u/Volupia_Rogue

Hello!

Just like the title says, I'm looking for books with:

- Dubcon/noncon with a sweet MMC that insists in pleasuring the FMC because he knows she wants it

NO age gap

NO possessive MMC (or as little as possible)

NO daddy trope

Just an MMC more or less the same age who falls hard for the FMC and will do anything to pleasure her, even when she has stuff to do and responsibilities.

Hello!

Just like the title says, I'm looking for books with:

- Dubcon/noncon with a sweet MMC that insists in pleasuring the FMC because he knows she wants it

NO age gap

NO possessive MMC (or as little as possible)

NO daddy trope

Just an MMC more or less the same age who falls hard for the FMC and will do anything to pleasure her, even when she has stuff to do and responsibilities.

I accidentally discovered through romance.io that there's a hurt-comfort trope that refers to a character being hurt physically (sometimes psychologically) and someone else taking care of them and helping them through it.

I suppose we could then say there's such a trope in Alchemised for example (which I just read), and in quite a few books.

Do you like this trope?

What are books where this trope appeared and you thought it was really well done?

So, I just finished Alchemised...

I loved the book despite being super stressed out and eating my nails while going through it, hoping for a HEA that would put some balm over my heart, but the ending left me feeling distraught. If we want something realistic, sure, I'm sure lots of people in the world have this type of "ending" after a war, if not worse... BUT...

I'd love to see a different and happier ending with their relationship getting back to something more positive.

I couldn't see the point of keeping the suffering at the end:

• Them getting so injured, with their seizures, fists trembling and heart issues

• Being so ostracized and never going back to live in Palladia ever, and having their daughter be wrenched apart from Paul

• Both Helena and Kaine never being truly seen for what they'd done.

Anyone else?

I've just ordered a few books that are set in some ancient China/Wuxia/Chinese-inspired (or Asian-inspired) world.

I was wondering if anyone here had read one of those already and what they liked (or disliked) about them.

{Red Winter by Annette Marie}

{Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan}

{Daughter of the moon goddess by Sue Lynn Tan}

{Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao}

{Song of Silver, Flame like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao}

{Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim}

{The scorpion and the night blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao}

{The girl who fell beneath the sea by Axie Oh}

{Forest of a thousand lanterns}

I finished TOG, COM and the novella where Celaena meets Ansel. I had really liked this female energy/friendship and was wondering if Ansel will reappear at some point in the books.

No spoiler, just curious if we'll see her again, or if I should say goodbye to her character for good 😊

Does anyone else find Celaena just a BS character?

She must have said she "didn't care" about 20 to 30 times in this book.

She "doesn't" care but then she does because she gets into a fit when others "touch" her "friends.

Oh yeah, friends she keeps lying to, over and over again, without ever feeling any guilt about it (normal behavior!).

But oh oh, if those friends lie to her, it's irredeemable and she cannot forgive them.

Oh no, wait, more contradictions: Chaol >! cannot get away with one lie per omission (and a minor one in my opinion) but somehow he's guilty for Nehemiah's death even though Nehemia staged her death AND lied waaaayyy mooooore than Chaol ever did? !< But he gets a bad rep?

I just don't have words...

One second, Dorian is supposedly annoying (according to Celaena). Then she turns against Chaol and tries to >! kill him while she visits Dorian's rooms at night and is ready to die to the witch's hands to save his honor (where did THAT come from?), then she smashes Dorian's head while he was trying to save her, pulling her up the stairs because she suddenly cannot bear to see Chaos hurt. What? Didn't she just try to kill the guy a few days ago? !<

The relationship between Chaol and Dorian seems to be all about inflating Celaena's ego... As if boys didn't talk with each other, and would treat a girl they're not even romantically involved with the way they do Celaena. I was really disappointed by that. It would have been nice to see a real friendship between two guys, not just some fake nitpicking fight to make Celaena look like she's more valuable than she really is, so far.

But yeah, I just couldn't keep pace with all those tantrums... Anyone else wonders how those characters were so badly written? I'm really not a difficult reader. I don't DNF. I always give all my books a chance. But freaking hell, those first two books were a hell of a ride when it came to common sense and realistic characters....

Feels like reading 10-year-old children's books.

The only redeeming part of this book imo: The plot.

Even though it's speckled here and there and takes half the book to get going, it does make me want to find out more (only because I don't DNF, because nothing happened for the whole first half of the book 🥱).

I just hope it'll get as good as everyone says it will, in the next book 👀 at least plotwise. I don't have high hopes regarding Celaena's character evolution but I've heard others say different POVs and characters save the series.

Guys, can you put an end to my misery?

Am I actually right that Nehemia staged her death and isn't dead? Or did she really did? 👀

I'm asking for a spoiler here, if someone hasn't read that part and doesn't want to know, do NOT read the comments!