The Beast by Katee Robert | Holiday Mashup
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Book Review at a Glance
Worth the Read?
Shani: ⭐⭐⭐
Bridget: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Heroine Rating: Isabelle
Shani: 🍑🍑🍑
Bridget: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Hero Rating: Gaeton
Shani: 🍆🍆🍆
Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆
Hero Rating: Beast
Shani: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
McDreamy to Mc Steamy:
Shani: McSteamy
Bridget: McShameBurningTheHouseDown
Classy to Nasty:
Kinky BDSM MMF Romance novel
Romance at a Glance Reviews The Beast By Katee Robert
a MMF Beauty and the Beast Retelling
Why choose Beast and Gaeton when you can have them both!
HOLY SHIZZZ - as always, Katee Robert is delivering delicious books. We were turned onto her by some great reviews of her books on Insta, then Bridget went and read her Taboo series and we knew that we had to get her into this steamy season!!!
If you didn't catch our conversation with Katee - make sure you give it a listen here.
This book is part of the Wicked Villains series where Disney villains like Hook, Ursula, Gaston, getting their own kinky HEAs. In this story, Isabelle goes to retrieve her two former lovers Beast and Gaeton to protect her family's territory after her father the King dies. She'll do anything, literally anything, to bring them back. So they enter into a sex pact, demanding she finally choose one of them once and for all. Until Beast decides he wants to keep them both.
This book is erotic AF, full of kinky and BDSM. We talk about this in our review, but it isn't really meant to be a standalone, so we recommend starting the series at the beginning with Desperate Measures (Jafar and Jasmine!)
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Major points from The Beast we talked about on the podcast
Isabelle, Gaston, and Beast points of view in this story.
Isabelle goes to a BDSM club to find them and immediately Gaeton and Beast are going to scene with her and realize that she is super turned on by this. And she realizes that they held back a large part of themselves from her during their relationships. She asked for more, for rougher, for dirtier, and both were treating her like she was on a pedestal.
How the main characters interacted and behaved around each other.
Watching the development of the relationships between Isabelle and Beast, Isabelle and Gaeton and Gaeton and Beast.
We enjoyed reading about the history of the characters' relationship.
The writing of Katee Robert.
The sex scenes in The Beast were super hot.
Beast fucks Gaeton while on top of her but Gaeton doesn’t fuck Isabelle. So close to bliss!
MMF sex scenes
Shame Kink
Tink and Hook come to the house and give Isabelle some new clothes. Tink makes sure that she is there by consent. Isabelle is surprised that she would go against her friends.
Hook fucked Gaeton in past books! (COLOR US INTRIGUED
The angsty attitude of Gaeton
Beast deciding he wants to keep both Isabelle and Gaeton
Quick Guide Review of the Book and Ratings
Book Title: The Beast
Author: Katee Robert
Audio Narrator: Narrated by: Lessa Lamb, Gregory Salinas, Jack Calihan
Part of a Series: Yes, Book #4 Wicked Villains series
Genre: Fantasy Romance, Contemporary Romance
Cover Art: This cover definitely gave me the Beauty and the beast vibe with the tankard. The whole series has really cool covers that fit together and I was here for them!
Synopsis: Isabelle loved two men and lost them with her inability to choose. But after her father and their ruler dies, they leave her alone. Sent by her sister the new queen to bring the generals back, Isabelle is willing to do whatever it takes to make Gaeton and Beast come with her to keep their kingdom safe from the encroaching Sea Witch.
She heads to Carver City’s renowned BDSM club to retrieve them, entering into a 2-week sex pack. At the end of 2 weeks, she must choose one of them once and for all, and they’ll both come back willingly to defend the territory.
But what happens when they all rip off the civil faces they’ve been hiding behind and unleash their darkest desires on one another.
Heroine Rating: Isabelle
Shani: 🍑🍑🍑 Isabelle was a little annoying for me.
Bridget: 🍑🍑🍑🍑 She was strong, and tough, and lusty, and was thrilled when they started giving her what she needed in the sack! Keep both your men girl!
Hero Rating: Gaeton
Shani: 🍆🍆🍆
Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆 Gaeton was a bit angsty for me trying to make her feel bad for her kink so he lost a star. Though he recovered very well and they played, played, played.
Hero Rating: Beast
Shani: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
Bridget: 🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆 Color me happy when the Beast was like, you know what, I’m gonna keep them both. And play them to the tune of my will so they don’t get scared away and I can fuck them both as much as I want. Didn’t like that he had her on a pedestal at first, but was happy when he was Doming them both.
McDreamy to Mc Steamy:
Shani: McSteamy
Bridget: McShameBurningTheHouseDown
Classy to Nasty:
Kinky BDSM MMF Romance novel
Favorite Lines in the Book:
Shani:
You just left my bed my cum is dripping down your thighs, you want to feel a little bad.
Don’t you. A little wrong. A little dirty.
How does he do this too me. He keeps drawing for the dark parts of me I thought best to hide. “You wanna come on my cock while you are still flushed from what he did to you.” He pinches my clit.
“And then when you’re done with me you want me to bend you over the nearest piece of furniture and bang you again. All day isabella, his cock then mine then his again … we’ll take turns tasting that pussy.”
Bridget:
He grins against my mouth. “I’m saying I love you and your big cock, Gaeton Thibault. It’s not the same as what I feel for Isabelle, but it’s all tied up together the way we are. I love you and I’m keeping you.” - Beast to Gaeton
“What will they do if they come in here and my tongue is in your pussy? When you look up and keep riding my face even though they’re watching because you’re so close, you can’t stop.”
“I don’t care. I need you to make me come.” - Aurora to Isabelle at the sex club
It’s enough. It has to be enough. BDSM only works if there’s a measure of trust involved, and if I don’t trust her to use her safe word, then I have no business being in this room. - Beast when bargaining with Isablle at the club for 2 weeks.
But there’s no escaping the truth that the last few hours have driven home. I never really knew Beast and Gaeton to begin with. — Isabelle
She lifts her chin and says the two words destined to toss a lighted match into the gasoline-soaked room that is our current situation. “Make me.”
Favorite Review:
Shani’s from Goodreads:
Moonie rated it it was ok
Ok this was pretty good. I like the idea of the plot and how Katee Robert reimagined Beauty and the Beast which is one of my favourite Disney movies. However, we were kind of just placed in the middle of what's happening and it wasn't further explained. Or rather, the characters would talk about the past, and that's fine, but it wasn't properly explained so it kind of didn't make sense. I thought the plot/some scenes were slow and I didn't really care for the characters. Because of this, I found myself skimming some parts of the book. Even though I only gave this 2 stars, it's probably my second favourite book in this series so far which is because I rated the other books 1 star, except for the first book which I gave 3 stars. For some reason I'm still going to continue reading this series, maybe because I have hope it will get better and I'll love one of the fairytale retellings.
Bridget’s from Goodreads:
Crystal rated it 5 stars
Dear sweet Jesus, this book is HOT. Like fanning myself all day, and hiding my screen on my lunch hour, because this is NSFW, H.O.T. I couldn’t put it down, though, because the story itself is so damn good. But yeah, keep a fan close by.
Worth the Read?
Shani: ⭐⭐⭐ Very solid read. Extremely sexy.
Bridget: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Katee Robert is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors!
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