Meh. Most of the stories were way to brief to get to know the characters and i did not like how it was written.

Will probably read all the stories at some point but at this time I have a lot of other romance material that I am more interested in reading at the moment. Never the less I am grateful that I was sent the advanced reader copy.

The beauty in this book is that each story is unique and stands alone. My favorite is Chantal and Asif. Trinity Blacio marries the multiple paranormal species into a tight knit family, giving us the love of two of the strongest, while introducing the danger that arises from the knitting, all in one quick story. It is interesting, intriguing and enjoyable. Jack and Lindsey are another favorite pair. Rachel Kenley brings the angst to a quick end giving us the satisfaction of seeing Lindsey grow and reach out for what she wants. Each story is quick and easy to read and makes this collection quite fun to read.

I enjoyed this anthology. Women who aren’t quite the norm finding true love. While I enjoyed all of the stories told my favorite two were Delicious Hearts by Lia Violet and Her Enchanted Curves by Trinity Blacio.
In Delicious Hearts by Lia Violet, Luna doesn’t think she is anything special. She is pretty average with extra curves. She doesn’t believe in mating but that change when she really sees Ian? Luna couldn’t see herself as others do but that may change if she allows herself to believe in Ian’s words. I thoroughly enjoyed her journey into acceptance as she finds love with Ian.
In Her Enchanted Curves by Trinity Blacio Chantal wanted normal but it doesn’t look like that it is possible for her. Tonight she just wants to make it though her latest blind date. And then she meets Asif . I enjoyed meeting Chantal and Asif. They are strong apart but will be stronger together. Too bad that completely steals Chantal's chance for normal. Can Asif give her a portion of her desires? This is a wonderful quick read from Ms. Blacio, It is a great beginning to a new world that I hope Ms. Blacio will return to in the future.

This collection of erotic short stories centers around the seductive curves of plus size women and the men--a wizard and a werewolf--that love them. The good thing about a collection of any sort is the buffet of authors that are featured and these were a delight to explore. I found myself giggling at times, blushing and pressing my thighs together often. My favorite story is Go for Broke by Barbra Campbell. It was funny and the steamy scenes were perfect. That foreplay had me taking deep breaths to collect myself. The Way You Look Tonight by Anna Fondant was another story that I enjoyed aside from the drama that seemed unnecessary. Because the heroine can't be the only one to mess up, can she? Lastly, the ending of Delicious Hearts by Lia Violet felt rushed and useless. The story could have ended beautifully with the minor exchange between the two lovers. No collection is perfect but this one was solid and I would definitely read a second volume. Maybe this time the women start out confident in their curves, feel sexy and beautiful because it's the truth and not because a man says she is, then makes love to her to convince her of that truth.

A quick read that you can easily grab and read in intervals when you've got a moment. Some of the stories are better than others, but I think I am more into Novels then a short story. Definitely Reunion By Raisa Greywood (last story) was my favourite and an author that I will look for other books from. Thanks for my ARCf from NetGalley.

Open to Negotiation by Sara Marks
Lydia is an event planner with a college friend Kitty as her business partner. They are doing a well but a fundraiser for Jessica and her brother Marcus, CEO and expert on cybercrime. Identity theft she understands back in college she was taken advantage of and everything was taken.
The fundraiser makes double what they ever thought it would. Marcus and Lydia score too. But his cockiness was a turn off to her because the guy that took advantage of her was well to do and was very cocky and it just brings back bad memories she would like to forget.
He hires her company again but she has Kitty take the lead he gets into the planning but more hands-on with the background things because he knows Lydia is handling those things. Food tasting, decorations, gifts, etc.…His sister, however, gets pissed.
So, the girls decide to not do any more jobs for them. Then, his sister’s upset because he’ll be upset. She’s right. Now, he needs to figure out a way to win her back. Or did he have her at all?
This seemed like an odd story. The siblings not only seemed controlling, privileged, and almost like they are stunted in age and manners. Like being in the real world was too much for both of them. I give this: 3 stars.


The Way You Look Tonight by Anna Fondant
The feel of the story had such a flow to it. Melissa and her friend Cindy won tickets to a posh New Year’s Eve Party. A few minutes before twelve after a long night of naughty old men, a gorgeous young thirty-something asks her to dance.
Reid is a billionaire who makes his money in real estate. He doesn’t see anyone but her. He thinks she’s sexy thinks they have no future because she’s a starving artist, so she doesn’t call. Five months later they meet again…
I enjoyed this story a lot. You could feel their chemistry from the moment they meet. The sexual tension was high and electric. But when Melissa has to leave quickly Reid is visibly disappointed. Will he get that call? I get this: 5 stars.


Come to Me by Rachel Kenley
This story for me was lacking that feel-good feeling. It was sadder than feel good. If he didn’t have his head together when he proposed or as he says, “It just popped out” then why not just do a long engagement or tell her you got it wrong. Hurt her now or after your married.
Yet, Jack marries Lindsey then he proceeds to ignore her. She is expected to live up to his standards of living with his friends and family and he bails on her mentally and physically. She even has to take on duties as his wife and yet she doesn’t feel like his wife anymore.
She’s ALONE! She is brave and figures out how to fix it. I give this: 3 stars


Her Enchanted Curves By Trinity Blacio
DNR


The Beautiful Move-in Curves by Elizabeth Black
This was an interesting cougar BBW story but this woman was more in charge of who she is and what she wants.
What she wants exactly is more than the friends with benefits she has now. You see she has been with Kevin, twenty-eight for some time. A year talking to a guy she met on a kink website. They meet in person.
Yup, meeting there early to the convention. She goes to the room to change to be at her best to meet Jeremy, thirty-one and Liv is forty-eight. What appeals to Liv about Jeremy is his job tells her he is a walking brain which is a turn on as in dirty talk. Both men adore and worshiped Olivia’s body. They have one weekend and let’s see. I give this: 3 stars.


Delicious Hearts by Lia Violet

DNR


Go for Broke by Barbara Campbell
This is a story of an at-work romance of sorts. Two people, Zoe and Clayton would see each other every Weds. When the armored car would come to the bank. Clayton was the one to always enter the bank and do the exchange.
Eyeing each other, smiles, and their chemistry. You could feel each time he came in it was great for her. But they were not allowed to talk to one another. Yet, on this day when he stepped out of the armored car, he saw Zoe struggling with a bird and a car. He knew he had to make her day better. After he got off work he drove to the bank and left her a note on the car.
This was a cute quick almost hookup, almost a one and done, but then you remember they may not have spoken but eyed each other forever. I give this: 4 stars.

Rock and Cinnamon Roll by Trevann Rogers
I totally enjoyed this story about Cinnamon. She was always made fun of. Carrying extra weight made her an easy target.
With her name being Cinnamon, she got tagged with “Cinnamon Roll, Butter Luck next time.” She didn’t let it stop her. She excelled at her job, yet they were downsizing and after six years they were laying her off.
She was pissed off. She trained most of the ones on her floor and they are keeping their job, something is wrong with that picture. Her boss told her about an interview they are having the next morning. She can’t understand why they just didn’t get the job she earned it.
Her boss’s assistant is her best friend. She stops her from packing up. Telling her to come to the interview. But that night they were going to a concert fourth-row seats for the hottest group out there. She decides her right and goes home and gets ready.
The lead singer was hot and that was all she needed to know. During the encore, she is called by security in a suit to follow him. She can’t figure out why. Then, when she does, she is, “OH NO! I am not going to be their token fat girl up on stage.” When she turns to go the other way, the pretty thin people push her onto the stage landing on her ass. ‘Move, Big Girl!’ Yet, in her head, she hears the phrase she heard growing up.
When she gets the chance to get up and, on her feet, to move again the stairs, she came upon are gone. She walks across the stage to get off. Finds an exit it leads to the basement. Dressing rooms in fact. None other than guess who? OOPS! I give this: 5 stars.


Reunion by Raisa Greywood
This by far has to be my favorite of the stories. It was what you always dream of for any short, fat, skinny, too tall, and any other stupid thing someone wants to bully a person for. You would hope that every girl/woman had a Jake (although a creeper laughingly), sweet to know his own insecurities kept him from reaching out.
Also, to know that the memory of Rachel is what helped get through some hard times in the military. Loved that although Rachel is insecure about her body image, she used her body to throw off the mean girl Lucy, and some of the other mean people she brought with her.
Showing she would not allow Lucy to win anymore. When Rachel sweeps Jake into the same crowd due to what Lucy says, he won’t allow it and he won’t allow her to run from him.
A good story you’ll really want to read it. I give this: 5 stars.

Overall, I give this book: 4 stars. Provided by netgalley.com. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com.

A book with nine stories some good and some I felt left you wanting for more as in the story to continue. Of course, as in all of these types of books, there are always going to be one or two that are people’s things and you can skip over them. For the most part, each author does try to do some character building though it is small. I did like the last story in the book about a high school reunion the two main characters seemed real as well as her parents. That also felt as if it could have gone on longer for a more in-depth store. So overall not a bad book.

I follow Sarah Marks who recommended this book., Her story was about a modern day Lydia Bennet. I love the Lydia in this book. She was mature, focused and career-oriented. Of course, she has still the tendency to be distracted by a guy. (Spoiler) She did put him at an arm's length to favor her career. There was a HEA.
The other stories where all sweet though they seem a little cheesy romantic. Also the stories have mature/steamy scenes.

To me it is very dificult to review anthologies since there are many stories to choose from. Dangerous Curves Ahead is a very enjoyable collection of quick BBW romance stories. Currently I have been reading a lot of these romance books so when I saw this available on Netgalley I was really happy to be able to read it. However none of the stories really stood out to me, they were just quick reads, all similar and some longer than others, but at the time I did enjoy reading them. So I totally recommend this book to anyone who wants to start reading this genre as an introduction, it has a little bit of everything.

Thank You Netgalley for allowing me to read this book for an honest review.

I received a copy from NetGalley; this is my honest review. 3.55 stars
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-Open to Negotiation **** Cute, reasonably believable story
-The Way You Look Tonight **** Most of the story is in bed. I really liked how they first met, then met again later.
-Come to Me *** No chemistry, no fun together, no dating. Many pages of open door bedroom.
-Her Enchanted Curves *** No chemistry, no love, no sweet things. They were bonded and that was that. He's a wizard, she's part wolf/vampire/witch. I was mostly lost as I didn't understand what was going on, like I was missing some chapters.
-The Beautiful Move in Curves *** Polyamorous, cougar, threesome. Most of the story is in bed but you feel like you're missing something.
-Delicious Hearts **** Fun and interesting. Wolf shifters.
-Go for Broke ***** Fun and sexy; at least there's a story.
-Rock and Cinnamon *** I'm ambivalent on this one. A rock star sleeping with a groupie and assures her it's love? Not too sure.
-Reunion *** I hate HS reunions: the immatures will always stay immature. Watch out for them! They are cruel.

Like most anthologies, this was a mixed bag in quality but conceptually all the stories were entertaining. The two urban fantasy stories had the most unrealized potential and were possibly the roughest with regards to writing but I would very much like to see them in longer works. The best by traditional standards were probably the first and last stories, but nothing in this collection was truly bad. I'm a huge (pun intended) fan of the premise of this collection, a subset of romance I lovingly call "Fat chicks need love too, and I look forward to seeing more of these stories from these authors or this publisher.

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Open to Negotiation by Sara Marks
Lydia is a fun heroine who’s been burned before and is reluctant to let hot Marcus into her life for more than one night.
Marcus is determined to have Lydia in his life and goes about it in a sneaky way. Wasn’t a fan of his sister though.
I enjoyed this first-person POV because it read like Lydia was talking to you, she is funny and not obsessed with her size in a negative way.

The Way You Look Tonight by Anna Fondant
A quick, fun read about two ships passing in the night, or so Melissa thinks. The writing was a little on the passive side, for me, but the pace moved well, and the descriptions were great.

Come to Me by Rachel Kenley
This short didn’t resonate with me. It seemed weird that these characters got together, and I feel like we missed something with the time jump to year into their future. Lindsay fell victim to the bigger girl without confidence trope, which is disappointing in a book with the potential to be a great example of body positivity.

Her Enchanted Curves Tonight by Trinity Blacio
I felt like I was missing a bigger piece of a puzzle, like to understand this, I needed to have prior knowledge of the universe these characters lived in. Chantal seems like an interesting character, but I didn’t connect with Asif.

The Beautiful Move In Curves by Elizabeth Black
Generally, I’m fine with the threesome/reverse-harem trope, but there was something about this story I didn’t connect with. Maybe it was because it was so short, with not a lot of room for backstory, I’m not sure, but I feel like the emotional connection was missing.

Delicious Hearts by Lia Violet
I felt like this had so much potential for more. Perhaps a heroine who wasn’t comparing herself to smaller women, a deeper mystery about the ‘villain’, more information on the shifter universe, mating rules, etc. It was quick, flirty and fun but lacked some oomph.

Go for Broke by Barbra Campbell
The beginning of this was great but it felt like it was just there to set up the sex scene. Zoe and Clayton; I wish this was a snippet of a larger novel for them. Their chemistry was great, and Zoe’s confidence was awesome.

Rock and Cinnamon Roll by Trevann Rogers
Who doesn’t want to have a hot night with a rock star? Cinnamon, an unfortunate name for a larger character and seemed a deliberate choice so jokes could be made, is another woe is me I’m fat no one will love me character who needs a hot fella to tell her she’s worthy. This is another one I could envision reading a longer novella or novel of, if Cinnamon’s confidence was fixed, the scene where she was shoved down by others was infuriating, especially when she didn’t stand up for herself.

Reunion by Raisa Greywood
Rachel, Rachel, Rachel. Rachel comes across as a very bitter woman. We’ve all been through high school and it sucked for most of us. But Rachel takes down her enemy well with a good confrontation and sassy retort.
But it really felt like she was the angry fat girl character with bridges to burn instead of taking the high road. She’s reluctant to believe Jake crushed on her in high school and he does come across very creepy with all the facts he knew about her, without ever talking to her in school.
Rachel puts forward a self-confident vibe, but it doesn’t show in her actions. Parts I loved, parts I didn’t.

My thoughts overall
I felt like this had the potential to be a great example of body positivity. The title “Dangerous Curves” made me think the heroines would be smart, sassy and bodacious with their Rubenesque bodies, but as a curvy woman, I was disappointed by the self-loathing stereotype most of these characters fell prey to.

***I received this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review***

This anthology of romances ranges from paranormal to erotica. While some of them were more explicit than others, all of the stories were good. They are all short stories so there isn’t a lot of character development other than the main female characters are all curvy ladies. Some of them lack confidence while others have it in spades. The main male characters come from all walks of life and love their curvy lady. Overall a decent read.

Here's the thing, I really appreciate that there is a book of stories featuring ladies who are curvy. Who doesn't want more realistic characters in books like this? Unfortunately, I wish the book had more stories that were true to real life. Most felt like fantasy stories. I did enjoy the story about the class reunion...I guess I just prefer novels to short stories. This would be a great way to try new authors.

Unfortunately I found most of the stories not to my liking, Lia Violet and Sara Marks being the two authors who made a love story worth reading wouldn't allow me to recommend this anthology to friends, but I will be keeping an eye out for both authors in the future.

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2.75 Hearts I was going to rate all of the novellas separately but to be honest they all ran about the same number of stars so I changed my mind.

Mostly these are good. Some are a bit better than others and some are below average. What I did enjoy was each story did not wrap around some Barbie doll kind of girl. These are all “real” women who you could possibly know in real life.

The “romances” of all of these stories did do exactly what the synopsis said. It ran from sweet to sexy to hot. But all in all the stories were just an ok read.

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a book that was very fast paced. I liked some of he stories in the anthology more than others. Overall I thought it was an ok book, thank you for allowing me to read this.

I'm sorry to say I didn't enjoy this collection of novellas very much. they weren't bad just nothing special either.
-Open To Negotiation by Sera Mark: 2 stars I didn't enjoy the first person point of view narration. And the story was way too brief and I didn't much like it.
-The Way You Look Tonight by Anna Fondants: 2 stars It was just too da** short and it ended very abrubtly. And it also contains one of my most disliked tropes: lust and love at first sight.
-Come To Me by Rachel Kenley : 3 stars I loved the premise of thi story. It started great and I loved it at first but I didn't like the direction the story took. I was a little disappointed in the end.
-Her Enchanted Curves by Trinity Blacio: 1 star I liked this novella the least of them all. While reading it I had a feeling like I'm missing out on the story, like I should have already known about the setting, characters (from other books by this author maybe). Besides that it also feauters instalove which is a major pet peeve of mine. And on top of it all the story ended very abrubtly, the plot didn't get resolved at all (is there a part II maybe?).
-The Beautiful Move In Curves by Elizabeth Blach: 2 stars Polyamory is so not to my liking. It was a good story otherwise. I especially liked the heroine who was older then her "love" interests (love in quotation marks because it was all sex, no love).
-Delicious Hearts by Lia Violet: 3 stars This one was a shifter romance (werewolves). I liked it, but didn't love it. I wish it was longer.
-Go For Broke by Barbra Campbell: 2 stars It had an awesome opening scene (5 stars for that scene).. Too bad the rest of the story didn't really hold my attention. It was just a long sex scene. I didn't feel the love.
-Rock and Cinnamon Roll by Trevann Rogers: 2 stars Again, I didn't feel the love. The story wasn't developed enough. It all happend too quickly for my taste (the h/H meet one day, next day they're in love). Also, the rockstar hero came across as a creep.
-Reunion by Raisa Greywood: 4 stars This one was my favorite of them all. I really enjoyed it and was disappointed when it ended.

Unique collection of well written romance short stories

Rachel Kenley has compiled a wonderful collection of short stories showcasing strong smart curvy and the men that love them.
From sweet to steamy there is something for everyone who loves a HEA.
I received an advance reader copy via Netgalley.