Risqué Reads Subscription Box Review + Coupon – November 2016

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Risqué Reads is a new subscription book box that will bring two erotic books from your chosen genre, plus a special surprise to make reading more fun and exciting, to your mailbox every month. This box is $10.99 a month, with a discount available for 6- or 12- month subscription. You can choose between three genres: Romance, Fantasy, or Obedience. This review is for Fantasy.

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DEAL: Get $4.99 off your first month subscription. Use coupon code HELLOSEXY.

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They promise to ship the box in a discreet package. They were true to their word with this very plain white box! It was wrapped up in brown kraft paper with just a tiny mention of Risqué Reads on the invoice. I actually received the box while I was away for the weekend and my nice neighbor picked it up on Friday night and kept it until Monday morning without any awkwardness between us! So thumbs up for the plain and discreet box! But once you open the box, you are welcomed with the Risqué Logo! And it smells good. Berry sweet! There’s not a lot of packaging to prevent everything from shifting in the box.

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Trascentuals Vanilla Berry Mini Cupcake Soap ($3 ?, based on their soap bar). Handmade with coconut oil, shea butter, and other natural ingredients, this is a dreamy scent to drift away! It is a very sweet smell and for a while, I thought I had some berry gummies in the room. The texture is silky, velvety, and I can’t wait to try it in my bath!

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How cute is this little cupcake!

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Sadly, because there was no packaging inside the box beside the tissue paper wrapped around the books and the mesh bag for the cupcake, the soap has rubbed against the book leaving some orange and blue marks on the pages. Also, the books are marked with a dot, meaning that they were either returns or excess inventories. Besides that, they are brand new. I was also surprised to see that both books were from the same author. They are also from the same book series about Shapeshifters. I will admit I’m not really into shapeshifters, so I was disappointed to see both books being about them. I wish I would have a bit of variety, like vampires, or angels, or any other supernatural beings.

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Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston ($10.15 on amazon).

He’s big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. He’s also about to get trapped by own his game. . .

Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur. Especially when that someone is a curvy she-tiger with a skill set that’s turning Crush’s lone-bear world upside down–and bringing his passion out of hibernation. . .

As a member of an elite feline protection unit, Marcella Malone has no problem body-dropping anyone who hunts her kind. But Crush is proving one major pain in her gorgeous tail. The only reason she’s joined forces with him is to track down the wealthy human who’s got her entire species in his ruthless sights. It sure isn’t because Crush’s stubborn and contrary attitude is rubbing Cella in all the right ways.

This is Book #7 in the Pride Series by Shelly Laurenston. I usually don’t read series out-of-order, even if they are standalone books, because of all the cameos previous protagonists are making in the newest books, and all the jokes I don’t get because I’ve never read about them before. Trying to understand who’s who, who’s with who, it took me away from the main plot and the main romance. To fully understand, I would need to read all the previous books in the series. Sadly, I wasn’t invested enough in the book and the characters to actually enjoy the fun part. It wasn’t for me.

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Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston ($11.90 on amazon)

Livy Kowalski has no time for idiots. When you shapeshift into a honey badger, getting through life’s irritants is a finely honed skill. Until she gets stuck housing her nutso cousin and dealing with her dad’s untimely and unexplained demise.

That’s where Vic Barinov comes in–or his house does. Vic can’t step outside without coming back to find Livy devouring his honey stash and getting the TV remote sticky. It gets his animal instincts all riled up. But he’ll have to woo her at high speed: all hell is breaking loose, and Livy is leading the charge. . .

Ok, I have to admit I laugh out loud reading the excerpt! I had never thought about honey badger shapeshifter before, so that took me by surprise! Being Book #9 in the Pride series, I wasn’t really impressed by this choice in the box. Once again, it’s far into the series and I’m just afraid of not understanding all the inside jokes.

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I like the idea of this box. I like my erotica books hot and steamy, but this month’s choices were a miss with me. I know someone who will enjoy these books, so I’ll pass them along. My problem with this month’s box is that I was not expecting to get both books from the same author, from the same series (not even #1 and #2), and in a subgenre that I usually avoid (shapeshifters). I wish it would have been two different authors, so in the case I already know one or I don’t like one’s writing, I still have a second choice. And also having two different subgenre or creatures, once again to have some choices in case we don’t like one type of books.

What did you think of this month’s Risqué Reads?

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Risqué Reads

Every month, you’ll receive two erotic books from your chosen genre—plus a special surprise to make reading more fun and exciting. That's hours of sexy entertainment! They’ll send your subscription box in a discreet package straight to your doorstep.

Risqué Reads is all about sexy fun. They make the subscription process as easy and enjoyable as possible. You simply choose a genre that interests you, select a monthly, six-month, or annual subscription, and they send your books in a discreet box.

What kinds of books can you expect? They have thousands of titles in their inventory and new ones arrive every week. Their curators comb through the stacks to find books that match your desires. Part of the fun of joining Risqué Reads is discovering books you likely would never have had the opportunity to enjoy.

Risqué Reads is the perfect gift for that special someone in your life. They'll thank you (wink) every month when their package arrives.

$10
99 per month

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