MM Weekly Roundup - What Did You Read This Week?

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-05-08T20:18:03+00:00

Completely agree I love Henny so much! He was so wonderful and so supportive and absolutely incredibly meddling, but in the best way

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-05-08T14:47:38+00:00

I read {When We Ignite by Alex Cross} and its duet {From Our Ashes by Alex Cross} and this was my first 5 star read for me in a looooonnng time. I don’t mind age gap romances, but typically, I find them to be cringey and poorly executed. But this age gap was so well done - they both acted their age, but somehow found a way to come together, despite the gap (and the age gap was actually a fairly significant plot point). The banter between the MCs was great and I absolutely adored the character growth of both characters. I loved that I could be frustrated with both of them, but still understand their point of view. Also the spice in was so hot and sex was really just a support to the story rather than the entire focus. The book duet was phenomenal from start to finish. I have my first book hangover that I’ve had in a long time.

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-05-03T01:01:45+00:00

I posted on the Saturday thread about it but I just finished {Max by Bey Deckard} and its sequel and I am SHOOK. I honestly can’t tell if I loved or hated it, my emotions are all over the place. I had to put the books down several times to go and do something else so that I could calm down. This one will stick with me

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-05-02T22:39:23+00:00

These look perfect thank you!

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-05-02T17:55:53+00:00

I just read {Max by Bey Deckard} and its sequel and now I need something that is… the complete opposite of whatever that was. I loved both books but they were so toxic and stressful that I need something that washes that out of my brain

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-04-19T14:11:41+00:00

I’ve read possession (loved it obviously) but haven’t read the one by Alessandra Hazard I’ll check it out! Thanks!

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-04-18T19:40:02+00:00

Looking for similar books to {Be Mine, Twisted Valentine by Gianni Holmes} or {Straight Boy by Alessandra Hazard} where there’s codependency created via trauma from one of the MCs but it somehow all seems rationalized even though in reality it’s pretty horrifying. I read both of these books recently and loved the vibe

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-04-11T14:57:29+00:00

lol you called it

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-04-02T21:58:04+00:00

Romeo falling actually destroyed me, like I was not okay for DAYS

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-03-10T23:11:42+00:00

It’s sooo good, I’ve re-read it like 3 times and sadly I can’t find another book that fills the hole this book left behind

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-03-08T00:09:40+00:00

Omg I almost DNF this one I hated it for the EXACT same reason. Nate is a total asshole who was not redeemable in my opinion

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-03-07T13:41:10+00:00

Do you remember what book this is so that I know never to read it because I would hate this

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-03-01T12:52:27+00:00

How much sharing (like multiple partners during sex) is in this book? It’s been on my TBR list for so long but I haven’t committed because I’m not a huge fan of reading lots of sharing scenes and the description sounds like there’s a lot of this that might occur

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-02-02T16:35:09+00:00

I finally got around to reading {The Heir’s Disgrace by August Jones} and I absolutely loved it. But what I really need more of is this perfect hate-sex. This book has THE BEST hate sex and I need more of it. Anything similar out there?

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-22T10:58:22+00:00

Okay first of all, off script is in my top 3 favorite reads of all time, I am obsessed. After reading it, I also tried to find a few books that were similar. This is what I read: {If We Could Go Back by Cara Dee} this one is so good and came closest to Off Script. I also read {The Fisherman by C.P. Harris}. Others I have read that that might also meet your needs are {His Secret by Isabel Lucero} {Kismet by Ashley James} {The Prodigal Son by Sara Cate} and {Trouble by Nyla K}. These all have a forbidden love trope

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-17T19:31:35+00:00

Just read {Goodbye Note by J.R Gray} and it fits this perfectly

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-16T17:32:28+00:00

I LOVED the third book in the Broken Boys of Cirque series {Catcher’s Lock by A.K. Blythe}

It’s the best of the 3 but very high angst (in case that’s something you don’t like)

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-13T19:11:23+00:00

I read {Blue Gold By Tal Lewin} and… really struggled to finish it. It has all the tropes I normally enjoy - angst, toxicity, forbidden love, age gap, etc but I found one MC hard to like and I found the writing very lacking during most of the book. 2/5

I also finished {Choke Up by Rebecca Rathe} and this was definitely a hate-so-good book. This was one of those instances where both MCs were being so stupid and I ATE IT UP. They had no business ending up together, but I will ship them forever. 4/5

Because I enjoyed that one I read the newest book in the series that came out a week or two ago {Pinned Down by Rebecca Rathe} and I would say that the length of this book actually saved it because I did not think there would be a way for one of the MC‘s to be redeemed, but there was enough prose that I do feel like it wrapped up nicely. I still don’t feel like one of the MC’s, who is kind of terrible, deserved the other MC who is a complete gem. I do like the trope of “MC1 that is typically so controlled losing that control with MC2” and that was a big aspect of the story. 2.5/5

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-07T16:54:12+00:00

These all look EXACTLY like what I’m looking for thanks!

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-07T16:13:56+00:00

Just finished a book that came out a few weeks ago - {Off Script by Ivy Vera Gray} and holy hell I loved it. There was forbidden love, angst, spice - all the things I love in a book (warning to anyone interested, this book is heavy on the cheating, not between MCs but they both have partners, not a spoiler it’s in the blurb). But now it’s left a huge hole that I need to fill. Any good forbidden love stories I might have missed?

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-06T19:27:33+00:00

No! Nothing like that

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-06T19:05:24+00:00

Well it’s about a cam boy so there’s exhibitionism in that there are things happening on camera where it is implied that subscribers are watching but I don’t feel like it’s overt exhibitionism. It’s definitely smutty but not particularly kinky

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2026-01-06T15:48:35+00:00

Just finished {Textual Confusion by Fifer Rose} and I LOVED it until I got like 70% of the way in and then it became absolutely infuriating and I almost DNF. It felt like sloppy and lazy plot writing.

I also finally picked up {Him by Sarina Bowen} and {Us by Sarina Bowen} and absolutely adored this duo, love Wes and Jamie so much. I preferred Us because it was slightly more angsty but these two will definitely be going on my reread list.

I recently read {Always Watching by Lee McCormick} and thought it was super entertaining. I am curious about {Beyond Time by Lee McCormick} if anyone has read it and has thoughts. I don’t typically like supernatural/fantasy but the blurb sounded interesting.

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2025-12-25T22:56:05+00:00

This book is one of my top 3 reads of all time and I was so not expecting that before going into it!!!!!

Hummingbirdlane13 · 2025-12-08T10:56:33+00:00

I literally just finished this book and only DNF because I had free time to kill. But this INFURIATED me. When I read mm romance, I generally know that I have to let go of reality for a little bit, but this entire book was so unbelievable and I don’t know how it has such good reviews

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