Hold Me For Now: A Dark Romance Novella by Lexi Davis 🏥❤️‍🔥😭 - These are my personal ratings!

Lexi, I need to know what happens. Don’t do this to me please. 🥲

Rating: 4/5 🥳 Fantastic read. It took roughly 45 minutes start to finish. I don’t typically read novellas but the description for this was KILLER. It was unlike anything I have ever read. The story/plot was a fresh experience. I just wish it was longerrrr. I didn’t want it to end so soon. I need a bonus scene ASAP.

Spice: 4/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ There was a story line being followed with several intimate acts. Beautifully written. If I could request anything, it would be for more descriptive words to be used.

Overall Review: This was a good book. If you need out of slump, need something new, maybe even don’t have a lot of time on your hands to commit to a novel or series at the moment, this is for you. I loved it. Indie reads are so important. I felt like the dynamic between the FMC and MMC was so different than most books, in a fresh set of eyes sort of way. T brought a sense of compassion in a golden retriever sort of way. K & T both serve as a reminder to us that societal norms are garbage. It really was a beautiful story.

Side Notes: This book is currently available on Kindle Unlimited. So, skip the TBR add and read it NOW! 🤪

As the characters in this novel experience sexual frustration, you will also feel it. There is only one bed in this warehouse, two complete strangers from different states, and one thing in common. (I can't tell you that lol). I could see this experiment playing out in the actual world. The writing was eloquent and easy to understand. It was an easy read with likable characters.

I am grateful to Lexi Davis and NetGalley for giving me the chance to review this.

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Thank you Lexi for giving me access to this book through the NetGalley and thank you for sending me on kindle. Since NetGalley don’t provide kindle connect. Back to the point of this book. I giving this book a 4.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️. This book is about two people met through Doc D to find a solution of their sex problem. That all I can said for now.

How someone can write something with so much spice and so much emotion in a NOVELLA is beyond me, but Lexi Davis accepted the challenge and blew it out of the water!
I was actually sad it wasn’t longer, to be honest, but that’s the only ‘downside’ to short stories. Especially this one.


I don’t quite know what else to say other than READ THIS BOOK!!!

A fast, steamy read with a unique storyline —a clinical experiment to help two people work through intimacy issues—and the chemistry between the characters was intense immediately. A short novella but it still felt a bit too rushed for me, and honestly would love more of their story. Still, it’s a solid pick if you’re in the mood for something quick and spicy. Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

I was lucky enough to receive this book as an ARC. I enjoyed this novella it was spicy and the book had an interesting plot. I like the story and the way the characters developed throughout the book made it all better. The ending was perfect in a way although his marriages failed he ended up with her.

Totally recommend this book.

I loved this book. This was an easy quick read. Love K & T relationship. Love the mystery between them. I would recommend this to anyone. Looking forward to reading more from Lexi Davis.

K and T both have trouble reaching a certain point when being intimate. So, they find a doctor.

I haven’t read anything along the lines of this before, it is a very unique storyline. If it was a longer book it could definitely push for 5 stars but as it is only a novella they generally feel rushed which is the only reason for 4 stars.

I would definitely recommend this to anybody looking for a quick read!!

Just a sweet story buuuut so spicy!!! Which I loved!!!
The ending was perfect and I was hoping they met back up!!! The characters were so relatable!

Y'all such a quick enjoyable read. When I finished I wanted more from K and T. The whole thing was so different but in a very refreshing way. I loved it

I found the story of k and t to be a bigger meaning with in the story it’s self focusing on self love and emotional connection rather than it being purely physical. I thought it was beautifully written and the message loud and clear .

Just finished this and I loved it more than I expected. I usually find it hard to read novellas and feel a connection to the characters with it being short but hold me for now was great. You get to understand why they struggle and how they overcome it

I really enjoyed this book! The communication, chemistry and connection between these two was amazing. I don’t know how Lexi Davis was able to write such amazing characters and their development in only a few chapters and pages but it really was amazingly written. I hate reading a dark romance that is all about abuse and has lack of consent so this was a nice refresher and reminded be that not all dark romance needs to include abuse and lack of consent. T and K are two broken pieces that were able to create one whole together. Also the communication in this book was insanely hot and the sexual scenes were written in a way that didn’t make me cringe.

Okay this was SO well done!!! Not at all what I was expecting but better. I find that novellas can be tricky to connect to the characters because there’s so little time to build that with the reader but I felt so deeply connected to these two. It was such a unique premise and honestly I want a whole dang book about it and more of Trevor and Kristi. I am not a dark romance reader at all but this one really intrigued me and I’m so glad I gave it a chance! I think It would have been so cool to get a few chapters from his perspective as well, but I still loved it. I really thought it was heading in a cliché, insta love kinda direction but it was much better. Definitely recommend!

Enjoyed it!

A good novella of two people pleasers who can't find that ending when being intimate with others/partner. I think the spice was done well as the experiment went on between T and K. It was definitely more than a spicy novella, it pulled you from the beginning and that ending was perfect for T and K.

Hold Me For Now is a romance novella about two people, K. and T., trying to overcome the same mental block that is manifesting physically. K. and T. come together as complete strangers in a clinical setting in a last-ditch attempt to heal their hang-ups.

Although you can read Hold Me For Now as a surface level, semi-dark romance novella, Lexi Davis raises some thought-provoking questions with this story. I love her dedication to people pleasers and overthinkers along with her quote from the song The Archer by Taylor Swift. As someone who IS an overthinker, Davis made me feel seen with this story. Sometimes people's physical symptoms can be indicative of their mental or emotional health, as is the case with K. and T.

Thank you to the Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for the advanced reader's copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was such a quick and easy read while also being really fun!
I love this author’s writing and I will be reading more.

Lexi Davis has this magnetic way of pulling you in with just a few sentences—and Hold Me for Now is no exception. From the very first page, I was hooked. The story doesn’t just flirt with emotion; it dives headfirst into the complicated, raw, and tender parts of what it means to be human and how we allow our sexual intimacy to really affect our self view and our self-worth.

The characters are the kind you don’t just read—you feel. The protagonist is equal parts strong and vulnerable, messy and real in the most relatable way. There’s a softness to the writing that wraps around you like a blanket, but underneath that softness is a storm of buried trauma, trust issues, and emotional healing that made the story so compelling. I genuinely saw parts of myself in the main character—the fear of letting someone in, the internal push and pull between self-preservation and craving connection. And him? The love interest? Whew. He wasn’t just a walking fantasy—he was written with such care, complexity, and emotional depth that it made their chemistry burn slow and hot.

What I loved most was how this wasn’t just a love story—it was a healing story. The pacing allowed the relationship to breathe, evolve, and hit every necessary beat without feeling rushed. Even though we know it takes place in one day over a couple hours. Both characters are really trying to fulfil avoid and reach climax for all those different reasons on the surface. It’s the same deep rooted issue if they want to be loved. There were moments that had me smiling like an idiot and others that physically hurt to read (in the best way). The tension, the emotional honesty, and even the silences between the characters were written with such intentionality. You could tell Lexi didn’t just want to write a romance—she wanted to write a story that mattered.

Hold Me for Now isn’t about a perfect love. It’s about the kind that meets you where you are, sits with your scars, and stays.

I finished this book with a full heart and the ache that only the best stories leave behind. If you’re looking for a romance that’s tender, emotionally rich, and deeply satisfying, Hold Me for Now is it.

While I enjoyed the concept of this book I felt as though it was very rushed. Things moved very fast between the characters yet their personalities didn’t match the speed of what they were experiencing. I wished the plot line was dragged out a little longer and we learned more about the characters thought process and individual sexual insecurities. K, the main character is complex I felt like I wanted to know more of her trauma and backstory and I didn’t get that. Her perspective was very surface level and left me wanting more. I wish with this concept of the story it was dual POV i would have loved to know more about T’s past and what brought each of the characters to join this experiment rather than just a short paragraph explanation.

Loved this fast paced, super spicy novella!
I felt the connection grow between T & K throughout the novella and was pulled into their story from the start.

Loved the epilogue ending!! Just perfect!!

Excited to read more books by Lexi Davis