I mean kudos to this author for writing what she wants, but I can't get over still keeping the original names for what's basically published Jasmine/Jafar fanfic
@@ashannaredwolf8485 I think Disney is allowing this because they know the people who read this are probably Disney parents who will raise Disney kids.
@@ashannaredwolf8485 I mean what are they supposed to do? Fail at suing her because the names aren’t copyrighted and then have “Disney sues erotic romance author for Jasmine/Jafar fanfic” plastered all over the Internet?
Erotica can work without plot, but I find that erotic romances that actually have plot and character development are still much stronger and more impactful
@@ReadswithRachel Sorry I'm really bad at detecting tone through text so just to be careful, I didn't mean my comment to be rude or anything, and I apologize if it came off aggressive!
I do love Jafar. Not this Jafar, but the beautifully made and composed musical Twisted. It's by the same company that did A Very Potter Musical and the line "It's all your fault, Jafar!' pops in my head far too often.
Twisted the musical is so good! Btw there is another “Disney” Dark Romance book series called Never After, and the book shipping Jafar and Jasmine is called Twisted, so I feel like it was inspired from the show possibly 🤷♀️ or the line from the original movie
I don’t think anyone has answered it yet, so regarding your question about whether (bodily) fluids can ruin a leather chair, the short answer is yes! If it’s fake leather, moisture will absolutely accelerate how fast the fake leather will start to peel and break down, and real leather can get stained, warped, or outright damaged by excess moisture. So Jafar’s concern about his chair was, in fact, quite warranted! 😂
Saucy Jasmine would be in my wheelhouse. The only time I liked the virgin main character trope was when the special-special girl is prophesied to have a powerful bloodline. That would be cool. All men and boy moms would fear her.
Gilbert Gottfried did a dramatic reading of Fifty Shades in like 2017 or something, and I would lay down my life in a heartbeat to ressurrect the man so that he could have a collab with every booktuber under the sun, or at the very least, become a professional spicy audiobook reader.
@@ixeliema That dramatic reading holds a special place in my heart tbh. Gottfried was a treasure. Also I grew up with him not just as Iago, but Digit from Cyberchase, so hearing him talk about anal took me out permanently lol
"in some ways this was better....worse...and exactly the same as neon gods" man i feel that lol. I think I liked it more but not even sure if I can remember what parts of what go to either story. It's just an amalgamation of katee robert in my brain.
“He is taking his balls and going home” got me dying in the middle of the break room at work 🤣 ☠️. Please don’t stop with the jokes when you review shmerotica !
the way i fully believed they had to stop fooling around to go play dungeons and dragons....... i'm too asexual for my own good. (this video is a DELIGHT thank you so much)
i assume there has to be either some deal or loophole at play here. Which honestly, good for her. Fuck that big ass corporation. Get your money, Katee!
One of the tricks in media law if you’re *bending* the rules is to make it so embarrassing, no one would take you to court over it. Like if you made a character based on a real person, you would make the character so horrific they wouldn’t want anyone to know it was based on them. In this case, it’s simply not worth Disney’s time to prosecute. They’ll get bad press by having their name associated with smut. They also aren’t losing any money here-they’re never going to monetize this kind of material. It was a smart move on Katee/the publisher’s part.
Bahahaha omg I completely agree that alladin’s dad is the only daddy in the franchise believable for me. The clips from alladin you interspersed cracked me up. Honestly there should be a cross over with Gilt where Alladin’s dad’s HAND OF MITUS comes into play
I just know that the erotic books about Captain Hook that are written out there were inspired by the author seeing the live action Peter Pan movie from like...2003 and maybe a bit inspired by OUAT's Hook. Also, Jafar's staff/cane being on the cover of the book just gives me the impression that it's probably going to be used when they have sex (though, I could totally be wrong).
Regarding the House of Mouse, I *think* she can skate on these because none of them are actually original Dis creations - like, Hades is from Greek mythology, Jafar is from 1001 Nights, Peter Pan is in the public domain. And because it's written and not drawn, there's no "this is clearly visibly porn of our characters" angle.
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shit, my dad calls me that. he called me that when i was a kid. i am not a fan of people making normal childhood names weird. this is exactly why i stopped calling my own dad daddy.
Hades of Wicked Villains is NOT dead in Neon Gods, NG Hades just thinks he is. There’s a reunion short you can get from signing up for Katee’s newsletter that brings them back together, and it’s surprisingly sweet.
@@jasminv8653 I didn’t say it did. But it literally costs you nothing to acquire, unlike most “DLC,” and given it originated as a short for her Patreon, the fans wanted it. Your opinion is obviously in the minority 🤷🏻♀️
Literally every time I consider reading a Katee Robert book, someone pops into my life in some capacity to remind me that her books are copy>paste>copy>paste. I already read the Jafar/Jasmine that Emily McIntire wrote (spoiler: didn't like it) and didn't even have this book on my radar - I'm going to go ahead and trust the fates on this one.
As a person who has read this book and tried to read the Emily McIntire book, this is so much better, I couldn’t even get very far in any of McIntire’s books tbh. I love the connected universe of this particular series and I like that books are a quick read.
Idk how the author got away with blatant Disney fanfiction, knowing Disney. But good for them, I guess lol. I love the princesses and villains, but I'm more of an Ursula fan *cough*, so I can understand why people read this. Also not a villain, but Aladdin's dad👀
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I just keep picturing Jafar in disguise when he was tricking Aladdin to take him to the Cave of Wonders... " Whoever has the gold makes the rules"... The teeth 🤢
I remember stumbling upon this series and wondering how Disney's lawyers didn't come for these books. Yes, I know parody is a thing, but with how protective the mouse is over their brand and how they've cracked down on p*rn parodies/art before, I really can't help but wonder.
I had a visceral physical reaction when I heard Rachel say that Jasmine was asked to dress as a school girl before they had sex in the dungeon. Like....no....
my big concern is if the characters are all adults because in the disney movie i’m pretty sure jasmine is a minor. and is there still a big age gap between the two?
Jasmine is about 15 or 16 in the movie, but I’m pretty sure this book made her an adult. (I can’t confirm the latter statement, though; I haven’t read the book.)
The way I paused and considered not listening MULTIPLE TIMES. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to ruin whatever is left of my innocents but I am too curious to not listen
This was a delight to watch. I feel the same about stories, where character and plot development is very important to me, so erotica... generally wouldn't be my thing. Also, that's Aladdin's dad???? 👀
Like, no sorry but why TF is every other licensed Disney character in this book??? Why couldn't we at least stay in Agrahbah? It's like a pornographic House of Mouse spinoff with no cohesion or flavor lmao.
I've read several Katee Robert books and they are all the same. I keep picking them up thinking this will be the time she "shows" instead of "tells," but no. Canonically, Greek gods go into all sorts of adult mischief, disney villains on the other hand...If you like spicy but need quality writing and fairy tale vibes read Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber anthology.
I had this book recommended to me YEARS ago and didn't read it because I... did not want to. But I've always been curious about it as a whole so this was perf. Thanks for doing the dirty work for us!!
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I was really disappointed in this because I read some of the author's other work and I was like, yeah. This is a good time. Then I find out we're dealing with just another author who gets "inspired" by other people's IP and doesn't bother to hide their theft of characters and then is praised for originality. I followed her on social media at one point and she was openly promoting these as being the Disney characters. She went on my never read list sooooooooo fast.
@@ReadswithRachel I think if she had a deal with them, she wouldn't have changed the spelling of the names. And I find it very unlikely that she does have a deal with them due to the fact that they have their own line of adult romance novels. Unless she has been contracted to write one of those or has said herself that she has Disney's approval. Otherwise, she's just violating copyright. And while that might not seem like a huge deal because Disney is so big, it really opens the door to violating smaller creators' IP. That said, really nobody seems to care in the romance world when people are "inspired" by stuff they don't have the right to play with.
YESSSSSSSSS cassim literally had no business being that fine but the animators went all out on his design anyway. i was probably like 8 when i watched that movie and my eyes bulged out of my head LOL where's his erotic fanfiction!?
I like Katee Roberts Books but man, she writes the same fucking book over and over again. If it wasn’t for the interesting relationship pairings, I’d probably never read anything of hers again. Also, the audio for this book was horrible. Jafar’s voice actor makes me full-body cringe.
How do you sell Disney porn commercially? I thought Disney lawyers didn't approve of that sort of thing. I'm confused, because I got a hassle because I wrote a story involving a public domain character who just had a name that was sort of similar to the name of a DC Comics character.
@@ReadswithRachel In the original story as Scheherezade told it, the character Jafar was based on was just called "the African Wizard" (Aladdin and the Princess, BTW, were Chinese).
@@arcadiaberger9204 Antoine Galland got the story of Aladdin from the Syrian Maronite Catholic storyteller Hanna Diyab. (who is an interesting figure in his own right btw, his memoir the _Book of Travels_ provides some insight) The Middle East had a long oral storytelling tradition, and it's unsure where Hanna Diyab heard it from. Perhaps he was influenced by the Tang dynasty wuxia tale of Kunlun Nu (崑崙奴), or even his own life story.
Even tho I think Katee Robert blew up from her Neon Gods series, I actually liked this series more(and her monster series even more haha). I feel like these shorter books are the better length for erotica. I think the neon gods series is supposed to be more of a romance but to me they just felt like these books but with filler. lol 😂 but I’ve noticed for myself that when it comes to erotica I’m not as concerned with plot, it just better have amazing chemistry between the characters. And I mean in their flirting/banter/non-bedroom interactions.
No but my first Dad crush WAS Aladdin's dad. Like I never saw Aladdin as a crush. He was just kinda... a jerk? But holy sh*t Aladdin's Dad is so... that man is just; whole series is justified with just him, the Genie being the Genie because we love him, and adorable little Sultan.
I just cannot get behind the whole "my father sold me to [insert sexy bad guy]" premise. I can suspend reality for just about any other premise, and go along with it even if it's outlandish. But any contemporary book that begins with a grown ass legal adult saying "my dad sold me..." just makes me roll my eyes. No he didn't. He can't. Not in this universe, at least. How is that legally possible? I am going to have to see the legal paperwork and the state and/or federal bodies that approved this transaction. And if there isn't any, then it’s human trafficking. Also, hats off to the author for the whole element of "consent" and safewords, but why does Jasmine have a safeword. You mean to tell me Jafar is super cool with buying other human beings and murder, but draws the line at not listening to a safeword?! Ugh!!! I know I'm overthinking this, but that's exactly the point! The whole adult being sold premise just cannot be ignored in my mind. Edit to add: I was so busy on my tangent, I completely forgot to thank your Rachel for another amazing video! I love your reviews, whether it's a book I'm interested in or know I won't ever read. You always have such insightful (and humorous) commentary.
I was out the oment you said "first person pov", I can get down with the quite horrible, stereotypical plot and the confusing world building, but not with that. It's often seems somewhat lazy. That aside, this reads as if the author wrote fanfiction, the teenage reader said: that's so good and she self published.
Look, I fully understand coming up with a fanfic and thinking “hey, I have a pretty good plot here; maybe I could rework it into an original story!” If one goes that route, however, one should maybe change the names to lower one’s chances of getting sued?
As someone who has been getting into kinky NBC Hannibal fanfic, everything I’ve read on AO3 is still somehow better than this. I truly can’t with these erotica writers.
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I mean kudos to this author for writing what she wants, but I can't get over still keeping the original names for what's basically published Jasmine/Jafar fanfic
I can't pay for what I could once read on ffdotnet for free.
I’m surprised Disney isn’t having apoplexy trying to hide this with the rest of their Disney porn vault.
@@ashannaredwolf8485 I think Disney is allowing this because they know the people who read this are probably Disney parents who will raise Disney kids.
@@ashannaredwolf8485 I mean what are they supposed to do? Fail at suing her because the names aren’t copyrighted and then have “Disney sues erotic romance author for Jasmine/Jafar fanfic” plastered all over the Internet?
Erotica can work without plot, but I find that erotic romances that actually have plot and character development are still much stronger and more impactful
For sure, i get far more invested with a plot
Yep! Kresley Cole and Larissa Ione write amazing erotica with actual plots that I actually skip those scenes for the plot.
I’m a big fan of erotica but I need a good plot to love a book so yeah, so sad🥹
I prefer stories that include erotica, not the other way round ;)
So I didn't realize that this was supposed to be contemporary, and the word "computers" at 11:42 hit me like an actual slap in the face.
Oof wow I deeply failed y’all by not explaining that this was modern day I am so sorry
@@ReadswithRachel Sorry I'm really bad at detecting tone through text so just to be careful, I didn't mean my comment to be rude or anything, and I apologize if it came off aggressive!
No no not at all! I feel so silly for not mentioning it in the review 🤦🏻♀️
Don't mind me just scrolling the comments and I find this comment, time to try and reimagine the little set I had in mind
Saaame
Nothing will make me drop a book faster than the MMC calling fMC "baby girl" 😑
Absolutely, no thank you 😬
The words "baby girl" in erotica makes me dryer than the Sahara desert and cringe with the force of a supermassive black hole.
Characters using "Daddy" or "Mommy" in sex scenes is an instant turnoff for me.
Erections cannot affect your vision, Rachel.
I thought the Hades would be the one from Disney's "Hercules". I guess the author drew the line at making people think of James Woods...
I do love Jafar. Not this Jafar, but the beautifully made and composed musical Twisted. It's by the same company that did A Very Potter Musical and the line "It's all your fault, Jafar!' pops in my head far too often.
Twisted the musical is so good!
Btw there is another “Disney” Dark Romance book series called Never After, and the book shipping Jafar and Jasmine is called Twisted, so I feel like it was inspired from the show possibly 🤷♀️ or the line from the original movie
I was hoping to see Twisted mentioned here!
My favorite musical other than Les Mis is Twisted. I don't go one week without quoting at least one of Prince Achmed's lines.
@@ofthewilderwoods That one was better
@@ofthewilderwoodsI hope it's not inspired by the show, bc (spoilers I guess) Jafar is Jasmines dad in the musical....
"he is taking his balls and going home" I lost it at that. I had to pause the video and I laughed so hard there were tears in my eyes.
Then my work here is complete lol
I don’t think anyone has answered it yet, so regarding your question about whether (bodily) fluids can ruin a leather chair, the short answer is yes! If it’s fake leather, moisture will absolutely accelerate how fast the fake leather will start to peel and break down, and real leather can get stained, warped, or outright damaged by excess moisture. So Jafar’s concern about his chair was, in fact, quite warranted! 😂
5:05 whenever I read/hear about a parent selling their child I immediately think, you sold your child to one direction?
Jafar has always been my problematic Disney villain crush. all my exes have been tall and skinny, and I blame him.
the older i get the more i appreciate him
"this is all your fault Jafar"
OH GODS the sex dungeon is Mickey's House of Mouse!!!
At this point, Joel from The Last of Us is the only character in fiction who still gets to use, "baby girl".
Saucy Jasmine would be in my wheelhouse.
The only time I liked the virgin main character trope was when the special-special girl is prophesied to have a powerful bloodline. That would be cool. All men and boy moms would fear her.
The placement of the Prince Abooboo clip is KILLING me. 😂😂😂
Delighted by all the Iago clips. More book reviews need Iago commentary
Tbh i have been waiting for this opportunity to use him lol i love him
Gilbert Gottfried did a dramatic reading of Fifty Shades in like 2017 or something, and I would lay down my life in a heartbeat to ressurrect the man so that he could have a collab with every booktuber under the sun, or at the very least, become a professional spicy audiobook reader.
@@ixeliema That dramatic reading holds a special place in my heart tbh. Gottfried was a treasure. Also I grew up with him not just as Iago, but Digit from Cyberchase, so hearing him talk about anal took me out permanently lol
"in some ways this was better....worse...and exactly the same as neon gods" man i feel that lol. I think I liked it more but not even sure if I can remember what parts of what go to either story. It's just an amalgamation of katee robert in my brain.
I have a feeling thatll be me trying to recall details in a few months, i wont know which was which. I will remember the safe words though.
I WAS SO NOT PREPARED FOR THE CLIP FROM THE AUDIOBOOK 😭🤣
“He is taking his balls and going home” got me dying in the middle of the break room at work 🤣 ☠️. Please don’t stop with the jokes when you review shmerotica !
the way i fully believed they had to stop fooling around to go play dungeons and dragons....... i'm too asexual for my own good. (this video is a DELIGHT thank you so much)
lol. Same.
I’m surprised people have found a way to sell Disney fan fiction, with how strict they usually are when it comes to using their characters…
I 100% back your stance regarding Aladdin's dad. I blame him for my silver fox obsession
There was a moment where I really thought Dumbo was watching them and that would have made me laugh so hard if it was true
Maybe Katee will add that to the next one lmao
He covered his eyes with his ears
What does it mean that I immediately pictured the seven dwarfs?
Is she not worried about Disney and their obsessive trademark protecting?
i assume there has to be either some deal or loophole at play here. Which honestly, good for her. Fuck that big ass corporation. Get your money, Katee!
Disney’s basically been neutered. Kind of like the FBI.
One of the tricks in media law if you’re *bending* the rules is to make it so embarrassing, no one would take you to court over it. Like if you made a character based on a real person, you would make the character so horrific they wouldn’t want anyone to know it was based on them. In this case, it’s simply not worth Disney’s time to prosecute. They’ll get bad press by having their name associated with smut. They also aren’t losing any money here-they’re never going to monetize this kind of material. It was a smart move on Katee/the publisher’s part.
*hears Jasmine getting sold* To One Direction?
Oh my god the way my discord said the same thing 😂😂😂😂😂
@@ReadswithRachel lmao!
Bahahaha omg I completely agree that alladin’s dad is the only daddy in the franchise believable for me. The clips from alladin you interspersed cracked me up. Honestly there should be a cross over with Gilt where Alladin’s dad’s HAND OF MITUS comes into play
THAT BIG ASS GOLD HAND OMG SOMEONE TELL KATEE TO DO THIS
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@@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf the wildest thing is that’s the third movie there is also a sequel that’s the worst one
I just know that the erotic books about Captain Hook that are written out there were inspired by the author seeing the live action Peter Pan movie from like...2003 and maybe a bit inspired by OUAT's Hook.
Also, Jafar's staff/cane being on the cover of the book just gives me the impression that it's probably going to be used when they have sex (though, I could totally be wrong).
Very Freudian, lol
Regarding the House of Mouse, I *think* she can skate on these because none of them are actually original Dis creations - like, Hades is from Greek mythology, Jafar is from 1001 Nights, Peter Pan is in the public domain. And because it's written and not drawn, there's no "this is clearly visibly porn of our characters" angle.
HERE FOR THE KAZEEM APPRECIATION.
I would agree, that movie ruled and if they’d given it the budget for the score and animation it would have been an ACTUAL masterpiece
You are so correct about Aladdin's dad. Shoulda known I was queer when I literally wanted to be him at age 8 😂
I call my cat "baby girl", so having it be some sort of sexy nickname weirds me out.
Calling anyone other than pets or actual small children "baby" really bugs me too.
shit, my dad calls me that. he called me that when i was a kid. i am not a fan of people making normal childhood names weird. this is exactly why i stopped calling my own dad daddy.
In Neon Gods, the MC wants to go to California so world building really confuses me.
I was so much more excited about this book when i thought it was aladdin and jafar
Hades of Wicked Villains is NOT dead in Neon Gods, NG Hades just thinks he is. There’s a reunion short you can get from signing up for Katee’s newsletter that brings them back together, and it’s surprisingly sweet.
A bloody DLC pack for a separately published book is hardly part of that book, and the book shouldn't hinge on that extra material lmao
@@jasminv8653 I didn’t say it did. But it literally costs you nothing to acquire, unlike most “DLC,” and given it originated as a short for her Patreon, the fans wanted it. Your opinion is obviously in the minority 🤷🏻♀️
Literally every time I consider reading a Katee Robert book, someone pops into my life in some capacity to remind me that her books are copy>paste>copy>paste. I already read the Jafar/Jasmine that Emily McIntire wrote (spoiler: didn't like it) and didn't even have this book on my radar - I'm going to go ahead and trust the fates on this one.
As a person who has read this book and tried to read the Emily McIntire book, this is so much better, I couldn’t even get very far in any of McIntire’s books tbh. I love the connected universe of this particular series and I like that books are a quick read.
I also agree that Aladdin's dad is very hot and that the third Aladdin movie was one of my favorites growing up
Idk how the author got away with blatant Disney fanfiction, knowing Disney. But good for them, I guess lol.
I love the princesses and villains, but I'm more of an Ursula fan *cough*, so I can understand why people read this. Also not a villain, but Aladdin's dad👀
Well, do I have news for you! Katee Robert also wrote a book based on Ursula as well. That one is called The Sea Witch 😆
@@tattooedkittykat not my kinda book, but that's neat.
@pauieeepau totally understandable! I know smut isn't for everyone 😆
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missed opportunity
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Horrible day to have my name
The confusing crossover setting and the focus on Disney villains remind me of the Descendants movies.
100% jokes on point during this video, I laughed so much, thank you. :D
Glad you like them!
I just keep picturing Jafar in disguise when he was tricking Aladdin to take him to the Cave of Wonders... " Whoever has the gold makes the rules"... The teeth 🤢
I remember stumbling upon this series and wondering how Disney's lawyers didn't come for these books. Yes, I know parody is a thing, but with how protective the mouse is over their brand and how they've cracked down on p*rn parodies/art before, I really can't help but wonder.
"Alecto... not the Ninth." Saw it, heard it, love it.
I love when people get me
Smh i can't believe someone was so borny for jafar they wrote this
I mean have you seen the new live action Jafar though?! In her defense that man is so hot
There is something truly magical in listening to this review while drawing an animatic of "A whole new world".
That scene from Aladin also changed my life and stayed with me
First of, A++ jokes, you had me cackling. Secondly, Tinkerbell???? Can I not escape her anywhere 😂
Only time "She is mine" works is from Scarlet. Wolf is the original alpha, and he respects woman
Because Scarlet is his alpha ❤
@@ofthewilderwoods hell yeah she is
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I had a visceral physical reaction when I heard Rachel say that Jasmine was asked to dress as a school girl before they had sex in the dungeon. Like....no....
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Thanks for being here!
Depending on her PH balance, yes she could effectively bleach the chair.
my big concern is if the characters are all adults because in the disney movie i’m pretty sure jasmine is a minor. and is there still a big age gap between the two?
She is not a minor, she’s like 26 or 27? There’s still an age gap but not as gross as if she was a literal teenager.
Jasmine is about 15 or 16 in the movie, but I’m pretty sure this book made her an adult. (I can’t confirm the latter statement, though; I haven’t read the book.)
i cannot get over the fact Jasmine in the movies is canonically like 15. And Jafar is like, at least in his 40's.
The way I paused and considered not listening MULTIPLE TIMES. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to ruin whatever is left of my innocents but I am too curious to not listen
Oh God does this mean we should expect a hunchback of notre dame book inspired by the hit song "hellfire"?
I LOVE Katie Roberts. This wasn't a favorite of mine but damn I lovemood reading her books😂❤
I'm so glad she's found such huge readership. She's a lovely person! My best friend LOVES her books.
the use of the aladdin scenes with iago is SENDING ME
Full agree about King of Theives, he was so hot for no reason
No opinions on the book, sounds wild, never read it, i just like your videos
I sang the king of thieves song "are you in or out?" the entire time i edited this video
thanks for being here
This was a delight to watch. I feel the same about stories, where character and plot development is very important to me, so erotica... generally wouldn't be my thing.
Also, that's Aladdin's dad???? 👀
One of my friends made me read this for a reading vlog and my soul spent the entire time shriveling up LOL
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That’s exactly how I feel 🥹
The clips from the animated movie. I’m dead. 😂
Thank you for promoting Aladdin & The King of Thieves superiority. It needs to be talked about more.
Like, no sorry but why TF is every other licensed Disney character in this book??? Why couldn't we at least stay in Agrahbah? It's like a pornographic House of Mouse spinoff with no cohesion or flavor lmao.
damn i wish the sex dungeon had been called house of mouse...
I died at Donald Duck attorney at law 😂
I've read several Katee Robert books and they are all the same. I keep picking them up thinking this will be the time she "shows" instead of "tells," but no. Canonically, Greek gods go into all sorts of adult mischief, disney villains on the other hand...If you like spicy but need quality writing and fairy tale vibes read Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber anthology.
I had this book recommended to me YEARS ago and didn't read it because I... did not want to. But I've always been curious about it as a whole so this was perf. Thanks for doing the dirty work for us!!
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All the Iago clips have me rolling!
Your jokes and perfectly placed Iago commentary are the best 😂
Not the family business being a dungeon 😂
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I was really disappointed in this because I read some of the author's other work and I was like, yeah. This is a good time. Then I find out we're dealing with just another author who gets "inspired" by other people's IP and doesn't bother to hide their theft of characters and then is praised for originality. I followed her on social media at one point and she was openly promoting these as being the Disney characters. She went on my never read list sooooooooo fast.
Does she have any sort of deal with disney?
@@ReadswithRachel I think if she had a deal with them, she wouldn't have changed the spelling of the names. And I find it very unlikely that she does have a deal with them due to the fact that they have their own line of adult romance novels. Unless she has been contracted to write one of those or has said herself that she has Disney's approval. Otherwise, she's just violating copyright. And while that might not seem like a huge deal because Disney is so big, it really opens the door to violating smaller creators' IP.
That said, really nobody seems to care in the romance world when people are "inspired" by stuff they don't have the right to play with.
You doing a dilf shout out to Kassim, yes, girl!! 🙌🏻
YESSSSSSSSS cassim literally had no business being that fine but the animators went all out on his design anyway. i was probably like 8 when i watched that movie and my eyes bulged out of my head LOL where's his erotic fanfiction!?
The interspersed Aladdin clips had me rolling 🤣
THEY DIDN'T EDIT THE NAMES? THEY CALLED THEM JASMINE AND JAFAR?
I like Katee Roberts Books but man, she writes the same fucking book over and over again. If it wasn’t for the interesting relationship pairings, I’d probably never read anything of hers again. Also, the audio for this book was horrible. Jafar’s voice actor makes me full-body cringe.
Wasn’t Jasmine 16 in the original movie??? Who is shipping them??? Also is Jafar not gay???
I assume Jasmine was 20 in the movie… but have no idea why I thought that because it’s never said in the movie
No questions. 100% clear. Well explained.
_Please_ do the rest of this series!! XD.
How do you sell Disney porn commercially?
I thought Disney lawyers didn't approve of that sort of thing.
I'm confused, because I got a hassle because I wrote a story involving a public domain character who just had a name that was sort of similar to the name of a DC Comics character.
I am honestly not sure. There must be a loophole or agreement.
@@ReadswithRachel In the original story as Scheherezade told it, the character Jafar was based on was just called "the African Wizard" (Aladdin and the Princess, BTW, were Chinese).
@@arcadiaberger9204 Antoine Galland got the story of Aladdin from the Syrian Maronite Catholic storyteller Hanna Diyab. (who is an interesting figure in his own right btw, his memoir the _Book of Travels_ provides some insight) The Middle East had a long oral storytelling tradition, and it's unsure where Hanna Diyab heard it from. Perhaps he was influenced by the Tang dynasty wuxia tale of Kunlun Nu (崑崙奴), or even his own life story.
Even tho I think Katee Robert blew up from her Neon Gods series, I actually liked this series more(and her monster series even more haha). I feel like these shorter books are the better length for erotica. I think the neon gods series is supposed to be more of a romance but to me they just felt like these books but with filler. lol 😂 but I’ve noticed for myself that when it comes to erotica I’m not as concerned with plot, it just better have amazing chemistry between the characters. And I mean in their flirting/banter/non-bedroom interactions.
No but my first Dad crush WAS Aladdin's dad. Like I never saw Aladdin as a crush. He was just kinda... a jerk? But holy sh*t Aladdin's Dad is so... that man is just; whole series is justified with just him, the Genie being the Genie because we love him, and adorable little Sultan.
I just cannot get behind the whole "my father sold me to [insert sexy bad guy]" premise. I can suspend reality for just about any other premise, and go along with it even if it's outlandish. But any contemporary book that begins with a grown ass legal adult saying "my dad sold me..." just makes me roll my eyes. No he didn't. He can't. Not in this universe, at least. How is that legally possible? I am going to have to see the legal paperwork and the state and/or federal bodies that approved this transaction. And if there isn't any, then it’s human trafficking.
Also, hats off to the author for the whole element of "consent" and safewords, but why does Jasmine have a safeword. You mean to tell me Jafar is super cool with buying other human beings and murder, but draws the line at not listening to a safeword?! Ugh!!! I know I'm overthinking this, but that's exactly the point! The whole adult being sold premise just cannot be ignored in my mind.
Edit to add: I was so busy on my tangent, I completely forgot to thank your Rachel for another amazing video! I love your reviews, whether it's a book I'm interested in or know I won't ever read. You always have such insightful (and humorous) commentary.
I was out the oment you said "first person pov", I can get down with the quite horrible, stereotypical plot and the confusing world building, but not with that. It's often seems somewhat lazy.
That aside, this reads as if the author wrote fanfiction, the teenage reader said: that's so good and she self published.
not you reminding me I used to have a weird crush on aladdin's dad. glad to see I'm not the only one :D
Learned neon gods and this series is connected just makes everything more convoluted lore-wise 😵💫
Thank you for bringing up my earliest crisis of childhood, my abrupt and sudden crush on Aladdin's dad.
Look, I fully understand coming up with a fanfic and thinking “hey, I have a pretty good plot here; maybe I could rework it into an original story!” If one goes that route, however, one should maybe change the names to lower one’s chances of getting sued?
Donald Duck, attorney at law- 😭💀
How was the dress leaving red marks on the floor? Was it freshly dyed and she put it on wet?!
As someone who has been getting into kinky NBC Hannibal fanfic, everything I’ve read on AO3 is still somehow better than this. I truly can’t with these erotica writers.