Member Since:
Oct. 06, 2023
Eve Clayton
Eve Clayton's favorite authors on Smashwords
Eric Breeds
Latest book:
Handcuffed & Raped by His Big Brother: Gay Brothers Incest Rape Erotica.
Published December 18, 2023. (5.00 from 1 review)
Published December 18, 2023. (5.00 from 1 review)
Smashwords book reviews by Eve Clayton
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Naughty Gay Stories 1: Sleeping with My Son's Best Friend
on Dec. 16, 2023
I kind of feel bad for this. It started out good, the pacing and build up was decent. But then the impatience to get to actual sex scene started to become more and more obvious because the writing quality started to go downhill and fast. The spelling and grammatical errors alone were bad enough to detract from the reading flow, but the POV mistakes were even worse (this is supposed to be 1st person but the narrative kept jumping to 3rd—it was weird) towards the end, and by then, all attempts at proper writing are forgotten and it just devolved into feeling like reading someone’s cringey wank porn fantasy. A good copy editor or beta reader could have polished this up nicely, if only.
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Taken in His Sleep
on Dec. 17, 2023
PRETEND NON-CON FETISH; FEELS LIKE COP-OUT FOR ACTUAL KINKY EROTICA The title is sort of clickbait, so I was a bit put off by that right away (though I give it props for succeeding in getting me to download and read this). Honestly, it wasn’t bad. The problem is: it just wasn’t good either. For MM erotica. (Subjective opinion.) The writing was technically not bad either, but if (like me) you were misled by the title into thinking this was something sexier and more daring than a weird rape-fetish role-play between two men, you’ll be let down. To clarify: I don’t think role-playing itself is weird. It’s how Ash is so perfunctorily “faking it” that’s weird to me. It’s a big turn-off for me when someone engaged in supposedly “amazing” sex exaggerates their moans and screams and the cringe-worthy OTT dirty talk because that just makes it all the more obvious that they’re trying to overcompensate for something that isn’t there. You wouldn’t need to ham up the acting if the sex was truly great, right? So personally, I can’t imagine how conveying that the sex is actually subpar and not pleasurable enough to elicit natural reactions can be flattering to a partner, let alone arousing. It’s downright patronising. So I guess, I wasn’t impressed by Finn’s supposed attempt at kinky sex when the first thing his partner does when he wakes up and feels it is overact a scream. I’m sure there are very vanilla people out there who will find this comforting, but I just don’t see the point of something so tame and circumspect in fiction—much less MM erotica. (Maybe this would have worked better in MF erotica?? I dunno.) Perhaps if the two men involved in a role-play were better actors than this? it might have been interesting at the very least, but as it is, this story didn’t make me feel anything close to sexy at all. It just feels like I watched two grown macho men play a game of tag in a kiddie playground. This is the first time I’ve read (rather: “been duped into reading”, haha) something like this. I wanted to rate it at least 2 stars for “it was ok” (since it was technically well written), but the truth is if I learned anything at all from this, it’s that I don’t want to read anything like this again if I can help it; this kind of “erotica” defeats the whole purpose of why I read it in the first place (i.e. to be able to vicariously live out fantasies one can’t IRL; but this is the kind of subdued-almost-painfully-normal “kinky” that I can easily imagine die-hard fans of Fifty Shades of Grey would do—maybe already do—regularly in their normal sex lives (and again, to me this story is reminiscent of fake moaning and fake orgasms and all), that I didn’t find it exciting at all, I’m sorry. This was free via the Smashwords 2023-year-end sale, and I’m sure there are others who’d be into this sort of thing… I’m just not one of them.
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You Melted Me
on Dec. 17, 2023
CUTE BUT IT FELT INCOMPLETE This was actually really cute and fluffy, and I felt that it was something I could have loved but, it’s just too much too fast with too little to work with. I imagined this could have been a great climactic scene in a full-length story and it would have been amazing and cathartic after watching this couple work through the strife. But presented this way, I could hardly relate to the characters, it felt like I was just starting to get to know them then their story is already at an end. It feels like an empty win, like I want to empathise more but was not given time to be properly invested in them and their story to truly celebrate their HEA. It made me feel like an outsider who arrived to the party late and everyone is cheering on a newly engaged couple whom I don’t know, and I’m clapping along and happy for them on superficial-spectator level, sure, but that’s about it. So, overall, the writing was good, but maybe this could have been even just a skosh longer for it to actually have a deeper emotional impact.
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My Man's Best Friend- Book 1
on Dec. 19, 2023
The main character is insufferably obnoxious and narcissistic and reads like a total creep. NOPE.
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My Rough Hazing. (A Gay Fraternity Gangbang.)
on Jan. 06, 2024
Heed the warning in the title, this is a g***bang erotica and quite dub-con as well, but it’s also very kinky, so if you’re a vanilla s*x purist, you might want to steer clear. Given that, I can definitely say that this is one of the best written of its kind I’ve ever read (and I’ve read quite a lot, being a hardcore MM erotica enthusiast). I would have given it a perfect rating if there weren’t so many egregious typos that make it so obvious this wasn’t edited properly. It was so slipshod in places that I’d have decked 2 stars for that alone, but since the style, execution, and quality of the writing in itself excellent, I just took out one. (Though I really think this deserves 5 stars for how well it was done, if only more care had been given to presentation i.e. sweeping it of typos.) Will surely check out more from this author.
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Fucked by the Nanny.
on Jan. 06, 2024
SHORT, STEAMY, & QUITE NAUGHTY. Maybe I’m biased, but how can I not like the idea of a Herculean male babysitter who’s great with the kiddies and even provides “extra services” to a lonely widowed daddy who didn’t know he liked cock? Going by that, I’m sure I don’t need to say that this is for mature readers only (ah, there, I still said it!). It’s erotica that’s somewhat edgy, almost bordering dark but not quite. For some reason, I found the sex scene really hot even if it’s so simple, maybe because I could feel the dad’s novel sensations as he experienced it for the first time with a man—and one hulking superhero of a man at that (which turns out to totally be his type, yet one of many revelations for him)—and then his awe and wonder at his bi or gay awakening that followed, which he also embraced quite gracefully (and literally). I’d label this a “feel-good” read but it might throw off those who are iffy about rough sex (haha, I probably have a completely unconventional definition of “feel good”) because yes, Travis is a gentle giant, but not so much during sex (which I like, but ah yes, preferences, preferences…). Overall though, the mood is positive, and there’s no real feeling of harm or danger, just men being men (just the way I want my MM). I’d have rated this 5 stars if not for one part that confused me (about “babies”?? LOL), and also, I wish it were even just a bit longer? Got this free on Apple Books & Smashwords - downloaded almost all of Yoli Kim’s freebies (except the heterosexual ones). This is my 2nd story from them, and I’m excited to continue bingeing on my shiny little Yoli Kim haul. Thanks so much for sharing the MM smutty goodness!!!
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Locker Room Sissy
on Jan. 30, 2024
WAY BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. Given the sissy theme, I honestly expected this to be more kinky-smutty than plotty, which would have been mighty fine by me—it's what I signed up for (as erotica is supposed to be more about the sexy than the story) after all. But no, this was much more than just sexy, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it had a lot of heart too. It's very character-driven, with both the MCs thoughts and feelings powering the story all throughout. And while I've always found men breaking gender norms and expressing themselves in more feminine accoutrements like high heels, lingerie, skirts, etc. super hot (I daresay, hotter than overly feminised females even, actually, lol), I have never really explored MM stories centred on all-out sissification. This is my first, and I really enjoyed how intimately that aspect was explored both through Doug and Kenneth's perspectives. I found myself relating to Doug on a level that I never had with any other femme boy I've ever read about. [SPOILERS AHEAD!] Perhaps because Doug's repressed desire to be his true self was the central plot, and longing for someone who could not only accept the real us but also bring out the best of who we really are and would even go the extra mile to make us shine is a universally relatable human desire (or at least, I know it's mine). Which is why I thought Kenneth to be an absolute darling manly man (yes, he comes on a bit strong but that's what I love in MM romance - men can be themselves in knowing what they want and pursuing it more passionately with much less of the cluelessness or overly cautious "walking on eggshells" parts that tend to muddy the waters in most heterosexual relationships). I was happy about him being a go-getter and very attentive to Doug's needs as much as his own, otherwise Pearl would never have been set free. I'm really glad I decided to pick up this ARC even if I wasn't sure I could take on it at first (due to time constraints); it was not only nicely written and steamier than I anticipated, but also unexpectedly quite romantic. Objectively, I would have rated it a 4 (there were some parts that I felt could have used a bit more smoothening out), but since this is special to me as my very first legit sissy MM romance, I've decided to shuck objectivity and give it a 5 anyway, because I loved it.