uses mobility devices like cane, modified car for driving, and discussions of wheelchair use.
Original review Holy freaking wow! I am still blown away by this book and just left hanging because this author does a wonderful job oReread April 2022
Original review Holy freaking wow! I am still blown away by this book and just left hanging because this author does a wonderful job of submerging the reader into the setting and making you feel connected to the characters and when you get to the ending you just almost feel adrift. Like you were cut off from what you know and left to just float on and figure it out. This is sometimes a reason why I don't read series before all the books are out, especially fantasy series, but I do not regret a single minute of the time I spent listening to this audiobook and I know that I will thoroughly enjoy doing a reread when the next book comes out. I cannot recommend this enough. It is almost one that I recommend going into with as little knowledge about the summary as possible so that you can also experience the feeling of being drawn into the story yourself.
Loads of queer and disabled rep. All indigenous cast of characters....more
Reread March 2022 This book is just so good. I actually started rereading this one and then started also rereading all tied up at thReread January 2023
Reread March 2022 This book is just so good. I actually started rereading this one and then started also rereading all tied up at the same time since they both start at the same destination weekend. I just need to reread more of my favorites because they make me happy and I know that they're exceptional.
Original Review All of Reese Morrison's books are amazing in terms of rep, and this one hits hard. It's got a bunch of rep but the three that get the most coverage are trans, disability, and Jewish. There are lots of conversations about Jewish holidays, specifically Sukkot, a bunch of wonderful conversations about invisible disabilities and also about body dysphoria. Isaac is Jewish and trans and is a little who regresses from baby age to 8/9. Remi is disabled, specifically with chronic pain from a back injury that affects his daily life constantly, he's also fat and a Daddy.
This book does so many things well and every time I read a new Reese Morrison book it reminds me why I love them so much as an author. They manage to create stories that feel realistic in terms of having beautifully flawed human characters. All of their characters are complex and have multiple identities and you just feel their emotions. As a reminder these characters are not flawed because they are disabled, fat, trans, etc, they're flawed because they are human and they make mistakes and they act impulsively and they are insecure sometimes and they have limitations. Being disabled, being trans, being fat, are not flaws they are identities and having such wonderful representation is so important.
I really loved Remi in this book. He never wavers in wanting what is best for Isaac and he is such a caring character. Like I almost felt as we were reading his chapters that you could physically understand what a hug from him would feel like. It's like that soft comforting all encompassing hug. That's what his character was to me. Remi makes mistakes in this book in interacting with both Isaac's trans identity and with him being Jewish. He makes assumptions and says the wrong thing but he apologizes and educates himself and actively strives to do better. He is just trying to be the best Daddy he can be and it's an important reminder that in BDSM relationships, doms are still people and they are not all knowing. They make mistakes and deserve the grace to learn from their mistakes.
Let's talk about Isaac / Izzy. Holy mother of cute. I cannot handle how much he loved dinosaurs and it was just precious. It's no secret that I really love books with age play and this book really encapsulated why I like them so much. There's that like vulnerability and sweetness surrounding it that I really like.
Isaac is trans and he is still working through quite a bit of body dysphoria and after having a less than positive response from a past partner, he is even more determined to keep himself safe from rejection. When he and Remi connect on their weekend trip, he tells himself that it's just for the weekend, but we all know that that wasn't true. He and Remi have to have a lot of conversations and work out how to make a long distance relationship work with their career fields. This book feels real. It doesn't feel like a insta-love now everything is perfect after one day kind of book. It has a lot of facets and is weave together really well.
Some of my favorite parts of this book were the descriptions of Jewish holidays. This book takes place in the end of summer early fall and it's mentioned in the author's note that Reese wanted to focus on Jewish holidays that were not Hanukkah and they did so in a way that isn't preachy but also is educational. This is an own voices Jewish trans rep story and you know that reading it because you can feel the years of lived experience that they put into their characters.
Now that I've made it through just about every book in the Destination Daddies, I can confirm that my favorites are the two by Reese Morrison, all tied up and a little bit naughty, and jam-packed. The reasons these three are my favorite basically boils down to the fact that the authors didn't make it a weekend romance. These books stretch past the initial meet and greet destination and allow the characters to evolve and be complex.
Also note that this book involves discussions about the trans character choosing to carry his own babies and the sort of mental and emotional state that can accompany the experience. It isn't a major part of the book, but it does take place near the end and is included in the epilogue. There's conversations about having to go off hormones and body changes and gender norms and sexual activity etc.
While I would love to push this book on everyone, I do need to mention that this includes sexual age play scenes including ABDL. I understand that can be triggering for some people so this is a very descriptive age play book. There is also some content warning for body dysphoria.
Rep: white fat disabled gay MC (chronic pain), white trans Jewish gay MC...more
Original review I have been looking forward to this book for months and absolutely loved it. It is the final book in the undisclosed serReread May 2022
Original review I have been looking forward to this book for months and absolutely loved it. It is the final book in the undisclosed series and it is surrounding this group of guys that are all friends and the last two of them to be paired off end up finding themselves in a dynamic that neither one of them anticipated. I don't want to give away too many details because you should just read the books, but it was very good. I really do enjoy Carly Marie's books, especially the newer ones. I've had a few issues with some of her older books, but as a whole she has managed to write a almost a dozen I believe books that are all set in the same little town in Tennessee and have overlapping characters. So if you actually read the books in order you get super invested in all of them. I only have one book of hers left and I did not read them in order because I am not smart sometimes. My one hang up with Carly Marie is her continued insistence to only use "LGBT" as the acronym. She has never included the plus or the Q or any additional letters and it's just one of my big pet peeves.
This doesn't include age play but it is middle versus little and so there is no ABDL for the main characters. If you've read the series you know that there is ABDL for the secondary characters to take place in this book. This is a little bit of an age gap and a daddy/boy dynamic. There's also content warning for car accidents and burn scars and rep for chronic pain....more
I've read this one a few times now and Ive read the series a few times and I'm lowering my rating from 5 to 4 stars. It's mostly because I feel like sI've read this one a few times now and Ive read the series a few times and I'm lowering my rating from 5 to 4 stars. It's mostly because I feel like so much doesn't happen in this book. We get snippets of this triad in the other books having really important discussions and I wish those had happened during this book. I think that could have easily been achieved with one or two less sex scenes or just an additional hundred pages. I know that that makes this book really long but I do think that a kinky triad is a complicated relationship dynamic and a long book is necessary to really get into the grit of it.
Reread May 2022 I do quite enjoy this one. I love the three MCs and the multi POV.
Reread April 2023 Still good. Maintain my thoughts from my last reread. I do like that Carly Marie's books are a decent length so you get way more thanReread April 2023 Still good. Maintain my thoughts from my last reread. I do like that Carly Marie's books are a decent length so you get way more than just sex. We love actual plot and character growth.
Reread May 2022 Idk if it's because I've read all the books now but this one didn't quite live up to my memory. Don't get me wrong, it's totally fine and I still really liked it, but others in the series are just better.
Age play rep, I really loved this entire series...more
In reference to my comment about this series passing the Bechdel test in the first books review, this book does the best job out of all five. There isIn reference to my comment about this series passing the Bechdel test in the first books review, this book does the best job out of all five. There is a gender fluid secondary character a lesbian secondary character and two to three genuine women characters that are kind of developed. It's by far the best. I do think this book has some problems with insta love but that's a different question. That being said, the women don't technically talk to each other So it's still fails the Bechdel test
Reread November 2021. Yep I love this book a whole heck of a lot. It does drag a little bit in the last 1/3 but I'm not even mad about it.
DEMISEXUAL KINKY REP! I think this and book 4 (Slow Hand) are my favorite of the series. This is a kinky book with no major sex scenes. There's one frotting scene and one handjob scene but they're not steamy, I don't know how to explain that they're much more healing/restorative than they are steamy. One MC is demisexual and the other hates sex due to childhood trauma. This leads to a lot of insecurity between the two of them but also a lot of great communication about trauma and also how being aspec isn't about trauma, and also how kink doesn't need to be sexual at all. There's some wonderful secondary characters and just a lot that I love. Highly recommend.
Definitely my favorite of the series so far. I loved Ford and really appreciated that this book allows kink to exist without sex and shows that kink iDefinitely my favorite of the series so far. I loved Ford and really appreciated that this book allows kink to exist without sex and shows that kink is so much more than a sexual relationship. While there is eventually a sexual component here, it doesn't take place until well over halfway and it's not the most important part of the book either.
Rep: gay MCs, poly relationship, daddy/boys Kink: switch Dom/daddy, little, brat/middle, age play, minor pain play.
Also I feel like Ford is definitely somewhere on the aromantic spectrum. Maybe gray and demiro. I'm claiming him for arospec rep ...more
Loved this one. I'm such a sucker for soft and fluffy age play and I really enjoyed the kink representation, on page detailed ADHD rep, and the detailLoved this one. I'm such a sucker for soft and fluffy age play and I really enjoyed the kink representation, on page detailed ADHD rep, and the detailed explanations of kink.
Rep: gay MC with ADHD, midsize gay MC kink: age play, older daddy (40) younger boy (24?)
CW: abusive parents, homophobia, explicit sex, age gap
I've read these books a few times now and while I do still enjoy this whole series, I have to talk about the lack of women. Paying attention to how maI've read these books a few times now and while I do still enjoy this whole series, I have to talk about the lack of women. Paying attention to how many genuine women characters are in a book is something I've always done but I am vowing to be a little bit more critical and making sure books pass the Bechtel test. This book fails miserably. The only women who get speaking parts in this book are both bitchy and jealous and ornery. It's just not a good look. While technically the following books in the series have a decent woman character in one of the main character's moms, that's pretty much all the representation we get for any character that is not a cis gay man. It's just pretty disappointing especially since these books are written by a woman. I expect more and it's time to hold people accountable. (There is a demi character in the last book so there's that. Still no women though).
Rep: white disabled gay MC with anxiety, white gay MC, bisexual secondary character. Kink: daddy/boy and D/s, older sub, younger Dom.
CW: death of a parent, death of a best friend, car accident traumatic injury from car accident, grief, explicit sex, age gap relationship
Reread January 2024 I just really needed to start my year with an agender MC.
Reread March 2022 Somehow I managed to finish my reread of this and a littReread January 2024 I just really needed to start my year with an agender MC.
Reread March 2022 Somehow I managed to finish my reread of this and a little bit naughty all in one day and that's a combined like 900 plus pages so with that what you will about how amazing these books are.
Original Review I absolutely devoured this 500 plus page book. I don't know how Reese Morrison does it, but every single one of their books will capture your attention and keep you invested until the very end. The way that they create main characters who are diverse and flawed and so realistically human, is one of my favorite things.
I had absolutely no idea what this was about and just dove right in because it's a Reese Morrison book, but for those of you who like a little summary, this is a kinky daddy / boy poly romance book. It features an established couple who end up adding a third and there is instant physical and emotional attraction and also some logistical issues about location and living arrangements and money. It was so so good. There are some definite trigger warnings and a couple scenes that will hit you right in the feels especially if you're unprepared for them.
First off we have Neil, who is almost 50, he is fat and he has some serious self-esteem issues. He thinks that he is boring and undesirable and that no Daddy would ever want him as a boy. He is mistaken as a Daddy a lot because of his appearance, but he is actually sweet and gentle and yearns to be submissive. Neil is a corporate lawyer and his friends signed him up for this kinky destination weekend at meadowlark Lodge.
Then we have the lodge owners, Sebastian and Jamie. Sebastian is a mid-size Latino agender Daddy and Jamie is a queer disabled gender flexible boy. There is a whole section dedicated to why both Sebastian and Jamie use the terms Daddy and boy when they both fall out of the gender binary, and it's described as that they are more roles versus a masculine person. Sebastian talks about gender in a way that he would prefer it didn't exist and Jamie talks about gender in a way that he embraces all aspects of gender at once. All three of our MC's use he/him pronouns, and Jamie will use any pronouns but primarily uses he/ him.
Anyway, Jamie is poly and Sebastian is polyflexible. They have been in a committed relationship for almost a decade and have had a really terrible experience with a third and some positive experiences with short-term scenes with a third. When Neil arrives at the lodge for the weekend, both Jamie and Sebastian are immediately drawn to his shy awkward gentle giant nature and both of them want to make Neil feel as safe as possible.
The biggest drama within this one is that Neil is relatively new to kink and that he's only going to be there for the weekend. So even though their feelings may say otherwise, the three of them have to navigate if they want to have a relationship and how that would work with all of their own past emotional baggage.
I liked everything about this book and my one qualm is that there are some very repetitive actions. Neil talks a lot about how he can't believe that he gets to touch Jamie or that Jamie and Sebastian are attracted to him. Jamie says the same line about how he can't believe that Neil is attracted to him as a person and not just as a stepping stone for a Daddy, and Sebastian has his own repetitive action of battling toxic masculinity and machismo. But even though some of it is repetitive, I loved all of it. Neil, Jamie, and Sebastian are each unique in their own way and I loved seeing their dynamic develop. I liked that while this book had a few kinky sexual scenes, there was a lot of non-sexual kink exploration as well.
We should probably also give a mention of just how well done all of the rep is done. There is fat and mid-size rep, there is disabled rep. Jamie uses a prosthetic limb and it's a big part of his character arc regarding trust and security. The way that his physical disability is handled was really great and also just the constant care and attention that was made that Jamie is still whole and perfect the way he is even without a lower half of a leg. Then of course there is Sebastian is Latino and there is some discussions about how masculinity is dealt with and his own struggles with combating that. There is the age representation of Neil being almost 50 and Sebastian and Jamie being a decade or so younger than him. There is secondary queer representation and secondary kink representation. There is gender representation. Neil is a cis man, but Jamie is gender flexible and Sebastian is agender. This is own voices gender queer rep if you didn't know that.
I don't really have anything bad to say about this book to be honest. I am annoyed that there was a sneak peek of a companion book that features some characters we get a glimpse of in this and it was so good and now I'm mad that I have to wait until October to read it. That was unfair. ...more
Pretty sure I only reread this because I needed a book with some fat love but I forgot that beyond the rep, this book isn't actually very good Pretty sure I only reread this because I needed a book with some fat love but I forgot that beyond the rep, this book isn't actually very good ...more
This is a short story and it's great for what it is. It would make a fantastic full length novel.This is a short story and it's great for what it is. It would make a fantastic full length novel....more
Have I talked about how much I love Reese Morrison lately? Do y'all understand? Their books are just so comforting for me and joyfuReread January 2024
Have I talked about how much I love Reese Morrison lately? Do y'all understand? Their books are just so comforting for me and joyfully queer and they bring me a lot of happiness. This book in particular is set during the holiday season and it has two gay Jewish MCs who work at a kinky dating app and have to fix a bug in the app during the week of Christmas. Saul is a trans gay man and he owns the company. He is dominant and figuring out what it means to be a daddy especially when one of his employees, Levi, sets up and shows so just how badly he wants him to be his daddy. This book is a daddy / boy dynamic with no age play. It has a couple explicit sex scenes, a few conversations about body dysphoria from Saul, and a lot of conversations about what it's like to be Jewish in a Christmas dominated society. This is own voices Jewish and trans rep.
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