I got this during a Stuff Your Kindle Day event and I'm glad I did because I don't usually read college romance or sports romance, so I'm not sure I would have picked this up otherwise and I'm glad I did because this was quite entertaining. Even though this is a dark romance, it's quite funny, and while there is dub-con that borders on non-con, it's almost... cozy. The unhinged take-no-prisoners hero and tonal dissonance reminded me a lot of my friend Kate Raven's books, so I think if you like that author, you'll like Jo Brenner.
The hero, Mason, is attracted to the heroine, Leslie, from the moment he lays eyes on her at his parents' engagement party. Unfortunately, she's his new stepsister, which means she's out of bounds. He decides to deal with this as any rational person would: by bullying her. And then sexually tormenting her. And then fucking her.
BUTTERFLY really tries to do all the things. It's a bully romance, a sports romance, a stepbrother romance, a college romance, a stalker romance (he puts security cameras in her rooms and drugs her so she'll sleep with him). There's also breeding kink, Daddy kink, and sharing. The beginning and the end feel like two different books and I do wish that maybe the bullying had been more prolonged because it was over so quickly, and I was really enjoying how much this reminded me of L.J. Shen's VICIOUS at the start, what with the "I love her, so I'll make her my enemy" vibes.
This book also just has some truly hilarious and outlandish scenes. Like, he jerks off onto her ballet shoes and leaves them covered (literally dripping) in come, so she leaves a dead fish in his car. And then there's a scene when they're having sex and HE SINGS MULAN TO HER WHILE THEY'RE HAVING SEX.
BUTTERFLY was bizarre in the best possible way and I think I have to read more by this author.
3 to 3.5 out of 5 stars
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