Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux
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lightreadsCrash & Burn (Cut & Run Series Book 9)
3/5. Ninth? . . . in this M/M series about the FBI agents. I'm not gonna lie, this (and the prior couple books) have been really disappointing, since they seem to fundamentally misunderstand what is good about this series. Namely: a sense of genuine hilarity, and tropes tropes tropes.*
Let's review the glory days. The second book brought us wilderness survival straining a tenuous relationship
with – if my recollection does not fail me – actual huddling for warmth. Oh, and the third book gave us pretend-to-be-married
and kept boy roleplay. The fourth book gave us temporary disability, but let's not talk about that. Oh but the fifth book, that gave us zany road trip with bonus hitmen
. Ooh, and the sixth book is peak whacky
, with bonus meet-the-family and cowboys, and a random tiger (trust me, it's funny).
Damn, this series was good when it was good.
And, I mean, I guess you could read the first book
if you want (partners who hate each other but fall in lust), but eh, it's not the best.
*Though in its defense, this ninth book did have 'roleplaying dubcon to fool the cameras while actually having intense, consensual, kind of hilarious sex.' So that's okay.
3/5. Ninth? . . . in this M/M series about the FBI agents. I'm not gonna lie, this (and the prior couple books) have been really disappointing, since they seem to fundamentally misunderstand what is good about this series. Namely: a sense of genuine hilarity, and tropes tropes tropes.*
Let's review the glory days. The second book brought us wilderness survival straining a tenuous relationship
with – if my recollection does not fail me – actual huddling for warmth. Oh, and the third book gave us pretend-to-be-married and kept boy roleplay. The fourth book gave us temporary disability, but let's not talk about that. Oh but the fifth book, that gave us zany road trip with bonus hitmen. Ooh, and the sixth book is peak whacky, with bonus meet-the-family and cowboys, and a random tiger (trust me, it's funny).Damn, this series was good when it was good.
And, I mean, I guess you could read the first book
if you want (partners who hate each other but fall in lust), but eh, it's not the best.*Though in its defense, this ninth book did have 'roleplaying dubcon to fool the cameras while actually having intense, consensual, kind of hilarious sex.' So that's okay.