Dog Days

Title: Dog Days
Author: John Levitt
Book in the Series: Book 1 in the Dog Days Series
Page Number: pg 161
Scale Of Realistic Detail: 3. Description of the foreplay and situation is very realistic except for the general setup of “hey I just saved your semi-magical dog from dying let’s bang so I can regain some magical energy”. The reason why this rates a 3 instead of something higher is that for the first time in a book with first person narrative the main character seems to somehow become aware of the reader for long enough to explain that he’s not going to give the reader details about the sex. Literally, “A full description of the next hour or so would be very much like the sex itself- fascinating if you’re the one taking part, but repetitive and monotonous if you just have to sit and listen.”
Is Anyone Involved A Virgin?: No
Is Anyone Involved A Magical Creature?: No
Is It Consensual: Yes. Although a later instance of masturbation in the book is not since a character is possessed when it happens.
Is It A Plot Device: Nope, more of a awkward dropped subplot where it looks like it’s leading toward building a relationship with other characters but nothing goes anywhere, much like how this author writes sex scenes.
Kinks Involved: Masturbation, awkward descriptions of vanilla sex
Bangs Per Book: 1.5
Did You Feel Dirty For Reading This?: No, it’s really just another simple by the numbers urban fantasy novel. Some of the ideas are cool but the main character seems to be suffering from a severe bout of wanna be Harry Dresden-itis. The awkward sex scene thrown randomly into the middle of the book was a little off putting. If anything the only things that made me feel gross about this book were some low-key homophobia regarding some of the characters and how they’re written and the extremely cringe-worthy possession masturbation which thankfully only lasts two sentences. The sex in this book was extremely unnecessary and I’m really hoping that it doesn’t get worse in future books in the series if I ever feel compelled to read them.