Rating: 3
Steam: 2
PoV: single, 3rd person
Genre: contemporary romance, MM
Tropes / tags: hurt / comfort, class difference, slow burn
Bad Daddy was a sweet and slow romance, full of hurt / comfort!
This story had a lot of things I love, and I’m a total goner for stories like this where one MC finds safety and comfort with the other MC. The hurt / comfort was very present here, and it was so good to see Danny starting to letting people in and accepting help. He’d been struggling on his own for too long and I hated that he felt trapped with his abusive sugar daddy.
Haru was the sweetest and he was definitely the kind of person that Danny needed to have in his life. He was so genuine with Danny and it was clear how badly he wanted to help Danny, but he knew he couldn’t push him too much either. I enjoyed seeing how things developed between them and all the support that Haru offered Danny warmed my heart.
The ending felt very abrupt to me, more like a HFN than a HEA, and considering the story was under 200 pages, I felt like there was opportunity to give Danny and Haru a more satisfying ending. I would have loved to see more of them together once the situation with Clint was more settled, and I’m also curious how Haru would have handled the information that Danny hadn’t shared with him yet. There were just several questions that were left unanswered here and it threw me a little.
There were overall some things I struggled with throughout this story, but it might just be me issues and based on my own experiences. Some things felt a little drawn out, and I wish the dyslexia rep was written more realistically in terms of being diagnosed and getting accommodations for studies.
Bad Daddy had some fantastic hurt / comfort, and I liked how the story was kept on the sweeter side despite some heavy themes. Danny and Haru were almost ridiculously cute together and I loved to see Danny thrive once he accepted Haru’s help and support. If you like sweet slow burn romances that have plenty of hurt / comfort, you might enjoy this one!
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