Taboo Thursday: Her Stepsister’s Secret by Callista Bree

If i’m doing this taboo thursday thing like I said I am I need to put my money where my mouth is.

Synopsis: Carol and John are about to be married and their two daughters are meeting for the first time. John’s daughter Dina had taken the summer off to visit Europe and she is a bit surprised with all the wedding news. She hadn’t kept in touch much with her father and there were many things that they just kept to themselves. Dina isn’t too worried about the third wife moving in and doesn’t want to be there.


All that changes though, when she meets her buxom brunette stepsister Candace and realizes that the woman has a need in her eyes that she wants to satisfy. Candace is not into girls though and even when she tried to persuade her, Dina has a hard time convincing her. Candace has to see firsthand what she is missing for her to really start to entertain the idea. The two sisters are stuck in a small room together and as the trip goes on, Candace’s needs hit a breaking point and she just needs some relief.

My review: Yes, I enjoyed this. One, incest erotica is more popular than people want to believe and two, I hardly count stepsiblings that don’t even meet each other until they are adults incest. Also, i’m not repeating what i’ve said about fiction isn’t reality. I don’t want to constantly repeat myself, which I struggle not to do.

It’s obvious how much Dina wants Candace from the beginning and it doesn’t take long before it’s obvious Candance is intrigued and wants Dina too even though she pushes back against it initially. I enjoyed the story, what little there is of it, the characters, the tension, the bit of romance and the horniness.

I’d actually be interested in a story of how their relationship works out though I know that isn’t the point of this story.

It’s actually well written, which you can’t always say with these types of stories.

What I didn’t care for is the bonus story. There is an extra story and … it’s a weird tone change. It’s like a Christian erotica. A woman from Scotland ends up going somewhere (the US? The UK? I can’t remember, it was boring to me) to meet her husband to be for some reason (can you tell I wasn’t interested?). There isn’t enough women for the men in the area so he ordered a bride or whatever. Because reasons. He works on a farm I think. There be cows at least.

Anyway they have a week together and all the tension comes from the fact he refuses to do anything until they are married but man is he horny for her. They both want it, she even tries to tease him to make him lose control (he doesn’t), so I just don’t understand the whole “waiting for marriage” thing. I mean you do you, I just don’t get it. And the gender stereotypes. I’m not sure if it was sexist or just not my thing. I’m going with the latter. I couldn’t help thinking the book was saying “Oh, you liked that taboo stuff? Here’s some Christian erotica to cleanse your brain!”. I mean, they do get it on after they get married. I don’t know.

Yea I have more to say about that one because I should’ve written down my thoughts on the stepsister story right after I read it.

I decided to rate it solely on the title story, so I gave it 5 stars.

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Taboo Thursday: Kraken by M. Caspian

Taboo Thursday? I’ve decided I am going to start doing Taboo Thursdays where I review a taboo book. Some might be slightly taboo, some more taboo, but in some way they shall be. There is no way i’ll have something every week. I’d like to have at least 1 a month, but we shall see. I am starting off with this book

Synopsis:

Kraken: A gothic erotic horror with tentacle non-con.

When boyfriend Parker gives him an ultimatum Will never dreams his heart is about to be ripped out: move to a remote off-shore island with him, or call it quits. But Will picks wrong, and now he’s heading into the unknown to fix his mistake. But why do the locals think they recognise him? And why can’t he seem to leave?

Reader advisory: This work of fiction contains explicit sexual activities between men that may offend some people. It also contains scenes of rape, extreme violence, tentacles, and reference to sexual abuse of children.

63,000 words

Available at Amazon for Kindle, and Smashwords in all formats.

My Review:

At first I didn’t think some things made sense. Since finishing it, it makes more sense, though i’m still not sure everything does. Maybe it could’ve been a little more fleshed out but over-all I liked it and had a fun, and horrifying, time.

I initially found the romance weird but eventually it did make sense. It is abusive and there are major red flags, and actually it’s not romance after all. It’s not called a gothic horror tentacle non-con for nothing! I am trying to not spoil anything though.

The characters were varying degrees of annoying. The main character Will was so frustrating, because he was constantly making stupid decisions, like

Some of which I understood but most of them, no. Parker, is a jerk but after finishing it i’m actually thinking not quite as much as he initially appears. Cyrus, well he’s abusive and a powerful cephalopod shifter. You’re not supposed to like him. Cyrus is very controlling.

This story gets more horrifying as you read. It completely says fuck the limits of the human body. Even though Will was frustrating I felt so bad for him because he didn’t deserve what he went through, and some of the frustration (some of it, not all) makes sense later when you consider what he had gone through.

This definitely hits on some kinks, including uh … mine. I was horrifyed, slightly aroused, and wanting to save poor Will all at the same damn time. It felt weird.

It is a strange read. It took me some time to really warm up to the story but I did. I went from “this is ok” to “omg i’m really enjoying this”.

I will never understand the noodle fetish thing though. Is it like, an ASMR fetish? Do people get turned on by ASMR? Or noodles? You’ll have to read it.

It does have quite a bit of typos. Normally I wouldn’t mention a few but it was more than a few. I still enjoyed the story though and that’s what matters.

I also loved the ending. It was emotional and sweet.

So, in short, I found it enjoyable, horrifying, arousing, strange, and emotional. A solid 4 stars from me.

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My Kindle Unlimited Borrows

These are what I currently have borrowed from Kindle Unlimited that I need to read! Keep in mind that once you’ve borrowed a book from KU it stays there until you return it even if it’s taken off of KU so there is no guarantee you can still borrow them from KU!

Vampire’s Lust: A Paranormal Erotic Tale by E.V. Gray

I like vampire erotica but really haven’t read much of it. Due to shame really, but that ends now! Now I just gotta get to it.

Siren by John Everson

A mermaid horror. I want to read more mermaid books, and more horror, so 2 birds 1 stone.

Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess

It’s in the Rewind or Die series but they are all standalones. I’ve read Transmuted by Eve Harms in it and highly recommend it! A transgender body horror! This, Cirque Berzerk, is a slasher involving a carnival. Sounds fun!

The Caribbean by Rob Kidd

This book is why you’ll notice i’ve borrowed 21 despite the max of 20. How? Well before I got KU I found out about prime reading, I had prime already but had no idea about prime reading for a very long time (so when I learned of it I had to check it out), and borrowed it from there. So even though it’s now on my KU borrows because all of prime reading is on KU and that’s how they do it I guess, it doesn’t count as against my KU borrows because I got it from prime reading, and STILL haven’t read it yet!

I love Pirates of the Caribbean, and I refuse to watch any if Johnny Depp isn’t Jack Sparrow.

Seed to Harvest: The Complete Patternist Series by Octavia E. Butler

I’ve read Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, but I think that’s it. I definitely need to read more by her!

Daughter Of Earth And Water: A Biography Of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley by Noel B. Gerson

Have I mentioned before that I am obsessed with Frankenstein, and the author Mary Shelley? (lol, yes, yes I have).

No Room At The Inn by Brooke Winters

I typically avoid Christmas romances unless they are queer. I don’t do that for romances in general, it’s just Christmas … isn’t for me. But if it’s queer of course i’ll give it a shot! This is an F/F Christmas romance by a queer, disabled, autistic writer! Queer, disabled and autistic, like me! 🙂

Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction by Rebecca Rowland

Queer. Horror. Do I need to say more?

Sunscreen & Coconuts by Eliza Lentzski

An F/F summery romance.

The Sacrifice; Box Set by Brittany Strokes

Tentacle romance. Yup. I used to think it was too weird, then I read a good tentacle romance and now it’s a thing …

Monster Lust 1 (Werewolf, Dinosaur, Vampire, Bigfoot Erotica): 5 Stories of Powerful Creatures and the Innocent Women They Seduce by Devon Marlowe

Monsters need love to, ok? Honestly I saw someone had that has a goodreads shelf (Monsters need love to) and stole it. Yea, i’m down for some monster fucking, deal with it.

Zombie Necro a Go-Go: 6 Erotic Short Stories About Dead Things by Elizabeth Bedlam

These should be disturbing and for some reason i’m compelled to consume disturbing things.

Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta

Again, monsters need love to, and i’ve heard good and interesting things about this one.

Hot Queer Witches Fight Demons: a f/nonbinary erotic suspense by Lia Meyers

A F/NB witchy short erotica. I haven’t read this yet because … why?

Collected Christmas Horror Shorts, Vol. II by Kevin J. Kennedy

The kind of Christmas stories I love is horror. Holiday horror, yes please. I might just be a Grinch.

The Bennet Women by Eden Appiah-Kubi

Sounds like a good romance and it has a trans woman MC.

Midnight From Beyond the Stars by Kenneth W. Cain

Horror anthology. Something about aliens.

This is Halloween by James A. Moore

Horror Halloween themed anthology.

Bite Back (Library of Teeth, #1) by Molly Likovich

Queer vampire erotica with bisexual characters. I don’t know why I haven’t devoured this yet! I watch the author on Youtube and Instagram as well. It sounds amazing (to me)!

COWS by Matthew Stokoe

From what i’ve heard, due to personal reasons, this may be too much for me. It’s super disgusting. I want to give it a shot though.

The Book of Queer Saints by Mae Murray

Queer. Anthology. Horror. If I need to say more you obviously don’t know me lol.

Magazines! You can borrow 3 magazine subscriptions through KU (of what they have available). Right now I have 2. They don’t count against the 20 max.

BBC Wildlife Magazine by Immediate Media Company London Ltd

Animals! Nature! Me love.

BBC Science Focus Magazine by Immediate Media Company London Ltd

Me learn things lol.

Do you have kindle unlimited? What have you borrowed? Have you read any of these? Thoughts?

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