The dark in her veins

Book: The Dark in Her Veins by M.K. Lobb

Reviewed by Your_bookish_fantasy

Rating: 3/5

𝓝𝓞 𝓢𝓟𝓞𝓘𝓛𝓔𝓡𝓢
⚜️𝔻𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕠𝕗- The Dark in Her Veins by M.K. Lobb

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 NetGalley 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰, 𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐢 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤.

⚜️ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤-
(out of 5 stars, my rating scale is at the end)
🗣 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📚 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 ⭐️⭐️⭐️/ 5

🌡️ 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 MF 🌶🌶 / 5 -𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑠

Which books have I also given this same rating? (𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛)

5⭐️ Fourth wing / Bound by inked flame / Anathama / The Lies of Lena / Of silver and Curses
4.5⭐️ Bitten / The Female / Quicksilver / Bride / Lights Out / A Bargain so Bloody
4⭐️ ACOTAR/ Spellcaster / One Dark Window / From Blood and Ash / Phantasma / Butcher & Blackbird
3⭐️We Who Will Die / The Wolf King / Daughter of No Worlds / The Ex Hex

⚜️𝕂𝕖𝕪 𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕠:
Genre- DARK ROMANTASY / GOTHIC FANTASY

🎧 10 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 50 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 (I 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 1.7 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚍)

📖 336 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝗣𝗢𝗩 / 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚘 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲- August 25, 2026

𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁 or 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 driven? 𝒫𝓁ℴ𝓉

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 & 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗻𝗼- book 1 incomplete series

𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 on 𝗞𝗨? ❌𝒩ℴ.

𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗲- Uneven / medium

𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲? ❌𝒮𝒶𝒹𝓁𝓎, 𝓃ℴ, 𝓃ℴ𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒾𝓆𝓊ℯ ℯ𝓃ℴ𝓊𝑔𝒽, & 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃𝓉 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 ℴ𝓊𝓉 ℯ𝓃ℴ𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒻ℴ𝓇 𝓂ℯ 𝓉ℴ 𝓇ℯ𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝒶𝓎 6 𝓂ℴ𝓃𝓉𝒽𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓂ℯ.

𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? (Disability, plus size, mental health etc...)❌

ℳℴℴ𝒹𝓈; 𝒟𝒶𝓇𝓀, 𝒢ℴ𝓉𝒽𝒾𝒸, 𝒯ℯ𝓃𝓈ℯ, 𝒱𝒾ℴ𝓁ℯ𝓃𝓉, ℳ𝓎𝓈𝓉ℯ𝓇𝒾ℴ𝓊𝓈, 𝒮ℯ𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ, 𝒪𝓅𝓅𝓇ℯ𝓈𝓈𝒾𝓋ℯ

𝒟𝒾𝒹 𝒾 ℯ𝓃𝒿ℴ𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈? ❓Kind of, yes. Eventually… I struggled considerably at first, but I’m glad I didn’t DNF it.

𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒾 𝓇ℯ𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓃ℯ𝓍𝓉 𝒷ℴℴ𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈ℯ𝓇𝒾ℯ𝓈? ❓ Not sure

𝒲ℴ𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒾 𝓇ℯ𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 ℯ𝓁𝓈ℯ 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓇?✅

𝖂𝖍𝖔 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖎 𝖗𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖔? Readers who like dark gothic fantasy, morally black characters, religious corruption, assassins, conspiracies, BDSM, forbidden attraction and books where you genuinely don’t know which side you should trust. If romance is your main priority, I wouldn’t choose this purely for that.

🚨🅲︎🅷︎🅴︎🅲︎🅺︎ 🆃︎🅷︎🅴︎ 🆃︎🆆︎!🚨
This gets DARK . Themes and content include religious extremism/cult behaviour, abuse, violence, murder, oppression, misogyny, sexual violence, torture, trauma, gore and BDSM. Definitely check the full trigger warnings before jumping in.

⚜️𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝔽𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕤:
🍆ᏦᏁᎾᎿᎿᎨᏁᎶ
💦𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬/ 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
🫠𝒱𝒾𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓃 ℳℳ𝒞
🤍𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑀𝐶
🔥𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧
🥵𝒟𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝓀
😍IᑎՏTᗩ ᒪOᐯᗴ ᒪᑌᔕT
💞ՏᗴᑕOᑎᗪ ᑕᕼᗩᑎᑕᗴ ᖇOᗰᗩᑎᑕᗴ
🙏𝐻𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡
🛏𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝
💘ᖴᗩKᗴ ᗪᗩTIᑎᘜ
💌ᴀʀʀᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ
🫦Oᴘᴘᴏsɪᴛᴇs Aᴛᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ
🗡 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨
🗡 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨
🗡 𝙃𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨
👩‍❤️‍👨𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜
👃ѕ¢єит вσи∂є∂ мαтєѕ
🙅 𝕽𝖊𝖏𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘
💔 𝑈𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒
💀𝔉𝔬𝔯𝔟𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢
💋𝒮𝓅𝒾𝒸ℯ 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓈ℯ𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 ℯ𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝒷ℴℴ𝓀
🌡𝕐𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝔸𝕟𝕘𝕤𝕥, 𝕋𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟
🍆𝑅𝑒𝑣 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑚
🎲𝕎𝕙𝕪 ℂ𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕤𝕖
🔺 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒
👀𝘝𝘰𝘺𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘮
⚔️𝔅𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢
😇𝗦𝘂𝗯 ᵃⁿᵈ/ᵒʳ 𝗗𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

⚜️𝕋ℝ𝕆ℙ𝔼𝕊
🗡 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝑴𝑪
🌑 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔
⛪ 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑺𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎
😈 𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕤 & 𝔹𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕒𝕝𝕤
🩸 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒕 / 𝑺𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄
🔪 𝑲𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕
🖤 𝔉𝔬𝔯𝔟𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔄𝔱𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫
⚔️ 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 / 𝑶𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔
⛓️ 𝑩𝑫𝑺𝑴
🕯️ 𝑮𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄 / 𝑵𝒐𝒊𝒓 𝑽𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒔
👁️ 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕?
🩶 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒎𝒂
🔥 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 & 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆

✨ TᕼᗴᗰᗴՏ ✨
Religious extremism • Corruption • Purity culture • Hypocrisy • Oppression • Survival • Morality • Sin • Power • Manipulation • Betrayal • Trauma • Loyalty • Desire • Questioning everything you’ve been taught

📝Cliff Notes Review-
I almost DNF’d this because I really struggled to get into the world and understand exactly what was happening, but I’m glad I persevered. The concept of sin physically corrupting your veins was brilliantly dark and different, and eventually the mystery of who was actually good, bad or manipulating whom became far more interesting to me than the romance. I wanted more worldbuilding and clarity around the religions, Bloodrot and the rules of this society, but there was enough intrigue here to make me want to continue the series. Dark, strange and clever, just not quite immersive enough to completely pull me under.

If you’d like, I can now completely rewrite The Dark in Her Veins from the beginning using this exact master template, in the exact order, without missing any sections , and I’ll research the factual information such as audiobook length, pages, release date, series information and KU availability rather than leaving those fields incomplete.

⚜️𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒓, 𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑵 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕?⚜️(𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡- 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜?)
🎧 LISTEN . The audiobook actually helped carry me through the part where I was considering DNFing, but this definitely wasn’t one I could race through. I usually listen considerably faster, but 1.5x was my sweet spot because there is too much going on to let my brain wander for even a minute.

⚜️𝔸𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕠 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨:
Hayden Bishop did a fantastic job. She has a naturally fairly quick delivery, which combined with a complex fantasy world meant I needed to slow her down to 1.5x, but once I did, everything sounded great.

I particularly liked the darker atmosphere she brought to the narration. Talin’s emotions came through clearly, and the different characters were distinguishable despite this being a solo performance. She handled the menace, uncertainty, attraction and darker emotional moments really well without turning everything into melodrama.

This is also one of those occasions where I think having the audiobook helped me finish a book I might otherwise have put down. When the story wasn’t quite clicking for me yet, the narration gave me something to latch onto until the plot finally did.

😥 𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕟𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕤?
Simply put, I nearly didn’t finish it.

The beginning didn’t sink in properly and I had to work harder than I should have to understand the world. A complicated fantasy world isn’t a problem, I actually enjoy having mysteries and clues to unravel, but there is a difference between “I don’t know this yet because it’s deliberately mysterious” and “I’m not entirely sure I’ve been given enough information to understand what I’m reading.”

The romance also didn’t convince me enough. There was plenty of desire, attraction and sexual tension, but I wanted more emotional scaffolding underneath it.

The book became much stronger for me once the conspiracy and questions surrounding allegiance took centre stage, but it took too long to reach the point where I actually wanted to know what happened next.

🌍 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘:
The concept is easily the strongest part of this book. Sin isn’t merely something you’re judged for, it physically corrupts your body. Bloodrot spreads through the veins, eventually bringing madness and death, while the wealthy have predictably discovered a loophole: pay someone poorer to commit your sins for you.

Now THAT had my attention.

Add hired sinners, assassins, religious extremism, corruption, Diabolists, political power and the question of who actually benefits from defining what counts as a sin, and there is a bloody brilliant foundation here.

Unfortunately, I don’t think the world was explained quite well enough early on. I struggled to settle into it and there were points where I felt I was expected to understand rules, factions and motivations before I’d been given enough information to do so. That’s a major reason I nearly DNF’d.

Once I understood more, however, the mystery became much more interesting. Who is actually the villain here? Who is telling the truth? Who is manipulating Talin? Who deserves her allegiance? Is there even a genuinely good side? THAT was what kept me listening.

I wanted considerably more explanation around Bloodrot itself, the religious system, the different groups and particularly the rules surrounding what constitutes sin. If you’re going to build an entire society around morality physically poisoning people, I want to dig right into those rules and all their hypocritical little cracks.

🧝‍♂️ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕤:
Talin was interesting but I struggled to fully connect with her. She’s supposed to be ruthless, angry, dangerous and heavily shaped by everything she’s survived, and there were moments where I absolutely believed that. Other decisions didn’t quite fit the woman I’d been introduced to, particularly once Slade entered the equation.

Slade was intriguing because I couldn’t quite decide what the hell to make of him, which worked beautifully with the wider mystery. He’s dark, sarcastic, dangerous and definitely isn’t sitting politely in the morally-grey section. 😂

What I actually found more interesting than either character individually was everyone’s allegiance . Gabriel, Slade, Talin and the wider religious system constantly had me questioning whose version of events I should believe. Every time I thought I’d settled on who the real villain was, another little piece shifted.

The romance, however, never became the part I was desperate for. That’s unusual for me. The attraction is intense, dark and heavily physical, but I wasn’t completely convinced by the emotional progression underneath it. I was far more interested in Talin choosing who to trust than who she wanted to sleep with.

⏳ 𝕎𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕚 𝕣𝕖-𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕕?
I’d recommend it selectively .
If someone told me they wanted a straightforward romantasy with an addictive romance at its centre, this wouldn’t be my first recommendation. But if they wanted something darker and stranger, with religious corruption, assassins, morally black characters, gothic atmosphere, conspiracy, BDSM and absolutely no idea who they should trust , I’d point them towards this.

Would I reread it? Possibly, and interestingly I think I’d probably understand and enjoy it more on a second listen because I’d already know the foundations of the world.

🪧𝔽𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤:
This very nearly became a DNF, and I’m glad I gave it more time.

The romance wasn’t what eventually hooked me. The mystery did. I wanted to know who was lying, who was manipulating whom, which side was actually worse and whether the concepts of good and evil even meant anything inside a society where the people defining sin are benefiting from the system.

The Bloodrot concept is fantastic and wonderfully grim. The idea that the wealthy can simply outsource their sins to people desperate enough to destroy themselves for money gives the whole world a particularly nasty bite.

I just wish the book had helped me understand that world sooner.

Once everything started clicking into place, I became much more invested and I’m now curious about where the larger story goes. Not quite the dark romance I expected to obsess over, but a dark, morally rotten conspiracy wrapped in gothic fantasy?

That part got me. 🩸🖤

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𝕄𝕪 ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕤:
⭐️ DNF

⭐️⭐️
I managed to finish it but it was rubbish. I won't keep a physical copy and won't recommend it, but it's a shame as the plot could have made a good book in another author's hands

⭐️⭐️.5
It was OK. I wish I didn't start this one as it didn't do it for me as I struggled to read it. It had an interesting premise that fell flat but I had to see what happened in the end.

⭐️⭐️⭐️
I don't regret reading it, and I will read the next one, but this one did have a few flaws. [These could be repetitive writing, gaps or plot holes, better character growth or world building, areas needing more detail]
Generally, the book lacked depth and became confusing. The plot resonated with me even though it annoyed me on the whole.

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
I'm glad I read it. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to the right people, but I wanted more! Sadly, it's easily forgettable with a few issues I just couldn't overlook/get past.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Good book! I loved it, but... I needed more! I really did enjoy it, but it had a few parts that needed more detail or added history/background or lore. But that's because the story or characters were memorable, and the plot was strong with brilliant twists. I would re-read if I needed to catch up for the next book and would recommend.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Great book! I truly wish the story had been thought about more, or the author had been given more time as this book is so close to brilliance! I will likely read again and will definitely be recommending it to all!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
WOW! Absolutely amazing book! Well written with great characters and a plot so memorable that it will stay with me. I will definitely read this again, I will be recommending it and sharing it with the whole world! Also- I NEED A PHYSICAL COPY!

🔥⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🔥
This is my God level tier. The book must be perfectly memorable. Even after reading 50+ more books, I will remember character names and emotions along with the plot. If there is a special edition, then I need to own it! If there is a conversation on books- I'm talking about this!

SPICE SCALE:
🌶️– segsual language and a little on-page action / fade to black

🌶️🌶️– a lot of segsual language and some on-page open door action, may be occurring a couple of times

🌶️🌶️🌶️– a lot of explicit action and dirty talk, occurring frequently with 2/3 lurvers

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ – super graphic and explicit, occurring 4 or more times, can be more grey and taboo themed.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ – Kinks and Fet!shism, explicit and super graphic. It is likely to be tushy play, toys, playrooms, and more

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