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Not So Vanilla Kindle Edition

by Morgan Noel (Author), R. Phoenix (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 92 ratings
Bartholomew's life is perfect. He's got a job he loves, he's in a committed relationship with his loving boyfriend who appreciates his neurotic tendencies, social anxiety, and general awkwardness. It's not 'white-picket-fence-and-Golden-Retriever'-perfect, but their nice little apartment in the city and the cat they rescued from the shelter come pretty close.

The domestic bliss gets disturbed when his boyfriend Kyle brings a very hot friend from high school into their sanctuary, making both of them wonder if perhaps 'perfect' is as relative as good sex.
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    March 29, 2018
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(****) There's depth to this story, if one cares to look, but if you're just looking for a quick turn you on type of read, this should fit the bill. ---Bymyvicariouslife~
(*****) I definitely found this story to be extremely hot, the way Kyle takes care of Mew and grounds him as he allows himself to enjoy pleasure without guilt or shame and how the trio interact and develop bonds and trust elevated the story from just a sex romp to something that had substance and meaning. ---ByJoseph Albanese ~(***) Although Not So Vanilla is very steamy, leaning a bit more toward erotica than a standard romance, it was nice to see a solid story arc complete with characters and a relationship that offered some depth. --- By A T

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BTK8QBG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (March 29, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 29, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.1 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 149 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 92 ratings

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Morgan Noel

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Full of snark and bitterness about failed careers, I've decided to pursue writing, like a real author

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Customers find the book hilarious, with one mentioning it includes laugh-out-loud drinking games. Moreover, the book receives positive feedback for its readability, sweetness, and character development, with customers loving all the characters. Additionally, customers describe the book as hot.

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6 customers mention "Humor"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book hilarious, with one mentioning it includes fun drinking games.

"...This books is at times laugh out loud funny and uncomfortable with just how socially awkward Mew is...." Read more

"...I am so glad I did read it cause it was so funny and amazing...." Read more

"I think this was one of the funniest sexy books I've ever read!! I laughed so hard I was choking!!..." Read more

"...Laugh out loud drinking games. Will never look at a donut the same again. Haha...." Read more

5 customers mention "Readability"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable, with one describing it as enthralling.

"...I am so glad I did read it cause it was so funny and amazing...." Read more

"...writer who knows how to write steamy sex scenes that are unique and enthralling...." Read more

"...Thank you Morgan Noel for this great book!!! 💟💟💟💟..." Read more

"This book is a must read. I absolutely loved Mew. His adorable awkwardness was cute. His and Kyle relationship is perfect...." Read more

4 customers mention "Sweetness"4 positive0 negative

Customers find the book sweet and adorable, with one mentioning that the character Mew was perfectly portrayed.

"Bartholomew, “Mew”,is an awkward, sweet, and totally in love with Kyle. Happy and content with their relationship and a new cat...." Read more

"I adored Mew. Probably because I am Mew. This book was so hot and sweet, and I really thought Mew was so perfectly portrayed...." Read more

"Mew is utterly adorable. As for Adam and Kyle… it was fun to read about them, but I’m not sure I liked them. At least not as much as Mew...." Read more

"This book is a must read. I absolutely loved Mew. His adorable awkwardness was cute. His and Kyle relationship is perfect...." Read more

3 customers mention "Character development"3 positive0 negative

Customers love the characters in the book, with one particularly appreciating their interactions and personalities.

"...The characters are relatable and it was so easy to FEEL the emotions they were experiencing, especially where the story is from Mew POV and he was..." Read more

"...All three of the characters are so fantastic. I love their interactions and their personalities...." Read more

"This book was so hot! I loved all the characters! Great read!" Read more

3 customers mention "Heat level"3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's heat level.

"I adored Mew. Probably because I am Mew. This book was so hot and sweet, and I really thought Mew was so perfectly portrayed...." Read more

"Seriously, one of the hottest books I've read this year. And I will NEVER look at doughnuts the same way. I'm still curious...well, never mind...." Read more

"This book was so hot! I loved all the characters! Great read!" Read more

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  • R Keebler
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing use of donuts
    Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018
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    Bartholomew, “Mew”,is an awkward, sweet, and totally in love with Kyle. Happy and content with their relationship and a new cat.

    One day Kyle brings home an old friend, Adam, who needs a place to stay. Mew is very uncomfortable having an extra person in their small apartment. When Mew learns they were each other's firsts in high school, he feels very threatened. He’s so afraid Kyle thinks he's too vanilla, unsure that he's good enough in life or in bed for Kyle.

    This books is at times laugh out loud funny and uncomfortable with just how socially awkward Mew is. One of my favorite lines from the book is from Mew’s point of view, “Sandwiched between his hot boyfriend and his hot boyfriend’s ex hot boyfriend”. I loved the way Mew approached sex toys, so cute in a totally what do I do with this? way. VERY sexy times had by all. I loved it
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  • Tanya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Donuts will never be the same
    Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018
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    okay let's begin with saying I will NEVER look at a donut the same again..LOL.

    This author is new to me and I had never read mmm before this long novella. I am so glad I did read it cause it was so funny and amazing.

    The characters are relatable and it was so easy to FEEL the emotions they were experiencing, especially where the story is from Mew POV and he was the most complex of the characters.

    Not only is Mew socially awkward (where the humor comes from), he is struggling with experimenting a "kinkier" lifestyle as he feels his partner is not satisfied when the ex shares the past.
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  • The Book Wench
    3.0 out of 5 stars Oh Mew, oh my!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018
    "Not So Vanilla"…a fitting choice for a title. I can see why the author chose it, since Bartholomew, aka Mew — I’ll address this nickname later — fits the part of the vanilla lover in many ways. He’s reserved, doesn’t ask for what he wants or, when he tries, can’t get past his embarrassment, is more comfortable talking to Boots the cat than even to his live-in boyfriend, is buttoned up and almost prudish. Chalk all that up to his deeply closeted rural childhood and the ill-treatment he received at the hands of his male relatives. He’s in the big city now, though, and in love with the worldly and relaxed Kyle. He’s a happy Harry Homemaker with a job we barely hear about. When Kyle’s friend Adam, the hunky ex-con and Kyle’s ex-boyfriend, comes to stay until he can find his feet, Mew gradually discovers a desperate need to be as UN-vanilla as he can be. His reasons are entirely related to his lack of confidence in himself and his unwelcome interest in Adam of whom he is simultaneously jealous. The story takes us through Mew’s rebirth as a kinky lover, including his interest in sex toys and his desire for a man he wants to despise, a man he thinks he and Kyle are better than, a man he wants as part 3 in his secure relationship with Kyle. Nothing remotely vanilla in any of that. So in that regard, the novel lives up to its title admirably. It’s a story of self- discovery, a growing up again story, almost another coming out for a man who knows how to hide really well. Kudos to the writer for doing such a bang up job! And the very inventive sex scenes are an added bonus because they are sexy and sometimes kinky enough to attract a lot of attention.

    So, why only 3 stars? Well, it’s Mew. I still, at the end of the novel, cringe at the nickname because it’s probably, bar none, the worst, least masculine nickname I’ve ever seen used for a main character, gay or straight. Maybe it’s deliberate — and if so, kudos again for a job well done! — making the character from whose perspective the entire story is told appear to be a fastidious and yet timid pussycat, with all the attendant meanings that the first part of that word holds. And it doesn’t make it any easier to ignore those meanings when Adam uses at least one of them to tease Mew about his attachment to Boots as a way to make sexual comments. So, that was a big no-no for me. And then, there’s Mew, the man. I love that he’s a neat freak and a good cook, that he’s devoted to his lover and cautious with Adam. But there is absolutely NO relief from his self-deprecating, stumbling, stammering for the entire novel. If Mew has a full conversation without stammering, I must have missed it! The only time Mew uses full sentences for any stretch of time is when he’s thinking, i.e. narrating the story.

    Frankly, it’s painful and laughable at the same time. Which made the thing Mew absolutely didn’t want either Kyle or Adam to do the very thing I did for almost the whole novel. I laughed…and not just in a ‘funny ha-ha’ kind of way at some of his thoughts, but also in a derisive, ‘rolling-my-eyes’ kind of way as well. Because the stammering and the thinking make Mew seem like a young teenager, when I’m pretty sure he’s in his twenties. I grew very impatient with his behavior after a while. When he should have been justifiably angry with either Kyle or Adam for some egregious breach of etiquette (and there were a few!), his first rush of annoyance gives way to lust far too quickly, and is thereafter just as quickly forgotten and discarded. And while I understand that the point of the story is to show that Mew isn’t really as buttoned up and judgmental as he at first appears, and that with a little help from his friends he can loosen up nicely and even open himself up to better possibilities, the stammering, to the bitter end, makes me think it’s a lesson he’ll keep needing to learn. And it makes me want to sock him.

    I liked Kyle most of the time, except in the beginning when he hid Adam's ex-con/ex-boyfriend status from Mew. Then, I wanted to sock him, too, but eventually, he grew on me. I also liked Adam, the only character I felt no animosity towards at any time. He was Kyle without the deception. I got to the end of the story thinking that these three have great sexual chemistry and hopefully will grow into maturity before too much longer. And maybe then Mew will stop stammering.

    I am voluntarily leaving this honest review of an ARC of this novel.
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  • L.D.
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Kinky Threesome
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2021
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    So I liked this book with reservations. I’m a sucker for an adorable character who is so shy that he needs help and encouragement from his partner (or partners) to open and embrace what he wants sexually. And Mew, one of the main characters in this book, definitely fits that description. The problem I had with this book is that there are some fuzzy moments with consent. If this was a dark romance, I would expect and welcome this fuzziness, but since this book seems to be written as just a kinky romance with no dark undertones, I find the blurred lines of consent versus manipulation a bit problematic. It’s nothing that’s too overt, but its definitely there. I think if the book was a little bit longer and there were more discussion between the characters, then this consent blurriness would have been cleared up.

    With that said, I still did enjoy this book. Morgan Noel is definitely a great writer who knows how to write steamy sex scenes that are unique and enthralling. I liked the different dynamics that existed between all three of these characters and found their relationship fascinating.

    The audiobook was narrated by Piers Ryman who does a great job with the narration. I really enjoyed listening to this book and thought the audiobook production was of good quality.
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  • PrinceFae
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly sweet and sexy!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2018
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    I adored Mew. Probably because I am Mew. This book was so hot and sweet, and I really thought Mew was so perfectly portrayed. No, donuts have not been ruined for me, but I will probably laugh a little everytime I eat one. All three of the characters are so fantastic. I love their interactions and their personalities. The book wasn't as long as I had hoped for, probably because I could have kept reading about those three forever. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to more by Morgan Noel!
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  • Katerina
    4.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious and sexy read
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
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    Mew is utterly adorable. As for Adam and Kyle… it was fun to read about them, but I’m not sure I liked them. At least not as much as Mew. This story made me laugh not just once, but at the same time, I felt sad for the poor, shy, friendless Mew because it looked very much like he was being carefully pushed in the direction he didn’t want to go until he finally convinced himself it was something he should crave. Now I really want a sequel because I worry about him, no matter how happy the ending might seem :)
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars OMG!!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2019
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    I think this was one of the funniest sexy books
    I've ever read!! I laughed so hard I was choking!!
    Thank you Morgan Noel for this great book!!!
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