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moon_raccoon's review against another edition
4.0
For a PwP (the Point Was Porn) story, this worked for me. There was enough world and character building to get me motivated about the characters but holding back enough that I don't feel robbed of development by the long porn scenes.
MC is a impulsive lawful good who wants to prove "his badassery" to his hot rival by doing black magic. Hot rival clearly has strong feelings for MC which ze cloaks with barbs and sass. MC semi-accidentally summons an incubus, who finds their competitive flirting sexy. It ends in a Happy For Now bondage threesome.
I felt there was too much exposition at the beginning and not enough sex dynamics discussions (my tastes run for "show don't tell" for plot, not for sex). On the other hand I liked the characters being clear about desiring each other by the end. The sex scenes were nicely explicit, the incubus character both interesting and a clever porn shortcut, the writing smooth.
This is what it said on the tin and I was pleased.
MC is a impulsive lawful good who wants to prove "his badassery" to his hot rival by doing black magic. Hot rival clearly has strong feelings for MC which ze cloaks with barbs and sass. MC semi-accidentally summons an incubus, who finds their competitive flirting sexy. It ends in a Happy For Now bondage threesome.
I felt there was too much exposition at the beginning and not enough sex dynamics discussions (my tastes run for "show don't tell" for plot, not for sex). On the other hand I liked the characters being clear about desiring each other by the end. The sex scenes were nicely explicit, the incubus character both interesting and a clever porn shortcut, the writing smooth.
This is what it said on the tin and I was pleased.
thequeerbookish's review against another edition
2.0
I expected so much more from this book. Instead I got two sex scenes, which didn't do it for me. But there still are a few great things about Rule of Three. First it's about magic today. Our main character - who isn't the most intelligent mage there is, I'd say - for example uses the internet to get the pronunciations right. Another main character is genderqueer (ze uses - obviously - ze/zir, but sadly there were a lot of mistakes where he/his was used). And the third main character? Alistair could have been so much more. I really liked his character and I would have loved to get to know more about him.
I can't tell you much about the plot, because there isn't much plot to begin with. The relationships seemed to me forced. In my eyes everything would have worked better, if this book would have been longer - more character introduction, more about this world, just... more.
Disclaimer: I was provided through NetGalley with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.
I can't tell you much about the plot, because there isn't much plot to begin with. The relationships seemed to me forced. In my eyes everything would have worked better, if this book would have been longer - more character introduction, more about this world, just... more.
Disclaimer: I was provided through NetGalley with a free copy in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.
stifledlaughter's review
4.0
A little more of an erotica than romance novel, this was a fun romp involving rivals-to-lovers and an incubus. A light, sexy read.
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