Jilly's Reviews > The Englor Affair

Even though I didn't like this one as much as the first, I'm starting to feel invested in this smutty little Regency-in-Space series. It doesn't really fit into my tastes exactly, because I'm not someone who likes a big age difference or unequal power dynamic with romance couples, but it is strangely captivating.



It must be all the future-in-the-past tech. They have horse-drawn carriages that can take them to the ball, OR a hovercar taxi. I'm thinking that those horses must be pretty pissed off at this point. I mean, why the fuck am I still dragging your ass around in a carriage when you can take a damn hovercraft? Get your fat ass in the flying car, bitch!


Nice burn bro!

So, I like the weird-ass world with all of the inconveniences and ridiculous amounts of clothing they wore in the old days matched with computers, space flight, and disembodied robot butlers. I also liked the Jetsons when I was a kid, so...


Yeah, so don't ask too many questions. Things don't always have to make sense!

This one was set in the planet that is just like Regency England where, you know, homosexuality was a bit of a problem. So, we find it very different from the last one that was also like Regency England but everyone's gay. I don't know... .gay planet or non-gay planet??


Cuz you know that gay planet needs a middle-aged cishet housewife in their midst!

The hero in this book is the brother of the hero from the last one, so he's also a prince. But in disguise. Acting like a twinky commoner. Of course he meets the prince of this planet and they immediately fall into the deepest of lust... I mean love. The problem I had wasn't with the twink. He was adorable. It was the bear. He was kinda dickish. He basically offers the twink the position of being his side-piece on the DL while he does his royal duty to marry a woman and have an heir.


Oh, Grumpy Cat. You gave so much to our younger selves. It was such a simpler time.

Even once they get together I didn't care for him acting like our adorable prince-twink, or Prink, was only there for his occasional need for sexual healing. It was gross and disrespectful. So... eh. Not the best in that way. I'm going to try the next one. The only problem I can see is that the themes of young, virginal boys with these older guys is kinda twinging my gross-o-meter. But then they try to make it better by having the guys in their 20's even though they act like world-weary 40 year old men. And the twinks are young. This one was 19, and I think the next is 18. I couldn't even commit to a hairstyle at that age let alone a lifelong commitment. And, I lived in the 80's where the hairstyles never ceased to amaze.


What? You aren't breaking quarantine again are you? With that hair? At least wear a mask!

So yeah, he wasn't my bag, but since I like the world and there is always a new couple to like .. .or hate.. I'm on to the next one.