The Hot Zone

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Reviewer: Kayla V.

Book title: Pen Pal

Author: J. T. Geissinger

Sourced from: Amazon Kindle Unlimited

  • Free for KU

  • $14.98 Paperback

Author's Website: https://www.jtgeissinger.com/project/pen-pal/

Pages: 353

Tropes: Dark, Alpha Dom MMC, Secret/Mystery Identity

Trigger Warnings:

Explicit language
Graphic sex/Power Play dynamics
Detailed descriptions of death and grief
Miscarriage
Domestic Violence
Mental Illness

The Final Verdict:

This book has been all over BookTok, Facebook, Reddit... You name it, it's been talked about there. I finally got a free moment to read it and let me tell you, I could not put it down. It doesn't have a ton of spicy moments, but the ones it does have, daaaaaamn! I don't want to say too much and give it all away, but the twists are great and the characters well rounded, (even the ones you love to hate). It pulls you in and doesn't have anything to distract you and remove you from the world it's set in. If you're looking for spice, want a good cry, or even a true blue love story, this is the book for you!


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Incredible spicy book recommendations. I've found so many books that I never would have seen, and I've shared nearly every single one with my book girls. We all bow to you, V & V!

Jessie L.

★★★★★