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Aiden to Haru
Aiden to Haru: A Stepbrothers BL Harem | Alexia Praks, Alexia X.
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Haru has finally revealed his forbidden feelings to his older stepbrother Aiden, which, to his amazement, is reciprocated. Now the couple has been dating for six months, and after a grueling exam period, the two, along with their brothers, head over to Japan for a much needed, long overdue winter vacation.Just when Haru is beginning to enjoy the trip and his blossoming relationship with Aiden, the appearance of Aiden's old flame threatens to destroy Haru's newfound happiness. Adding to the already unpleasant situation is the emergence of changes in two of his other stepbrothers' behavior toward him, which confuses Haru, stirring up a different sort of emotions within him that are hard to explain.Haru's story is a BL (Boys Love) harem romance. The uke (Haru) will gain his hunky alpha men (semes) one at a time as his story progresses.Haru's Story (Stepbrothers BL Harem)1 - Haru to Aiden2 - Aiden to Haru3 - Noah to Haru4 - Mason to Haru
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Aiden to Haru: A Stepbrothers BL Harem | Alexia Praks, Alexia X.
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I keep striking out on the books I pick for the #AToZReadingChallenge2021 mini challenges. August's prompt was an indie author, so I hunted down an indie audiobook on Hoopla and found this one. The writing style was so clunky (see the first sentence)... And I know this genre often fetishizes gay relationships, but there's literally a character who tells gay characters what she wants their sex life to be like and I had to bail on this one at 30%.

Kenyazero I was also not loving that one character's chapters were in first person and the other character's chapters were in third person. One final note: This is a small thing, but it also killed me when one of the readers pronounced yaoi as "yeaow"... Look up how to pronounce unfamiliar words before you record!) 3y
Kenyazero I realized that another thing I hated about this book was that it enforces cultural covering demands. I don't think that's what the author was intending, though. This book follows brothers who grew up in Japan and thus have Japanese mannerisms while living in the US. The narration frequently mentions them forgetting to not do Japanese things like say "ittekimasu" when leaving the house, implying that their Japanese way of doing things is wrong. 3y
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