Pen Pal

I went into this story blind, I'd heard good things but never got around to it.. but now I'm annoyed I left it so long! This story is tragically beautiful, but so important to be told. The characters had me crying so much at the end, I'll never forget them.

I enjoyed this! Although I couldn't get over that the male narrator sounded a bit like Slyvester Stallone 🤣 but this was good! The big reveal at the end was emotional and the spice was steamy

After hearing so much buzz around this novel I was so happy to found it here on BookBeat and I’m glad I read it! This is pitched as a smutty thriller and I would definitely agree; I predicted an element of the twist but I was still surprised at the entirety of it that I didn’t see coming! At some points the smut was too much for me as I was more interested in the mistery but I would say the scene were well done. I definitely get how dark romance or smut fans could be blown away but this one and as a thriller girlie it was very much enjoyable and worth the read.

This book was uneven. Halfway into it I considered to DNF it. The title made me wonder why the penpal didn’t get more time on the pages and it bugged me that I didn’t feel anything about their relationship except ”blah”. I think the book would benefit if that part had been explored in more depth. Aiden was hot but most of the spice wasn’t my cuppa. And once again the author lets the MMC suggest anal to a woman who’s never done it before and NOT PREPPING ENOUGH. Spit won’t do it. One finger for a little while won’t do it. I hope no one thinks this is the right way to go about if they ever care to try it. I’m glad I finished listening to the book but it was odd and not only in the best of ways.