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.
Tag: Steampunk
Blameless
Title: Blameless
Author: Gail Carriger
Book in the Series: Book 3 of the Parasol Protectorate
Page Number: pg 355, very last page in the book, good job book, well played
Scale
Of Realistic Detail: 4 not much detail but all pretty realistic. It’s a
nice touch that almost all of the bangs in these books now involve at
least a page of foreplay
Is Anyone Involved A Virgin?: No
Is Anyone Involved A Magical Creature?: Werewolf again, and always they’re married and very monogamous
Is It Consensual: Yes
Is
It A Plot Device: No, although now their previous sex has become plot
related through assassination attempts and plots in the series being
directly related to the main character’s pregnancy.
Kinks Involved: Pregnancy
Bangs Per Book: 1
Did
You Feel Dirty For Reading This?: Nope, actually I felt a lot more
comfortable this time even though there’s a lot of stuff in this book
that wouldn’t normally be my thing. The series seems to have finally
found it’s stride with a bigger emphasis on plot and action. There is no
banging at all in book 4 so I’ll see you for book 5 and the series
recap stats.
Changeless
Title: Changeless
Author: Gail Carriger
Book in the Series: Book 2 of the Parasol Protectorate
Page Number: 1st mention of banging pg 5, the good stuff pg 55. I will give this book props for leading off the banging with three pages of good foreplay.
Scale Of Realistic Detail: 4, Aside from one character being a werewolf and both characters being extremely sex obsessed, it’s pretty realistic albeit a bit heavy on the kink and fantasy.
Is Anyone Involved A Virgin?: Nope
Is Anyone Involved A Magical Creature?: Werewolf banging forever in this series
Is It Consensual: Very
Is It A Plot Device: Nope
Kinks Involved: For uptight victorian characters these guys sure love to get weird. Biting, scratching, and a lot of clothing fetishes. May I recommend a very nice fantasy involving riding boots on pg 280
Bangs Per Book: 5 confirmed 1 questionable but I’m pretty sure they banged
Did You Feel Dirty For Reading This?: Much like the last book I didn’t really feel dirty for reading it but more for people knowing I read this sort of stuff. A lot of the series isn’t my thing and I like the action and intrigue more than the romance but I will admit Gail Carriger knows how to write some juicy content that’s enjoyable for people who want it and not completely distracting for those who don’t.
Soulless
Title: Soulless
Author: Gail Carriger
Book in the Series: Book 1 in The Parasol Protectorate
Page Number: Quick Handy on pg 288 but the Big Bang is put off until pg 355
Scale Of Realistic Detail: 4, the most unbelievable parts are how someone could get a proper victorian lady out of all of her clothes quickly in a moving carriage and how her partner stays clothed.
Is Anyone Involved A Virgin?: Yes
Is Anyone Involved A Magical Creature?: Yep, head of the werewolf pack.
Is It Consensual: Very
Is It A Plot Device: No? It’s not essential to the plot but the relationship between the two characters overrides the plot for most of the book to the point where they actually get distracted from trying to escape the bad guys by arguing about whether or not they’re going to have sex.
Kinks Involved: Endytophilia (CMNF)
Bangs Per Book: I’ll set the count at 2.5 since there’s definitely two full encounters and a rushed hand job.
Did You Feel Dirty For Reading This?: Slightly. It’s definitely steampunk smut and it does little to disguise that fact. It’s odd in that while it’s more chaste than a lot of other fantasy novels due to following strict guidelines about proper Victorian behavior and has a low bang count, when they get down to it it’s pretty “steamy”. I feel more dirty for people knowing I read this than for actually reading it.
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