Timeless

Title: Timeless
Author: Gail Carrier
Book in the Series: Book 5 of the Parasol Protectorate
Page Number: pg 80, first bang for secondary characters in the entire series pg 177
Scale Of Realistic Detail: 4, Same as usual, high on descriptive foreplay but not much goods on the dirty deeds themselves. I will say that I’m really happy at the same detail and affection being given to the queer secondary characters in this series as the main straight couple.
Is Anyone Involved A Virgin?: Nope.
Is Anyone Involved A Magical Creature?: Werewolves again but this time there is a secondary werewolf on werewolf couple so that’s a first.
Is It Consensual: Yep
Is It A Plot Device: No. Back to the banging being used as relationship building and chances for exposition that is common in this series.
Kinks Involved: Werewolves (I think I’m counting those as a separate fetish now from how common it is), Gay Relationships, Biting
Bangs Per Book: 6
Did You Feel Dirty For Reading This?: No, I actually felt resigned to the fact that I enjoy this series. I am extremely happy and excited that the queer secondary characters were finally given a chance to shine in this book and have relationships with each other that aren’t just hinted at or mentioned in passing. Those two bangs made up for all of my misgivings about this series, they were sweet, well-written, and showed a good development between two characters that while having other lovers in the series we never got to know them as much or see how they feel. The speed of the hookup was a little rushed compared to how the straight main characters took an entire book and these guys had minimal interaction and then one big “I guess my respect has turned to something else” moment. I know I’m going to regret these praises later if I ever get the fortitude to tackle all the side series by this author especially since the couple I’ve been praising has their own book that is marked specifically as a romance (instead of steampunk fantasy like the rest of the series) called Romancing The Werewolf.