Ribbons and Os by R.E. Hargrave | Holiday Mashup

Where Kink meets Christmas

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Book Review at a Glance

Worth the Read?

Shani: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bridget: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Heroine Rating:

Shani: 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑

Bridget: 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑

Hero Rating:

Shani: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆

Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆

McDreamy to Mc Steamy:

Shani: McSteamy

Bridget: McDrDom

Classy to Nasty:

Kinky & BDSM

Romance at a Glance Reviews Ribbons as Os By R.E. Hargrave

Christmas gone Kinky

This novella is HOT HOT HOT. Ringing in XMAS with a really delicious novella from R.E. Hargrave. If you didn't catch our interview with her, it is SO awesome. Not only did we talk to the narrator of her books, but also, we talked in depth all about kinky and BDSM and how much we loved her representation of it! 

Anywho, as you all may remember, I was trying to give Shani the steamy season of her dreams and this book checked the Xmas box in a big way. It was steamy, it was kinky, it was funny, it was a fast read. Guys this book rocked our socks off, and we hope you come along on a fun and NSFW podcast review.

Though... when are we ever safe for work ;)

Happy season 5 finale friends. WE LOVE YOU!!

Read Ribbons and Os here. 

Quick Guide Review of the Book and Notes

Book Title: Ribbons and Os

Author: R.E. Hargrave

Audio Narrator: Narrated by: La Petite Mort, Ruby Rivers

Part of a Series: Technically it is part of the stockings series. Brooklyn Blues is a BDSM Christmas novella that is out also! And R.E. has plans for novellas based around other holidays!

Genre: Contemporary romance, erotica, Christmas novella

Cover Art: I liked this cover art with the striped stocking and the present behind her back! Colors screamed Christmas!

Synopsis: Carina Anderson has had a craptastic year. From losing her parents in separate freak accidents to finding her boyfriend and BFF engaged in kinky sex games, her general enthusiasm for life has evaporated. 

She decides to channel that angst into baking (so relatable) and brings the fruits of her labor to a shelter. 

There Dr. Elijah Davies spots her and is instantly attracted to her, and thinks she would make a natural submissive! 

He’s been waiting to go back to England, his playroom and his regular submissives, and decided he wouldn’t get entangled with anyone else in USA, but then he met Carina and that went right out the window! And with her consent, he introduced her to all her kinky desires.

Heroine Rating:

Shani: 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑

Bridget: 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑 Carina was game and went willingly into bliss

Hero Rating:

Shani: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆 HELL YES. HOT AF

Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆 The way he played her body to find out what would please her the most. LOVED IT.

McDreamy to Mc Steamy:

Shani: McSteamy

Bridget: McDrDom

Classy to Nasty:

Kinky & BDSM

Favorite Lines in the Book:

Favorite Review:

Shani’s from Goodreads:

Krystyn rated it it was amazing

Hot! Hot! Hot! 

This sexy holiday short was steaming hot! It is definitely the kind of book you read in the winter while snowed in with a special person! I love everything by R.E. Hargrave and this one may have gone to the top favorite spot!!!

The narration was amazing! I love this duo and all the steamy work that they do!

🎧AudiobookObsession🎧

Bridget’s from Goodreads:

Karen Hrdlicka rated it it was amazing

5 What a delightfully naughty holiday read. I loved how this novella ended, leaving the author options to continue the liaison between Carina and Elijah on the other side of the pond.

Worth the Read?

Shani: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Definitely on my go-to quickie list for when I wanna get myself off quick! Highly recommend. The audio was excellent also.

Bridget: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ YES PLS! This is a dream, someone playing with you and finding out exactly how to get your body to respond with pleasure, even if that means giving you a little pain. R.E. writes BDSM so well, including the importance of consent and aftercare. We are here for her. Make sure you check out her books (some are even on Kindle Unlimited!) and support this great indie author!

Buy it on Amazon

Recommendations:

If you’re into the steam, these below are sure to get your going!

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang - Don’t let the illustrated cover fool you, this book is sexy AF

Heat Stoke by Tessa Bailey - MM romance with the best dirty talk. We love Tessa Bailey - ya we do.

Grace Goodwin and Mina Carter - alien and cyborg romances that are short and HOTTTTTT.

Full Podcast Transcript

Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance’s biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo in order to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

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