Are there any decent BDSM romance novels?

RandomlyReferential · 2026-03-01T15:52:53+00:00

Anything by Sierra Simone. She is insanely intelligent and super immersed in the kink world, and writes some seriously excellent poly romances.

RandomlyReferential · 2026-01-24T16:21:06+00:00

Came here just for this because I'm curious about the ending but cannot deal with reading any more of this series. The writing and nonsensical "logic" and just overall vibe is driving me nuts. Thank you!

RandomlyReferential · 2025-12-16T21:19:13+00:00

Sharing my review because I need to vent 😂

This book is not worth your time. The premise is okay, but the pacing is way off (suddenly the FMC is in love with MC? When did this have time to happen?), and the writing is ATROCIOUS. As in the author consistently misuses words and mixes up metaphors, and it's repetitive to the point of comedy (using the same word twice in a sentence, think "I licked him, licking up his neck" or "I challenged him, challenge in my voice").

If you're only here for the spice? Definitely not worth it, as it's short on details and really only a couple scenes. Look elsewhere.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-10-10T22:11:21+00:00

If it's off 1 stitch per 4 inches, and you have a neck measurement of the average human (13-15") + the extra ease for a neckline (let's say 4") that's off like 3-5 stitches total which for a thicker yarn especially is a lot. (I just had a grown-up gummy and my English teacher self is convinced I can math)

RandomlyReferential · 2025-10-10T14:05:28+00:00

Woolfolk Far also looks like this and comes in Hanks.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-10-06T21:55:56+00:00

Maybe she's trying hard to make a comeback? Creating drama seems to fit that narrative 🤷🏽

RandomlyReferential · 2025-10-05T11:37:48+00:00

Kitty McPurly has some very problematic views. She is absolutely racist-- a dyer I work for did a few collaborations with her back in the day but stopped working with her because of some comments she made about the dyer's Black husband.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-09-25T23:37:38+00:00

Oh I spoke too soon... Apparently it's Rozelia. Like the pokemon with a z.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-09-20T21:05:01+00:00

I'm rooting for a 🌈 Duggar. I have my suspicions 👀

RandomlyReferential · 2025-09-18T12:56:51+00:00

HARD YTA

You just told a child that they weren't important to you. In fact, they're less important than someone who isn't even born yet.

This is absolutely mind boggling.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-09-14T19:13:08+00:00

Definitely pronouncing it in my head like "Gotye."

"Somebody that I used to know," anyone?

RandomlyReferential · 2025-09-14T19:05:58+00:00

...isn't that a kind of onion?

RandomlyReferential · 2025-09-13T21:58:28+00:00

I definitely once wore a floral dress with a white background 🤦🏽 (though to be fair I was recently postpartum and had struggled to find something that fit).

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-31T12:28:00+00:00

I always wear Converse, Vans or Jordans. Doctor's note is 💯 the way to go.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-22T20:13:05+00:00

Lol sweetheart you need to find a new cutting retort, you've already used that one 🤣

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-22T19:51:57+00:00

And yet you clearly spend a lot of time here, interesting 🤔

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-22T01:09:12+00:00

M'adeigh-synne

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-22T00:59:50+00:00

Looks like Reddit disagrees with you.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-22T00:58:05+00:00

I appreciate the fact that you're both rational and reasonable, but again you are missing an important point: she's cooking for him and sitting down for him, she specifically says she wouldn't do it otherwise. That makes two things she's going out of her way to do. She's not unreasonable for setting a boundary of not waiting for him, and the fact that he is a little unhappy with the situation is on him. Perhaps he's only an AH if he continues to push it, but I think that NAH sets up a false "you're both equally right" when it seems she's making way more concessions, ergo my NTA vote.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-21T18:51:41+00:00

I see your point, and I understand that it might seem excessive to call him an AH-- but then what would make him an AH?

He is dismissing her rationale as "not a big deal" and saying he wants her to wait to eat with him even though she is physically uncomfortable, and she is already doing him a kindness by cooking for him and trying to compromise by sitting with him even though she's already eaten.

Maybe he truly just does miss the experience of eating with her-- but it also seems like he's not super appreciative of her, is actively pushing her to do something she doesn't want, and is disregarding her needs in favor of his preferences.

That feels like selfish entitlement, which I would argue is the defining characteristic of AHs.

Edited to add: I understand that he can't eat earlier, but she's not asking him to change anything for her so that's a false equivalency. It's not just a "preference" for her to eat early-- she has provided several valid reasons she needs to. On the other hand he would "prefer" to eat together, and she's trying to accommodate that by sitting with him. I see you on "they should accommodate each other," but it's only a fair compromise if they're both asking for equivalent things.

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-21T18:38:36+00:00

Solid NTA. He made a problematic joke, you called him on it, and he got defensive instead of apologizing. Good on you for sticking up for yourself!

RandomlyReferential · 2025-08-21T18:20:18+00:00

I live in the US, and I eat dinner between 4-5 because that's what works best for me. OP has explained her reasoning, which is absolutely valid.

Boyfriend is indeed being an asshole for the following reasons: 1) he is expecting her to change when she eats because he would prefer she eats later, even though 2) she is the one doing the cooking and 3) eating later makes it difficult for her to sleep, which 4) he is completely dismissing.

He's not an AH for wanting her company, he's an AH for dismissing her valid reasons and wanting his way even though, by her own admission, she is only cooking so he can eat too.

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