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Lumbersnacks Ahead

Owen by Elle M Drew

October 10, 2022 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

Elle M. Drew has written a novel for which the plus size community has been yearning. OWEN is about a plus size female named Tess who loves sex and loves her body. Her weight is not something that needs to be overcome for her to find happiness. She has moved to a tiny, remote mountain town to do some soul searching at the encouragement of her cousin. Owen is an enormous bear of a man. I mean that quite literally since he’s a bear shifter. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Curvy Girl, Elle M Drew, shifter, spicy romance

katie71483's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Curvy Girl, Elle M Drew, shifter, spicy romance ·
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A spicy indictment of purity culture?

Purity by Skyler Mason

July 3, 2022 by katie71483 5 Comments

… This I have to read.* Obviously. I came across Skyler Mason on TikTok. She was speaking about her experiences with purity culture, making a break from it, and then writing a spicy book about those experiences. Purity is that book. (Please note that I received this book as an ARC after signing up for it on the clock app.) Having grown up in a low-key version of the Purity culture, I was very curious about how this would work. I think this book is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: booktok, purity culture, Skyler Mason, spicy romance, spicytok, tiktok

katie71483's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: booktok, purity culture, Skyler Mason, spicy romance, spicytok, tiktok ·
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