Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - The Home Wrecker

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katierosecrane's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I loved all the different perspectives in the book, although it made it hard to follow who was who at points.

This is such a great book to explain and understand poly relationships!

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mj_86's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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caseybykindlelight's review

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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sleepygym's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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potalian's review

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3.5

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weelasswithabook's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

CW: References to assault, infertility, graphic sexual content, cheating, violence, religious bigotry, internalised biphobia, homophones, parental death, marriage in trouble

👫 + 👬 +🧍‍♂️👫

🌟 Forced Proximity
🌟 Marriage in Trouble

🌈 Polyamory
🌈 Bi MMCs

🌶 Threesome
🌶 Double the fun
🌶 Submission/Dominance scenes

So infidelity and infertility are my main triggers. This just showcases the trust I put in SC the fact that I just ignored those warnings and just went for it anyway 🤣

First and foremost, I wouldn't necessarily let the infidelity immediately turn you off completely reading this. It's done in a certain type of way that it works with all the relationship dynamics at play in the beginning of the book. So yeah, trust the process if you can.

I loved this book. It has the perfect balance of heat and heart that I've come to expect from Sara Cate, where neither overpowers the other and work in harmony with one another, blossoming together throughout the course of her stories.

The Home Wrecker combines heartbreaking elements such as infertility, internalised biphobia, religious trauma, and loss and the beginnings of a new relationship to, not "fix" these things, but to allow the three to work together symbiotically to help heal and support one another.

Polyamory can be done badly, and I have definitely read bad polyamory. But this was a great example of how it's written into a story well. Communication, boundaries, open and frank discussions.

I wondered how it was going to be handled with Briar and Caleb already having a child in the picture, but I loved a particular scene with Briar discussing how relationships look with their daughter and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Will this make you cry here and there? Probably. Will you be swooning? Probably. Will you be sweating over it? More than likely.

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booksta_adventure's review

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4.5

“𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨, 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙗. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙤, 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪?”

Sara did it again! Made a super horny book that also made me cry! 😭😂

Briar and Caleb have been together for over a decade, but since their daughter was born six years ago, sex has been reduced to a chore, as the intimacy of the act has been replaced by the “need” to conceive again.

Enter, Dean, who is renting the apartment over the garage, and hates Caleb due to an incident many years ago. Jealousy and insecurity in our married couple’s relationship has these three tangled in a web, and then there’s what everyone else will think…

These three coming together was so hot, but also so sweet.

I definitely related to Briar, and I think anyone who has ever struggled with infertility will recognize a bit of themselves in the emotions and struggles she experiences, especially in the beginning.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙗 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡. 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙄 𝙖𝙢. 𝘼 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨.

Caleb’s journey was also so emotional, finally recognizing and accepting a part of himself that connected him with his baby brother, whom he hasn’t seen since his brother ran away from home years ago.

And Dean was perfect for them, and their little family. Yes, yes, the bedroom stuff was 🥵, but his interactions with their daughter were so funny and real to me. Their scenes together were definitely a highlight for me.

I will say that things sort of escalated a little quickly in my opinion (cue me scrolling back to make sure I didn’t skip ahead…) but I still loved the rest of the journey.

Thank you Sara Cate for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

What this book is giving:

✅ Marriage in Crisis

✅ Cheating

✅ MMF

✅ Bi-awakening

✅ Strained family relationships

✅ Double Doms

Look out for:

⚠️ Infertility

⚠️ Homophobia

Rating:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ / 5

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5

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krhart's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is the next installment and introduction to the 2nd Goode brother, Caleb. Note that it's pretty important that you read The Anti-hero first. There are a lot of tie-ins and references. I was excited to read this but I wasn't sure exactly how I would feel about the on page cheating. I owe Sara Cate an apology for doubting her. This book is fantastic.

Caleb and Briar seem to always be walking uphill. They love each other, but there are always things blocking them from truly letting go and fully becoming who they want to be. Getting together in college was a fight, marrying and trying for a second child was a fight, Caleb's jerk of a dad continuing in their lives was a fight. They never could get "there."

Enter Dean, a friend (cough cough) of the estranged and youngest brother, Isaac. Dean is an escort at Adam and Sage's club and very VERY sure of himself and comfortable in his skin. Due to some difficult circumstances, Dean is offered the apartment on the property that Caleb and Briar own. He reluctantly accepts the gesture and it turns out to be the best thing to happen for all of them.

Dean helps Caleb and Briar to be more comfortable communicating with one another what they want and need. Somewhere in the mix of all of this, the 3 fall for each other and have to decide what is worth risking to be together.

There is so much in this book and it hits the spot perfectly.

Story: 5⭐
Spice: 4 🌶️
Trigger warnings that come to mind:
🙏 Religious beliefs and inflexible sexuality
🙏 Perceived homo/bi phobia
🙏 Infertility
🙏 Physical violence (fist fight with major injuries)
🙏 Death of a parent
Please check Sara's list too.

Enjoy!!!!!!

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always_reading_rachel's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

It’s a Sara Cate book, of course I’m going to read it! This one I actually went into with a little hesitation because cheating is one of my least favorite tropes if not my least favorite, but I give everything a chance. This one was nothing like I expected. I mean it technically includes cheating, but I don’t know if I would classify it as that. Whatever you want to call it, it was such an emotional and very spicy journey for these three characters and I enjoyed every minute of it. I loved how as much as the story was about the dynamic of all of our MCs together, each character’s individual journey and development was just as important. It upped the ante for all of the decisions that were made and what the impact of the outcomes would be. Ah I could probably write pages on this book, but I’ll just say this may be my new favorite Sara Cate book.

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alexleigh20's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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The Home Wrecker by Sara Cate

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