Eyes on Me (Salacious Players' Club)

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The third book in the Salacious Players Club series is Give Me More. In Give Me More we follow Drake, Hunter, and Isabel as they are driving across the country visiting sex clubs to see what more they could bring to the Salacious Players Club. They end up figuring out more about themselves than they ever realized was possible. That, I cannot do. And it’s not like they mentioned it once and then let it go. It comes up constantly. It’s a part of the kink of the book. I hated it.

Another thing I loved was THE SMUT. Sara can write some dang good smut. This was all types of sexy, voyeurism, exhibitionism, toy play, male booty play and more. This was dangerously hot in the best way. And honestly, Garret didn’t work for me from the beginning— he starts the book with this complaint about 1NS not wanting to get hella kinky with him, and like 1) why are you framing this as “oh poor me, my sexual partners keep telling me no when I want them to do sex acts, I’ve been done so dirty” like people do not ~owe~ you their consent?!? Just bc you want to do something doesn’t mean your partner has to say yes!!! And also 2) kink requires trust, so like not surprising people aren’t down for public sex right out of the gate. Earn it!!! When I found out we were finally getting a Drake story I squealed because I was that excited. I cannot explain the appeal I had to Drake before reading this book because he is a man whore but something about him called to me and I needed this story. Sara Cate gave me so much more than I thought I was going to get. Here’s the thing. I shouldn’t be rating this. It doesn’t meet my criteria, since I only read 50% of it. I normally only rate if I read at least 80%. However.I’m not mad at him or want to fight with him. I wish I could tell him, in more words than I expressed last night, just how much he means to me." i was expecting a bit more “taboo” since this is a step-siblings romance but honestly it was barely mentioned that I forgot for almost the entirety of the book that they were. The first book in the series is Praise. In Praise we follow Emerson Grant and Charlie. Charlie is Emerson’s son’s ex-girlfriend who goes to Emerson’s house to get her half of the deposit on her and her ex’s apartment. After a mishap of mistaken identity and an awkward conversation, Emerson decides to give Charlie a job as his assistant. Though neither of them could know how attracted they would be to each other. Why is this trying to masquarade as something more when if you remove the sex there's absolutely nothing left?

And have no fear... it definitely brings the spice. The kinks and the sexy times are epic. It just made this book work on so many levels for me. I cannot wait to see what the next 2 books bring. There is some great set up for the next relationship and I am very much anticipating how Sara Cate brings it to life.

I do love how depression was handled here. I wish we had more sprinkled throughout the story and that more conversations about it were included since Garrett fought it for so long. It felt like it was somewhat glanced over and I would’ve preferred a deep dive into it, since it felt so relatable.

I didn’t think I was going to like this book when I first started reading it but I did actually end up loving this book. Sara Cate does a wonderful job about showing how one of the most feminist things we can do is explore our sexuality and kinks and then be completely unashamed about them and not afraid to voice what we want. In Mercy, Maggie is 34, part owner of Salacious, and just bought a house, but it’s just her and her dog. She’s always believed she was vanilla until the quiz on her own app tells her she’s a domme. To make matters more interesting she gets a match to a bratty 22 year old who happens to be her friends son who’s also new to kink. It doesn’t have to be serious, they can experiment and learn together, and in secret. And finally, I loved how strong Mia was. Was she slightly immature at times? Yep, but she's only 23 and it made sense for her character. But, she was strong in who she was, with her sexuality, and her comfort in front of the camera. I loved that she wasn't afraid of new things. And she wasn't afraid of Garrett's darkness. He needs to go find out if this attraction is real, or if it was a one time thing only. Except he doesn't tell Mia he knows her *secret*. He could have just logged off, but he just can't. So he starts talking to her, under someone else's name. Another man. He never shows himself, so how would she ever know? And, this way, he can have a bit of her. He can also show a bit more of himself to her, like he's never done with anyone else. But is that enough? It's not, because he craves her. He wants her, and he doesn't know what to do with that feeling.

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Today I want to give you a Salacious Players Club series review by Sara Cate. These books have been taking booktok by storm and I have to say it’s one of my favorite contemporary romance series. I just finished reading the third book in the series and I can’t wait for Mercy to come out in August. I have been wronged. I was out moraled. I can deal with a lot when it comes to taboo romances. Birthday girl? Loved that shit. Age gaps? I can do it. Step siblings? Sure I guess, AS LONG AS THERE ISN’T A SIXTEEN YEAR AGE GAP AND OUR MALE LEAD KNEW HIS LITTLE SISTER SINCE SHE WAS EIGHT. AND SHES A VIRGIN. WHY. What I loved - GARRETT. My goodness I really enjoyed reading a H that was secretly broken. He has been silently dealing with depression and although he was the fun guy, the people person, inside he felt alone. I really enjoyed seeing an extremely accurate depiction of functional depression with major depression episodes. I also loved getting to see more of the friendship between him and Emerson (MMC from Praise). I thought Garrett was written beautifully and getting to watch him grow and open up was awesome.