Comfort Me, Daddy (The Brat \u0026 The Beast, #2) by Misha Horne

Comfort Me, Daddy (The Brat \u0026 The Beast, #2) Reviews

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  Nark

  ✦ waaaaay too long and too drawn out for no reason whatsoever.
  ✦ i got bored. i skimmed a lot. yawn. the two books could have easily been condensed into a 250 page story.
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  Imme van Gorp

  || 1.5 stars ||
  
  Oh, I am so disappointed. This book made me kind of uncomfortable and was also very boring. It wasn’t at all what I was hoping it would be. I was expecting so much better after truly loving book 1, but I flat out hated this.
  
  This whole thing was just way too much kink. Their relationship, and therefore the entire story, was only about spanking, feeding, and rules. It was a bit weird and definitely extremely repetitive. It was just too much.
  
  Whereas I really connected with Logan in the first book, I couldn’t make that connection with him here. I didn’t really care about any of it and actually ended up skimming not only all the MANY kink scenes, but also the more ‘emotional’ scenes, which weren’t that many to begin with, but even the few scenes we did get, did not hold my interest for even a second.
  
  Long story short, I was bored out of my mind and the relationship did not work for me at all. I just did not like it whatsoever. I’m glad to be done with it now.
  
  
  'The Brat & The Beast' duology:
  1.
  Hurt Me, Daddy - 4.5 stars
  2. Comfort Me, Daddy - 1.5 stars
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  Rain

  *3.5* I didn’t inhale this book like I did the first one, but it still touched my heart. Despite my dislike of daddy/spanking books, I really enjoyed this duo!
  
  

  I don’t know anyone smarter or stronger or more capable than you. You held your fucking life together with duct tape way before I showed up to help you.

  
  
  Highlights
  Gray being his comfort color
  The little bit of jealousy
  Playing football with the friends
  Excellent character growth from bk 1 (both characters!)
  Caleb's never ending patience with Logan
  Living together
  Cooking, clean clothes, a soft bed
  Their love and intimacy
  
  

  “I don’t want a jock,” I told him, holding his gaze while I grabbed his shorts and yanked them down, taking his warm, thick cock in my hand. “I want you and your books and your sweaters and your big. Fucking. Brain.”
  
  And then I sucked his big fucking brain right out his dick.

  
  
  Problematic
  The Chem test, the big football game, and his mother, all in one day!?
  Too much spanking/daddy talk, repetitive
  How did a 19 yr old become such an accomplished Dom?
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  Kati *☆･ﾟ [a bit distracted atm]

  3.5**** stars
  
  
  

  “If you ask me what color I am, I swear to god I’m running away,” I muttered into his shoulder. “I’ll just come and find you and bring you back. You belong here. With me. To me.”

  
  
  Lots of love and a little rant incoming… (starting with the rant, I guess)
  
  I hinted at it in my review for the first book but that day when Caleb came over to Logan’s house and things between them got started was probably the longest day I’ve ever read about. It took up 120 pages in the first book and took 80 more in the second.
  
  I mean, it’s not like they went on an adventure with a whole lot of stuff happening or anything. It was a journey, a discovery journey, sure. But, come on! 200 pages? 200 full pages spanning only 12hrs with not really that much happening? It’s a bit much, don’t you think?
  
  And then we got another 350 pages to tell the rest of the story —that was only another week long. Girl, please! *lmaooo
  
  I honestly speed read the hell out of this book because I wanted to see them succeed and happy but still, I also loved the hell out of this story.
  
  I truly ate it up. It was actually pretty weird considering that I was also so annoyed by the drag of it all. *lol
  
  
  But damn, Caleb was so insanely good with handling Logan. So patient. With the brat, the broken boy, the anger issues, his silent screams for love and belonging. It was so freaking heartwarming. So perfect, really.
  
  

  “You want a spanking?” he asked after a minute, realizing what I was saying.
  
  “I want my Daddy.”

  
  
  *sniff ♡
  
  
  
  Anyway, I’m not sure I’m going to make it through the novella also but I’ll decide on that tomorrow. The Jock and the Jerk sounds delicious too from what we’ve seen from Walker and Ellis.
  
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  The Brat and the Beast Series
  (Maddox Sharks Football)
  
  Book 1 -
  Hurt Me, Daddy - 4.5 stars
  Book 2 -
  Comfort Me, Daddy - 3.5 stars
  Book 2.5 - Away Games
  
  Book 3 - The Jock and the Jerk - release late 2024
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  Mariam, the clown

  Reread 3: August 18-19, 2023
  I always wondered why I keep coming back for this book, why I always looked at it and wanted to reread it all over again. Little did I know, every time I read this book, my soul felt nourished and taken care of by hands, words and actions of Daddy Caleb 💝💘
  
  
  
  
  Reread 1: December 8-10, 2022 Logan and Caleb deserve the whole fucking world and I'm so glad they found it in each other ❤️💜🤍
  
  
  

  “Freak,” I whispered.
  “Brat.”
  I sighed.

  4 months of waiting, 3 months of ever fuckin changing release dates and countless nights of longing for this book and this couple, and now I can FINALLY fucking sigh in relief and breathe easier.
  
  

  Just barely, but sometimes just barely was enough to keep you alive.

  
  
  And you know what? All that fucking waiting for WORTH IT because this sequel did Caleb and Logan justice, did us fucking readers justice. There was not a single page that didn't count (even though I got pissy eyes when Misha fast forward a smut scene 😡🤬😡) this book was almost 500 pages long and it was perfect.
  
  💛 I didn't expect to have my fucking heart in Daddy Caleb's string grasp. He was such a gentle yet fiery, strong and steadfast soul, he was such a voice of calm and a pillar of hopes and dreams and just-UGK. he was everything and he had my fucking heart sobbing when he got vulnerable and how he always tried to be invisible and how he invalidated his own feelings because "they just weren't important/major enough". Fuck that and fuck people who think so. Daddy Caleb also needs a little reminder then to.
  
  

  I’d burn the world down for him, no lie, and I was never going to forget what he’d done for me. How he’d shown up. How he’d seen who I was and showed me who he was, how we were locked together that way now, the scariest parts fused and melted permanently, and when he looked in the mirror, I knew he saw that too.

  
  
  💥 Holy fuck, if I thought I hated Logan's mom in the last book, I literally wanted to step inside this book and fucking pull her spine out her body (😳 yikes). She deserved a faith worse than death!
  
  ❤️ The studious vibes of this bookkkkk 🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰 it actually gave me motivation to go back to studying (the tragedy) so thanks Daddy Caleb ❤️
  
  

  “I like spending time with people I like, I guess. I don’t like very many people.”
  “People in books aren’t real,” I pointed out.
  He shrugged. “They’re real when you’re reading. That’s close enough.”

  
  
  💚 Overall, I'm not fucking dissapointed, not like this lousy ass review. My heart is fulfilled and my mind is at piece now that this duology is complete and I can reread without a turmoil of pain now 😌
  
  

  “You held your fucking life together with duct tape way before I showed up to help you. But I’m here now. I will always be here. And I’m telling you, you can do anything.”

  
  
  Also, I really hope Ellis gets his book! I've been rooting for him since book 1 and I need his love story NOW.
  
  
  Reread 2: March 21, 2023
  There's something about this book that SPEAKS to me, because I couldn't control my have that clicked on this book and randomly started reading 😁
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  ⊹ ⁺ ₊ ✧ she's book obsessed ✧ ₊ ⁺ ⊹

  ⊹ ⁺ ₊ ✧ Comfort Me, Daddy┊ 2 stars ✧ ₊ ⁺ ⊹
  
  ☆₊⋆ → thoughts┊Yeah yeah yeah the title is… I know😭
  
  dnf: 26%
  ⤷ 04/07/24┊I just couldn’t deal with the daddy trope any longer😔
  
  

  ✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄☆⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧

  
  
  ✧⋄⋆ pre-read notes ⋆⋄✧
  ⤷ 03/07/24┊Again, look away from the title 😭🙏🏼
  
  ౨ৎ happy reading ౨ৎ
• 
  Cat the bookworm (in a semi hiatus of sorts)

  It started well enough, but then it got looooong at some point.
  
  After reading the reviews, I curbed my expectations down after REALLY loving book 1. And it started off well enough, right where book 1 stopped. Caleb makes Logan move in with him after seeing the circumstances under which Logan lives. And they’re settling in: they have sex a lot, Logan is a brat, he gets spanked, and he gets better at school.
  
  And he has thoughts. Lots of them. Which is understandable, seeing what he had to deal with for his entire life. But Jesus. That’s A LOT of repetitive thoughts, and I started to skim a lot after a while.
  
  On top of that, “showdown-day” must have been at least 50 hours long - I mean… getting up and off, going to school, study hall, the drama with Logan’s mum, the “cleanup”, the chemistry test + having the teacher look at it, the big football game AND the HEA - all in one day?
  
  I find that I agree with my friends on here who reviewed it - it’s not really good, especially when compared to book 1. Still, I liked the psychological part of it, and being in Logan’s head, even though the book would have worked a lot better had it been only half as long.
  
  2.5 stars rounded up because of the parts I liked. And because of Caleb. And ofc Logan.
  
  I’d really be game for a book about Ellis now, but I’ll have to wait for that one until December 2024 😕
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  L Ann

  So. I finally finished this and, ngl, the first 20 to 25% of the story had me bored to tears. I wanted to DNF so badly, but I just knew things had to get better once they got back to the real world and started interacting with people other than themselves. Well, it did for the most part, but it was still extremely long winded and, in all honesty, this could’ve been just as good being about 100 pages shorter. It really wasn’t a bad story, it was just too long. Too wordy. Too much being in Logan’s head, hearing his thoughts on every single thing Caleb did. I didn’t necessarily skim the story but there were parts of it where I skipped all of the unnecessary everything and just focused on what was actually being said.
  
  Logan and Caleb were very well written characters and even though we mostly focused on Logan’s past trauma we still got glimpses of Caleb’s issues as well. After their divorce neither of his parents wanted to take care of him and the children at school constantly bullied him. He felt abandoned and unloved, afraid of causing trouble and standing out in a crowd. In a way his coping mechanisms for those injustices were what allowed him to be the perfect Daddy for Logan. And, my God, was he ever. I don’t remember reading about a more patient, more sensitive, more loving Daddy than he was (not that I’d ever gotten into the realm of ageplay… not saying that was what was happening in this story but I’d imagine that the level of care would be similar) and he was just a high schooler.
  
  I won’t even get into Logan’s issues. His mother was a fucking mess and that little stunt she pulled toward the end of the story had me wanting to throw my phone across the room. She was bat shit crazy and the fact that Logan was so used to her madness was the saddest aspect of the story. The way she treated him was awful. He actually stopped believing that he would ever be happy or that anyone could love him. It was heartbreaking watching his reaction to the simple things that Caleb did for him. Things like buying him new underwear or asking him what he wanted for dinner or checking him for injuries after practices sent him into a tailspin of confusion, mistrust, pleasure, and self loathing. He felt so undeserving, like it was all just a cruel joke. It was hard to read.
  
  Like I said, this was a pretty good story and if it weren’t so unnecessarily drawn out it would have been perfect. The author is actually very good with words and there were many beautifully phrased passages throughout. I'm not sure if I’d actually recommend this but if Daddy kinks are your thing, and you don’t mind going deeeep into Logan’s inner thoughts, you may actually enjoy this. 3 stars for an amazing Daddy.
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  Amur Thera

  The good
  + Logan
  + Caleb
  + Caleb's infinite patience with Logan
  + Logan's walls crumbling for Caleb
  + Logan doing whatever he can to give Caleb back the affection he deserves
  + Logan being an asshole because they both love it
  + Logan learning to trust Caleb
  + Infinite caretaking
  + Logan deciding Gray is even better than Green
  + Caleb going full possessive caveman for Logan
  + Writing lines!
  + The feelings
  + Spaghetti for breakfast!
  
  The neutral
  o Like in the first book, you have to suspend disbelief a little to believe Caleb is such a capable Daddy while in high school
  o I forgot some of the names of side characters from the first book, and I would have liked a little refresher sometimes. Just one sentence to describe who someone was again
  
  The bad
  - The principal and Logan's coach got away with their shit. I had hoped they'd get some kind of payback for their shitty behavior
  - Ellis was a real dick and he also didn't really get what he deserved
  
  Quotes
  x "Let's get you fed, you must be starving." "Yeah. For your dick. I'm gonna need seconds of that shit."
  x He smirked at me a little and bent and kissed me on the forehead before I realized what he was doing. I hated it. I hated it so much I leaned forward so he'd do it again.
  x "Can I -" "Yeah. Whatever you want. Do it. Sold. Green. Gray. Peel my clothes off. Suck my dick. Organize the shelves, I don't care."
  x Why just agree when you could see how much arguing you could get away with.
  x It looked like a goddamn Italian restaurant. Not that I'd ever been to an Italian restaurant. But I'd seen that dog movie.
  x "I bet I'm covered with scrapes you can put band-aids on. Bet that makes your dick hard."
  x "You make me feel warm and disgusting like my heart exploded all over my insides."
  
  
  This book was so fucking adorable. I loved Logan and Caleb. It gave me all the warm and fuzzy feelings and I definitely recommend the duology. These books are great. There's just nothing else to say.
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  Jane aka Coughy019

  Tropes: nerd/jock, daddy / brat, hurt/comfort
  Feels: 1/5
  Steam*: 2.5/5
  Kinks: daddy kink, spanking, bondage, punishments, dirty talk, humiliation
  Angst: medium
  HEA: yes
  Pairing: MM
  Triggers/potential icks/content warnings: bad parents, addict parents, domestic violence / child abuse, poverty, food insecurity, homophobia
  
  Goodreads crashed when I was 90% done my review and I lost it. It was long. That makes me sad and angry.
  
  This book was not for me. I barely made it through, and I'm the type of person who is OCD and can't dnf. I usually read a book in one day, and this took me three to four days, and I fell asleep reading it three times.
  
  This book is a duet. Technically there's a novella that follows this book, but I will not be picking it up. This book picks up where the first book left off, Logan is packing up to leave his home with his mother, after a blow up with his mom's boyfriend that was abusive. Caleb is taking him home to his place.
  
  Things that I liked about the book:
  - Logan was a decent character, I liked the moments where he was vulnerable and had some very meaningful moments of food insecurity and poverty reactions. He showed his vulnerability and it resonated.
  - I also liked some of the moments where Logan showed his platonic affection for Caleb. Those moments of platonic affection were much more meaningful than the moments of them having sex or engaging in daddy / brat play, I liked seeing that affection, it made their relationship more believable.
  - Logan's friend group had some funny moments that provided nice comic relief and also it was nice that they were supportive of Logan and Caleb's relationship. We needed some lightness.
  
  Things that I didn't like about this book:
  - This book suffered because it was single POV. We desperately needed some of Caleb's POV. Nothing about Caleb's behavior made sense. As an example, at 13% into this book I was confused about what Caleb feels. We are one book and 13% in to their story and sometimes Caleb acts indifferent to Logan, sometimes he acts like Logan is just someone he has a lot in common with particularly their kinks match up, and sometimes he acts like he likes him and could be in love with him. He's 19 though, and he's just taken Logan into his home and shared everything with him, telling him he's going to cover all of his expenses. Unconditionally. This type of behavior is not realistic or believable unless someone is deeply in love. People just aren't that altruistic, especially teens. But I don't know Caleb or his thoughts well enough, so I can't understand whether this is a good idea or going to end horribly.
  - Further to the point above, I was really confused about Caleb's financial situation. The ambiguity about it made Caleb's behavior seem crazy, unrealistic, and you couldn't read into his emotions. It took us until the 13% approximately to find out that Caleb's parents were helping to foot his bills. And it took us to 49% before we found out that Caleb actually has a job. I was legit worried that Caleb had no realistic source of income or respect for the cost of things. It's wild that we got all the way through a book and a half before we got this detail. Caleb was a stranger. And I hated that. It made me so uncomfortable that we didn't know where the money was coming from when he's talking so big about taking care of Logan and spoiling him. Caleb is emancipated so his parents owe him nothing. He is 19 years old they have no reason to financially support him. Yet for some reason they are financially supporting him. What they're going to support his boyfriend too? It's like they're living in a dream world. Until we found out Caleb actually had a job, I was mentally preoccupied with wanting Caleb to have a job and to be actually able to realistically support the independence that he has and support Logan realistically as well until he can support himself. This is honestly a bit like triggering for me, it made me feel anxious
  - I think the author chose the wrong game to fit their story. They are playing a version of memory and every time they play it they stop in the middle of the game. And sometimes they talk about resuming it. It's a freaking memory game! The whole point is get familiar with where the cards are, try to memorize the place where they are so that you can match them up more easily. Stopping and restarting the game completely kills all that memorization of location. As someone who's a little OCD, this is driving my brain batshit, them not finishing the game.
  - This book had a huge problem with the passage of time and pacing of the story. The first 142 pages of this book took place over the course of one day. It's hard to believe that only a day had passed. There's an unrealistic development of relationship dynamic change in him showing up at Logan's house for a platonic study session and the very next day he's completely moved in and Caleb is buying him everything he needs without asking and throwing around the love word. That is jump the shark worthy! Also, it was just painful to endure that one day that took forever to pass! 142 pages all about the same days events?! This problem persisted for the rest of the book, because the 444 pages of this book took place over the course of 7 days.
  - Stupid comment on page 166 about corner time. This is the first time he's ever done corner time, and it's right at the start of the corner time. He shouldn't have had enough experience to have made the conclusion that it broke him down harder than any other punishment. Also he's saying like nothing else he did to me, but their daddy / brat relationship only started like 3 days ago, there hasn't been a ton of punishment.
  - I hated how the character of Caleb was presented. He's just too sure and understanding for someone who's 19. He sounds like an older man every time he talks. I really wish this book had been a bit of an age gap of a book. If you're going to make the daddy kink believable and if you're going to make the type of character Caleb is believable then make him older. And I say this as someone who doesn't really like age Gap books! Caleb as a character did not make sense
  - I didn't like the use of kink in this relationship. Every element of their relationship is tinted by the color of the kink that they are practicing. It's touched every element of their relationship, their entire dynamic is about kink. It's performative, and it's fetishist. It's inorganic. They can't feel or express anything outside of the kink and it's unhealthy. Especially when someone like Logan needs real therapy bad. It doesn't come across as a like cathartic thing to me it's just like this vicious circle of negative behavior by the brat and punishment and pain and then sex. And it's not a realistic progression. At the point where I came to this conclusion, It's literally only been a couple of days, like 3 days since they went from completely platonic tutor and student to Daddy / brat. And they're already so committed to each other and in deeper than they should be and they went straight into kink. And they're always expressing themselves through the kink. They need to communicate in some other way.
  - This book contributed no new plot to the story until the 74% mark. The first 74% of the book was still dealing with the plot from the last book of Logan needing tutoring and needing to pass this test for chemistry. I know it was only a matter of a few days that had passed, but it was hundreds of pages of story and there was not much plot happening besides a little bit of football and some kink. I was bored.
  - the first time Logan topped Caleb, at page 364 or so, he's talking about what a hot f*** he is and how all the guys he's with think he's so good. Well at the same time he's describing that he is a jackhammer f***** who does no prep and is quick to nut, and I'm just sitting there jaw dropped, laughing that that this guy thinks he's a hot top and good at sex.
  
  Some notable moments:
  
  "He smirked at me a little and bent and kissed me on the forehead before I realized what he was doing. I hated it. Hated it so much I leaned forward so he’d do it again."
  
  "I just stared at him, trying to figure out when the fuck he’d turned into this, thick lips and long eyelashes and sex hair and just straight up it. His skin looked so warm and soft and I knew how good he smelled, and maybe, maybe, I inched a little closer, snuggled up next to him, and without even thinking about it first, I might have leaned over and kissed him on the shoulder."
  
  "“This is what’s what,” I told them, trying not to glare, but having it on deck. “You got a problem, say it now.” “Problem with what?” Walker shrugged. “This is not the secret you’ve been telling yourself it is. We’ve literally been talking about this all week.” “Told you that’s what tutoring was,” Ellis said. “If it keeps your grades up, fuck in the goddamn hallway. I’ll hold my coat up in front of you so nobody looks. I mean, I’ll look, but I won’t let anyone else.”"
  
  
  *FYI about steam: I rate steam based on a combination of quality & quantity. I note kink separate from steam because I don't want to underrate steamy reads that don't have much kink.
  
  **Note about spoilers: I like to comment on the plot of a book in reviews, so I almost always mark my reviews as containing spoilers. But I try to avoid spoiling the big dramatic moments! As a reader, I personally like to know what I'm getting into before I read a book so I know more about the content and if it's to my taste/mood, so I try to give that information in my reviews for myself when I'm considering rereading and also for other readers.
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  Rin (semi-hiatus)

  I was ready to give this 3 stars until the end and THERE ISN’T AN EPILOGUE.
  
  Ya’ll. I just spent days and 722 pages of investment in two books with far too much internal dialogue but a character that I identified way too much with only for the entire plot of 722 pages wrap up to be crammed in the last 15% of the book with NO EPILOGUE. Did they graduate?? Go to school together and be successful?? What about Logan’s football career?? What about Logan’s mom?? Caleb’s parents?? I feel ABSOLUTELY ROBBED.
  
  Look, the reason I got so invested is because Logan’s background and trauma is not unlike what I experienced growing up. It’s not often I come across characters that I’m like “whoa hittin’ a little too close to home there, son” but this was one of them. It’s clear the author knows something about abuse, trauma, and neglect. The issues with food when you’ve been denied it, the smell of food, the novelty of food being THERE for you, the novelty of clean and new clothes and sheets… from this neglected and poor kid, I felt all of Logan’s issues on a visceral level. The nightmares and the literal complacency to the trauma he faced every day. I was so invested in Logan because in a lot of ways he’s me and I wanted his HEA (I’m thankful I have my own).
  
  And while Caleb was perfect for him, not getting anything from his perspective took away so much. Like… SO MUCH MORE could have been given to this story with his perspective.
  
  This duet should have been one book. There was absolutely insane amounts of internal dialogue and the spankings…. Oh my god the spankings. This is supposed to be a Daddy dynamic with D/s themes, and 80% of their scenes were spankings. So many spankings. And sometimes that punishment didn’t fit the offense. There is a depth that can happen in Daddy dynamics when the Daddy knows what’s the appropriate punishment for the offense and it helps with the flow and here it’s was just… spanking. Over and over. And I got bored and skimmed. But I was mad I wanted to do that because I was really invested in Logan’s evolution. Sigh.
  
  When the big drama happened toward the end I skimmed because it didn’t feel like it fit. Like it was just thrown in. The author just spent over 600 pages of excessive drawn out getting to the point then panicked at the last 15% and crammed SO MUCH at the end.
  
  Then to NOT HAVE AN EPILOGUE. No. Nope. I’m so mad. I am mad I got so invested that I am this mad there is no epilogue. For that reason alone, I’m shelving this author. UGH.
  
  FYI, the download bonus scene is just a role play with MORE SPANKING. Like… ugh.
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  Nile Princess

  Whew! That was pretty great! So. this is probably really more a 4-star book than a five star, but I gave it five stars because the ending gave me everything it was supposed to give, right to the last word and, more than just the ending, I got to the last page with five star feels. I have been eagerly anticipating this book and it did the daggone thing. Caleb may be young, but he is one of the best written Daddies I've ever read...and I've read a few. He and Logan were amazing together. I loved them HARD. What I will say is that the first half of the book is a bit of a struggle, well it was for me. It just felt overly long and repetitive for no reason, and because there is no conflict/tension you kind of don't know where the story is going, because you can see you still have a lot of story left. It took me a few days to read the first half, which should tell you something cause I'm a 'one sitting' kind of gal.
  
  Things get real just after the 50% mark and then you're cooking with gas. I read the second half in an afternoon, so if you're struggling, just stick with it. There are so many of nuggets of gooey Daddy goodness in this book, OMG. Caleb was so vocal in his desire to care for Logan and in his insistence that Logan belonged with him, and that Caleb wasn't going anywhere. I loved Caleb so hard. And I loved Logan's self awareness and his ability to try the uncomfortable things, even when he spiraled and had to be punished. I loved that even as the boy, Logan noticed that there were areas where Caleb needed his own healing (learning to play a sport, to be included, to be seen). There was just so much that was GOOD about this, secondary characters included, that if you're into Daddy kink you should really give it a go. Don't be put off that they're young adults still in high school. Caleb is the truth (You would have to read Book 1; this is not a standalone book).
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  cel ✼ readwithcel

  "shit changed quick when you started calling your tutor fucking daddy." MISHA HORNE A GOD AMONGST MORTALS
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  ancientreader

  (This review is for both halves of the duology.)
  
  There's a rule in SF writing that you can bend one aspect of science but you have to make everything else consistent with that change. Or something like that, I don't remember exactly. For Brat & Beast the improbable thing you have to handwave is that Caleb, who's 18 though still in HS, is an experienced daddy dom. Caleb's so well characterized, though, that I was happy to pretend he could exist in the real world -- maybe not least because Logan, whose sheer courage becomes clearer bit by bit as the story progresses, is so endearing and needs a Caleb so badly.
  
  Take as read all the expectable praise -- how much I liked Caleb and Logan, how loudly I wanted to cheer when Caleb rescues Logan, how hot the sex scenes are, & how well this series sold me on a kink that is, in general, not mine. (Misha Horne somehow manages to rope me into daddy kink every single damn time, the way Daniel May ropes me into poly. How possible, I know not.) This series does something especially impressive from a just plain writerly point of view, which is to do with first-person narrative.
  
  If you majored in English, like me, you're trained to mistrust first-person narrative from the minute they throw Pamela at you in that sophomore rise-of-the-novel class,* which is to say that it's not easy to write in first person and make your narrator heroic without leaving a subset of your readers going surejan.gif. MH does such a good job of that here. I think they succeed because Logan's so self-deprecating and the details of his suffering (and he is suffering, oh boy) and of how hard he has to work to scrape by accumulate so slowly. It's really well done, and if you're a writer yourself then it's worth reading this series a couple of times after the first breathless round just to see how MH accomplished it.
  
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  *This was back in the 1970s for me, and for all I know nobody reads Pamela anymore, but trust me, it's excellent preparation for spotting dubiously trustworthy self-presentation.
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  Grace

  2023 Reread -- still vibing. Continue to think the characters' reactions are absolutely unbelievable for 19-year-olds, but I'm not here for the realism.
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  INTO IT.
  
  I thought this was a satisfying sequel and a nice conclusion. A lot more kink in this one, as well as some side characters I have to hope are gonna get a book at some point... I felt even more strongly than the first book that these characters read like their in their mid-20s and not late teens, especially Caleb, but ehh, it's fiction, it didn't bother me too much! The dynamic here very much worked for me, and I really do enjoy this author's writing.
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  KnittingMamaBear-Reads

  Actual rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5
  Spice rating 🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5 Kinky Daddy peppers
  
  I loved this book so much, i didn't want it to end.
  First of all, as always i need to respectfully say - who the hell designs these covers?
  So often the cover just distracts me and that is totally not how i pictured Logan, so when you pick this up and i strongly advise that you do as soon as possible, disregard the cover (and maybe the blurb and the title of the book?).
  
  This is the second part of The Brat & The Beast duet, and it was EVERYTHING.
  Hurt Me, Daddy (part 1) leaves us off when Caleb (The Beast) and Logan (you guessed it 😉) get together for the first time. Caleb is tutoring Logan in Chem. Logan is a jock and has a lot riding on passing this big upcoming test, or it's ba-bye football scholarship in college next year.
  
  The premise is very straightforward, and even though this story is about 2 nineteen year olds, it didn't seem strained or fake. Now, this book is THICCC. And i would even suggest to merge and republish as one novel. It will still be fantastic.
  
  [...] I was a bad boy getting spanked by my daddy, and that was fucking pure and exciting.
  
  Actually, even though daddy issues aren't foreign here, i don't have a Daddy kink. So this, as far as kink satisfaction goes, was not necessarily my cup of tea. But the author totally made me understand what goes into this dynamic, and oh my god was i rooting for both these boys.
  
  I have rarely read such thorough emotional character development as in this book. Logan grows so much, and i was there for all of it. The writing doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't and the book reads like the inner monologue of a late teen. Also, the book is written in single (Logan's) POV which makes Caleb's character more enigmatic and swoon-worthy.
  
  The emotional journey that Logan goes through, learning about his needs and experiencing getting these needs met was so heartfelt and gritty, and also like watching it unfurl IRL:
  
  [...] I don't know what part of me turned and threw it as hard as I could against the closet door, wincing and waiting for the mirror to shatter, horrified and relieved when it bounced off with a loud thunk, a lot of wobbling, but no carnage. I didn't even know if I was still mad. I just wanted the sick twist in my gut that was guilt and anticipation and fear and I didn't even know what the fuck else to stop before it killed me...
  
  This was a very raw scene, which i felt deeply. The way Logan describes various states of mind is so true to reality, i wanted to stay in his head forever.
  
  [...] I felt empty and clear-headed, something that was so unfamiliar to me I didn't even know what to do with it.
  
  And the way Caleb loves Logan and shows it is just 🤌🤌🤌
  
  I mean:
  
  [...] "Spaghetti for breakfast? You're fucking crazy." My stomach rumbled though, thinking he was actually a goddamn genius, not caring what time it was, and I licked my lips, watching the sauce bubble.
  "It's a special day, you deserve a special breakfast to get you going."
  Excuse me while i go melt completely into a puddle.
  
  This was an absolutely obsession inducing duet and one of the best reads of 2024 for me.
  Highly recommend!
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  M

  I quite like Misha Horne’a writing style, so I enjoyed that about this book. But so much of it didn’t really make sense to me. Firstly, I am really not a fan of daddy kink stuff where the ‘daddy’ is the same age as his partner - even worse, they are both in high school! Give me a break. Caleb’s whole grown-up, I’ve been emancipated from my parents thing just felt unrealistic. His obsession with Logan is also never really made clear. Logan grew a lot in this book. But there were still some really harrowing home-life scenes toward the end. I very much wanted him to have a happy ending, which he got, so good. My second big issue was that the scenes were repetitive and boring. So much spanking, I skimmed a lot of them. For sure not a bad book, but plot-wise a bit loose for me.
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  Susan

  DNF at 15%
  
  I'm stuck and I have no interest to read on. :(
  
  Perhaps I'll come back to this, someday...
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  PineappleLo

  Caretaking perfection. I had no idea what to expect from this second book, but it gave me everything and more. Caleb is the perfect Daddy - always looking out for Logan and his needs even when Logan doesn't know what he wants. He is also willing to apologize when he falls a little short. Logan, sweet tough Logan. He deserves all the cuddles and meals that Caleb gives him. So much love for this book!
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  Jenny (Nyxie)

  (Review for the full duology)
  
  Tags: brat MC, high school, daddy kink / some age play, abusive parents and horrible home environment, jock and the nerd
  
  I loved this series! The caretaking is wonderful. Loved how the MCs are so good for each other. And the lack of magical dick - just because they have sex, doesn’t mean Logan is instantly cured of his trauma. There is definitely some magical realism going on with Caleb being such a perfect experienced Daddy, but I was fine going along with it.
  
  Overall would recommend!
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  mellismoodreads

  I loved this so much. The first book was equally good and right in the feelings but in the second there was a lot more smut and heat. Although the smut was really really good, I liked the parts the most that hurt. The comments about logans life and how it affected him. The struggle with feelings, accepting love (and pbandjs). I foresee a future of a lot of rereading 🥺🥰
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  Kerry

  I don't know why, but these two young men really got to me. Logan had such a horrible upbringing by a druggie mom who didn't love him, in fact she resented having to care for him and provide for him (and she did very little of that.) Caleb also grew up without love, and although he wasn't wanted, at least he was provided for. I was so happy that these guys found each other. Caleb loved providing for Logan, taking care of him and wanting him to succeed. The smallest little things that Caleb did for Logan, and most people would take for granted, meant the world to Logan. The book would have been better if it was shorter, but I enjoyed watching Logan and Caleb find comfort in each other, and eventually love.
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  Jenny

  ***re-read 10/2023: still love them and want them to have all the nice things. And I really hope Ellis and Walker get a story.
  
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  I jumped right into this after finishing book one. I had a harder time in the beginning—with so much centered on kink and sexy times (yeah I know) it became a bit repetitive BUT it also gave us a lot of Insight into Logan and what he needed and I appreciate so much time spent on this development of their relationship. The second half was a lot stronger for me.
  
  Caleb. Oh Daddy Caleb who was patient and perfect and deserved to be seen and loved. He was so damn solid for Logan, I’m so glad Logan saw what Caleb needed too and was able to give it to him. They complimented each other so well and I loved how Caleb was able to come out of his shell more and more.
  
  Even though this started a little slower for me, I really enjoyed this overall and I could honestly read more of them. I want to know how graduation goes and see then getting settled into college. I could totally just stalk them for a bit to make sure they’re okay.
  
  Also, Ellis totally endeared himself to me. I absolutely adored him and hope he gets his own story.
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  Allison

  This was wonderful and difficult, I'm not sure if things were resolved in a completely reasonable way (I'm pretty sure they both need some serious counseling.) but I really loved them and their relationship. Also I haven't felt so tense reading anything in a very long time, but a couple of chapters near the end made me a little sick with worry and I could not have put the book down then for anything. Again, not really sure that those chapters were entirely likely to happen in real life, but I can say that adults and systems let kids down more often than not so I can't say they wouldn't either. I feel like I could kind of go on for awhile about this book, but I'm going to leave this because I just want to appreciate the enjoyment I got. Logan and Caleb are amazing together and I like to think that they will be for the rest of their lives.
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  Brey (lil Sebastian)

  This follow up was so amazing. I was scarred to start it because of how much I liked the first one. I am usually not one to read high school romances but I thoroughly enjoyed this duology. Book 1 was a great set up to show just how fucked up Logan’s home life was. The Beast was such an amazing daddy but he also had his own insecurities. These two books are now on my all time favorites and I am sure I will re read in the future. Amazing book that is 1000% worth the read.
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  Ember Holt

  Yeah so, a perfect follow-up to the first novel. This one was a LOT longer, which was fine, but honestly they felt like one book. I think they could've been one, but it would'a been a helluva chonker.
  
  The spicy scenes didn't really get me hot'n'bothered mostly because I'm not a peach play person and there was a LOT of it. I'm also not really a degradation or a "daddy dynamic" person either, so yeah pretty much all of the spice was not for me, however, I can see that it was well executed, so for the people it is for, it's good.
  
  This book was WAAAAY more about the healing of emotional trauma and helping Logan (POV MMC) undo decades of childhood ab*se and trauma by proving to him he's worth it and deserves to be happy. That was *chef's kiss* perfect. And of course the daddy dynamic played a HUGE role in that healing.
  
  I don't know how to talk it up more, it's just super good. It reached the ouchy places deep in my childhood trauma and was like "It's okay to want good things for yourself. It's okay to buy new socks when you need them. It's okay to treat yourself well."
  For people who grew up with "enough" this might not reach you like it'll touch people who grew up without it. Still beautiful though.
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  Iz

  4.5
  
  "Comfort Me, Daddy" was an absolutely lovely conclusion to this kinky, sweet and angsty duet. I loved book one a bit more, because I'm always a sucker for the "get-to-know-you", secret-pining portion of any romance, but I still adored this!
  
  Caleb and Logan are fantastic protagonists, Logan especially. I loved him with my whole heart: he's tough, and bratty and angry and heartbreakingly insecure and afraid. I loved seeing him become more and more sure of himself and more secure about the love and care he ought to have, and that Caleb gives him, shamelessly and cheerfully, one spanking and a scolding at a time.
  
  I'm so looking forward to seeing what else Misha Horne has in store for the other Maddox Sharks jocks; Ellis and Walker particularly, they have "protagonist" written all over them.
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  Jane (whatjanereads)

  This had no business being this sweet?!
  It was also super fucking steamy, don’t get me wrong.
  
  It seems I love kink books and I can tell you why: these kinds of relationships always require a lot of communication and trust and these are the romance books I love the most and hit me the hardest!
  This dulogy was so much better than I could have hoped for!
  
  Soooo…Ellis and Walker book when? 😀
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  SaintDelicate _Edits

  3.5
  Everything about this was enjoyable, just wish every sexual encounter didn't come with spanking. Every.Single.Sexual encounter
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  Bekka

  I think I highlighted half this book. I love how Caleb loves Logan.
  
  Let's continue with the gray quotes because how else will I make a selection?
  

  "...running my fingers over the lineup of gray, gray, gray sweaters, all just a little bit different, like a fucking gray rainbow, and damn, so soft." (p. 33)
  
  "What color are you now? he asked me. I was stuck looking for bigger words again, because green-means-go wasn't cutting it when I was buzzing and floating like this. "Gray," I finally told him.
  "What does gray mean?" he asked me, when I figured that was cringey obvious. Gray meant soft sweaters and comfortable bedrooms and eyes that were never mean and skies that tore the roof open and washed your whole shitty life away.
  "Really good. Higher than green. Gray is the best. All the way up." (p. 43-44)
  
  "He tugged open the dryer door and reached in, coming back to the table with his gray hoodie in his hands. My gray hoodie, my body was pretty sure, the way I responded to seeing it all clean and dry and not ruined after all, and I realized I'd felt so fucking guilty about it I'd actually blacked it out of my mind. I reached out for it, barely even embarrassed by how desperate I was to have it in my hands, hold it up to my cheek and feel how soft it was, slip my arms into it and then stuff them in pockets where it was still a little warm."

  
  
  This had great possessiveness, learning, growing and all around so many heartfelt moments!
  
  NSFW infos:
  - same characters
  - a lot of spanking
  - a lot of daddy-ing
  - not strict top/bottom, an instance of switching
  - semi public sex
  - public punishing (standing in front of a library shelf)