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Misbehaved

Mischief, Book 1

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Misbehaved

By: Ali Lyda, Simon Strange
Narrated by: Richard Reynolds
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He got on my nerves when I was his teacher...but I never knew he was such a brat....

I’ve been out of the kink scene for years, but when I’m invited to a meetup at Mischief, I can’t resist. It should be too far from home for anyone to recognize me. But it’s not. Hunter is a blast from the past: a student who failed my class twice and never stops acting out. But there’s more to the acting out than meets the eye, and the brat could use a daddy with a firm hand.

I’m the daddy for the job.

Meet Mischief, a kink-friendly community full of daddies, boys, puppies, jocks, and more! Get your first taste of the lifestyle when Carson and Hunters reconnect in this steamy m/m romance featuring daddy/brat age play, an age gap, and a healthy dose of enemies to lovers in the mix.

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I’ll admit I had to think on this one awhile, but I’m going with four stars.

Co-written by Ali Lyda and Simon Strange, Misbehaved is an enemies to lovers, age gap romance of a kinky teacher and his floundering pupil. As a huge fan of Simon Strange I thought I knew what to expect, so this one threw me a bit. I’m not familiar with the writing of Ali Lyda.

One of the first things to hit me was how irritated I was by Carson and the undergraduate school where Hunter attends. How can a student possibly fail a course twice and nobody on staff is looking out for him? That’s awful. On top of that, the whole process Carson has to go through with his tenure had me steaming mad.

Honestly, I clung to my initial impression of Carson as a self-absorbed, egocentric ass. (No offense to academicians, but this is a stereotype which frequently fits.) And the way he jumps at the chance to fill his empty love life with a cutie like Hunter, well I’m just saying, it serves his needs.

But he’s super hot, and the taboo aspect of being spanked by his teacher is enough to explain why Hunter would want to hit that.

Hunter I liked very much. I felt his character was well developed and interesting. This boy has been wronged repeatedly. Yet has the gumption to get himself a scholarship, come out to his Pentecostal parents, and sass them right to their faces. Just searching for acceptance and the kind of kink which really gets him off, Hunter’s attraction to Carson works for me.

Any book which makes me think this hard deserves four stars, and I’m the first to defend characters I don’t like. We don’t have to approve of their actions, we don’t have to be friends with them, and we definitely don’t have to like them for them to still be well done characters. I’m going to put Carson into that category.

Unique Enemies to Lovers Romance

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Misbehaved is a really hot daddy kink story but I'm not sure if it was a good fit for me. I thoroughly enjoyed Richard Reynolds performance; he did a great job. The writing was fine but I think the kink factor was maybe a touch more than I'm comfortable with.

I have to say that I haven't read a lot of daddy books but this one was different, from others I've read, in that the daddy liked to spank his boy to the point of serious pain and tears; he enjoyed hurting his boy and that pushed my comfort just a bit. Now, I also have to say that this was all completely consensual and in fact, the boy begged for it and he was fine with the pain. So, the issue was mine and not anything to do with the writing.

I must admit that I continued to listen, even when it was apparent there would be more pain play than I felt completely comfortable with. So other than the spanking scenes, I really did enjoy the story. There's also a student/teacher aspect and an enemies-to-lovers vibe to the book.

Misbehaved was my first book by Ali Lyda and the first book in the Mischief series – a series of stories about a moving kink club that changes locations every month. While this particular story was a little outside of my comfort zone, I liked it enough that I'd be willing to see what the next one is about.

A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.

Hot Daddy Story.

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I gave it a 5 solely on the fact that I really wanted more of these guys' story!!! I read the book and really enjoyed it, but I LOVED this audio. I'm so happy to have listened to it.

This story is full of forgiveness and moving on, and really deciding what's important in life, what matters most, and letting go of things you thought you cared about.

SO SO good!

SO SO GOOD!

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It was going to be a challenge getting these two characters together after their history, but the author manages it very well. First off, the teacher/student relationship is over for these two before they meet again, so there is nothing uncomfortable about their relationship from that perspective. I cannot read stories where teachers have relationships with current students regardless of the ages involved. These two have a very tumultuous history with each other and a clear reason for starting from the enemies to lovers position. They also fit together so well once they start to reveal their true selves that I had no problem believing in them together. I found the club well integrated into the story and look forward to seeing this series' take on other tropes in the daddy/boy, age play, etc. areas. Richard Reynolds does a great job of bringing the characters to life. Their anger at the beginning is totally believable and so is the performance making clear from their voices that their opinions of each other are changing.

Great use of tropes

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I enjoy Daddy/boy books. I like the age play element. Although it’s not for me, I can relate to the desire to give up being an adult sometimes and sink into the world where someone else is in charge. Someone else tackles all the troubles. Someone else does the heavy lifting. So this book should have been right up my alley. I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t a fave.

Carson is a professor who was outed by a student has being part of the BDSM lifestyle. When he comes across Hunter, that student, at a BDSM party, he kind of loses it. Not that I blame him. But the scene that followed wasn’t fun.

Hunter is having a rough go of it. His parents want him straight and religious. He is neither. He’s also not a very responsible young man. No job. No school (thanks to his previous antics). No sense of purpose. Carson sees that void and when Hunter asks for a relationship – or at least scenes – Carson decides to risk everything.

This book had everything I loved about Daddy/boy books but I never fully immersed into the story. But that’s not to say others won’t enjoy it. The writing was good, and there were a few twists. Will I read subsequent books? Yes. Mainly because I want to find out what happens to Hunter’s friend.

Richard Reynolds was a good narrator. He never pulled me from the story and I liked that Carson and Hunter had very different voices. Overall, a good audio and worth a listen.

Interesting twist

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