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Hell's Kitten by HJ Welch
3.0
Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.
“Well, I’ve already seen the living room, so that’s a good start. I enjoy that there’s only one sofa and five cat trees. Seems like a sensible ratio.”
Ugh. I’m sad to be disappointed by this book, because the tropes and premise of the story is everything I love. For some reason, the plot seemed to take an uncoordinated tumble down a mountain and somehow avoided hitting anything I actually like.
I think what started said tumble for me was the fact that Nim (the daddy) says that Jessie is too young for him, but we never actually learn how old Nim is. Is he 25? 40?? 80??? Help. Something about that just really pissed me off, lol.
Jessie is not new to unintentionally dabbling in pet play, but he is completely new to a kinky relationship, proper scenes and the kitten/daddy dynamic. I was very disappointed when their first *actual* scene where Jessie reaches subspace was skipped and only briefly mentioned after.
Nim charmed me at first, hardcore. It was such a joy to see a daddy just having no chill and totally falling over himself because of being infatuated with a man. That made me so happy. However, I am sad to be the bearer of bad news: Nim is dim. This man fully accepts that he messed up his past relationship because of an inability to communicate. He solves this by acknowledging to himself that he is, in fact, shit at it, and then continues to not communicate (repeatedly). Relationships aren’t easy, and not even Daddy Doms are perfect, but at least show me that the character is making an effort. One character hurting another, and then being forgiven because ‘oh that’s just how he is’ doesn’t work for me.
I loved all the cats. They were SO cute and the author obviously knows cats, lol. Jessie is adorable and deserves all the good things in life. It’s not actually a bad story. The premise is good and I’m fully certain most people will enjoy this, but then again I’m supposed to be honest in my reviews, and this one didn’t do it for me. That’s okay.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Age gap
Femme MC
Pet play
Kitten play
Biker
Tattooed MC
Size difference
Demiboy
Cheerleader MC
Small town
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Pet play
MC cheated on (not by other MC)
Parent in remission from cancer
Disowned by family for being gay (past)
‘Villain’ of the story briefly preaches about Jesus
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: The book starts with Jessie realizing he was a ‘side piece’ and that his boyfriend was cheating. No other drama.
Breakup: Yes
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 23 and (for some reason) not specified.
Pages: 239
It’s so funny how cats act like a closed door is the end of the world sometimes.
You can find most of my reviews on Instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/booksafety?igsh=MWZ3azhkdDc2Y2ludg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
“Well, I’ve already seen the living room, so that’s a good start. I enjoy that there’s only one sofa and five cat trees. Seems like a sensible ratio.”
Ugh. I’m sad to be disappointed by this book, because the tropes and premise of the story is everything I love. For some reason, the plot seemed to take an uncoordinated tumble down a mountain and somehow avoided hitting anything I actually like.
I think what started said tumble for me was the fact that Nim (the daddy) says that Jessie is too young for him, but we never actually learn how old Nim is. Is he 25? 40?? 80??? Help. Something about that just really pissed me off, lol.
Jessie is not new to unintentionally dabbling in pet play, but he is completely new to a kinky relationship, proper scenes and the kitten/daddy dynamic. I was very disappointed when their first *actual* scene where Jessie reaches subspace was skipped and only briefly mentioned after.
Nim charmed me at first, hardcore. It was such a joy to see a daddy just having no chill and totally falling over himself because of being infatuated with a man. That made me so happy. However, I am sad to be the bearer of bad news: Nim is dim. This man fully accepts that he messed up his past relationship because of an inability to communicate. He solves this by acknowledging to himself that he is, in fact, shit at it, and then continues to not communicate (repeatedly). Relationships aren’t easy, and not even Daddy Doms are perfect, but at least show me that the character is making an effort. One character hurting another, and then being forgiven because ‘oh that’s just how he is’ doesn’t work for me.
I loved all the cats. They were SO cute and the author obviously knows cats, lol. Jessie is adorable and deserves all the good things in life. It’s not actually a bad story. The premise is good and I’m fully certain most people will enjoy this, but then again I’m supposed to be honest in my reviews, and this one didn’t do it for me. That’s okay.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Age gap
Femme MC
Pet play
Kitten play
Biker
Tattooed MC
Size difference
Demiboy
Cheerleader MC
Small town
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Pet play
MC cheated on (not by other MC)
Parent in remission from cancer
Disowned by family for being gay (past)
‘Villain’ of the story briefly preaches about Jesus
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: The book starts with Jessie realizing he was a ‘side piece’ and that his boyfriend was cheating. No other drama.
Breakup: Yes
POV: 1st person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 23 and (for some reason) not specified.
Pages: 239
It’s so funny how cats act like a closed door is the end of the world sometimes.
You can find most of my reviews on Instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/booksafety?igsh=MWZ3azhkdDc2Y2ludg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr