This is a spoiler-free review! From the publisher: This book contains sensitive subject matter that could make some readers uncomfortable. Please heed foreword warnings and proceed with caution.
I kept seeing this book all over TikTok and knew I had to make my way toward it eventually, and coming off the high that was God of Fury, I placed my hold on Libby immediately. The closest book I have read that dabbled in the world of sex work / online subscription was Eyes on Me by Sara Cate, and I absolutely devoured that step-sibling taboo romance just as much as I did this one. For the Fans is just as juicy and honestly rivals the insanity and explicitness of some of the taboo romances I have read in the past.
This is some of the most insane smut I have ever read in my life, and I have read my fair share of taboo romances. I feel like I should have been paying premium prices to be able to even read this book, so I can only imagine how much money Javi and Kyran were actually making on their account. I ate this thing up like nobody's business. Every single scene had my jaw on the floor and just when I did not think it could get wilder, it did. Watching Javi and Kyran become more comfortable with each other was like watching a very well-developed relationship take place, and bonus points for it basically being enemies to lovers with that stepbrother taboo touch. I literally could not believe what they were getting up to and honestly I am impressed.
Thank god this really escalated when Kyran and Javi went to college - I do not think I would have continued on if they were not aged up and stayed seventeen. Their personalities are polar opposite of each other and you could literally feel the tension oozing off of the page when they would be in the same room together or when they would have to spend some "quality family time together" with their parents. I love an enemies to lovers moment, and considering Kyran was immediately the brooding man with an instant hatred towards his new stepbrother, I knew it was going to be good. Javi's mother marries Kyran's father, and readers can immediately sense a shift in the way Kryan's father is presented - he is strict, cold, and heavily Catholic to a fault, whereas Javi's mother has more of a "go with the flow" mentality that makes their pairing a bit odd. It was clear to me that there was a story behind the emphasis on his heavy religious views and the way that Kyran reacted to particular scenarios.
Javi and Kyran's enemies moments had me cackling at times - it was so clear that Javi's "hatred" towards Kyran was a response to Kyrans displeasure at having Javi and his mother essentially waltz into his life without warning. Watching Kyran's responses to Javi and the way he lived his life gave readers a view into how Kyran's upbringing was so different than Javi's, and considering the horrors Kyran experienced in the past, it is no wonder he was weary of people coming into his life that may leave without a moment's notice.
I loved how Javi and Kyran's respective friend groups were relatively accepting of Kyran and Javi's respective presences throughout the book - you could tell that Javi's friends cared about him, and if that meant Kyran was suddenly around, they would only tease him as a friend. Kyran's friends more so welcomed Javi's presence as BC's mascot - considering Kyran was on the down low, there was no way he would reveal what Javi meant to him to his friends without truly thinking it through. Readers really get to see both of their perspectives of their unconventional relationship when it came to making videos and the development for both of them when it came to addressing their feelings.
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