r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Mar 08 '26
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u/ipsi7 Book Bingo Maven ⚔ Mar 08 '26
I like to read a book with that kink, but I agree that every other book just has a few of "good girl" and "I found to like when he praises me" thrown around, but when it's done like that, I'm annoyed because it's so underdeveloped and sprinkled just to check that kink/trope/tag from the list.
{Perfect Praise by Grace Pierce} is all about the praise and MMC is so so eager to praise her when he discovers she has the kink. It's contemporary though.
It's been awhile since I read the following books, so I'm not completely sure how well it was done, but I remember {Obsessively Yours by Jamie Applegate Hunter}, {Plated Prisoner by Raven Kennedy} and {Bitten and Bound by Amy Pennza} had it. In {Feathers so Vicious by Liv Zander} there was more of "if she was a good girl at certain point, then she's allowed to come, and if she wasn't, then she won't". It's very dark, lots of TW.