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Rating: really liked it
okay so this as a Jasmine/Jafar AU and....not gonna lie I was here for it
there were a lot of other disney villains in this that I hope we get separate books for
my childhood is destroyed after this
Rating: really liked it
Re-read 4/4/20: Y'all I liked this even more the second time around and I am now VERY excited to carry on with this damn series. Hot dog!!!!!
Original read 8/31/19: This was so naughty and SO MUCH FUN. If you're into the daddy/babygirl thing, you'll love this. My only real complaint is that I wanted more romance and less plot lmao
TW: (consensual) non-consensual situations, emotional abuse (done by a parent), death of a parent
Rating: really liked it
DNF at 48%.
I just don’t see the purpose of stories like these even bothering to have some form of a plot going. Seriously, who cares? I mean, you’re in it for a good time, not a long time.
Rating: really liked it
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So I knew about this author from her
Dark Olympus series, but I only recently found out that she's also pretty well known for her Disney villain erotica series. And obviously, as soon as I figured out that some of my villainous faves were going to be doing the nasty with the heroes and heroines of my childhood, I figured out why these books are the series that launched a thousand shameful inner-fanfictions. Villains rule.
DESPERATE MEASURES is a story about Jasmine and Jafar. It's a little confusing since the world-building in this book is so vague, but Jasmine's father is some unspecified big shot and Jafar coups him to take his power. But he also wants to take Jasmine. The two of them have apparently been attracted to one another for years, and for some reason they have a safe word even though they've never done it, which is handy because they're both into consensual non-consent.
For some reason, Hades is in this book. (I thought for a moment, it was
Dark Olympus Hades, but apparently this is the Disney version of Hades because these books have him paired up with Meg-- which I find terribly confusing.) Hades, as he does in the
Dark Olympus books, basically owns his own underground sex club and he's into exhibitionism (and all sorts of other stuff.) Apparently this club is where all the movers and shakers go, so Jafar takes Jasmine there as a neener neener (but also as a weener weener, if you get me), and basically things heat up from there.
I thought it was interesting making Aladdin the bad guy. I never did trust Aladdin and the way he lied to Jasmine in the movie was always super sus, so I could totally see all that pathological lying masking an evil side. The chemistry between Jasmine and Jafar was great, but I REALLY wish we had seen them before the coup. I would have liked to have seen the dynamics between Jasmine and Jafar, Jasmine and Aladdin, and Jasmine, Jafar, and her father on page. I also feel like the politics of Carver City were really vague. This is basically porn with plot and I get that, but since that's what the book was going for, I wish the plot had been just a little bit better. I wanted to know more about these weird politics.
In some ways, I actually enjoyed this more than NEON GODS. Maybe because while I was researching Aladdin and ending up down various Wikipedia rabbit holes, I ended up finding about this movie called
The Thief of Bagdad which apparently Disney's Aladdin took some inspo from. That movie also has a Jaffar (with two F's) who was played by this dude named Conrad Veidt. And if you look him up, he definitely gives off villainous "Daddy" vibes, so that's basically who I was picturing Jafar as in this book. DESPERATE MEASURES had its flaws, but I still enjoyed reading it.
2.5 to 3 stars
Rating: really liked it
This was the steamiest Disney reimagining I have ever read, and I am here for more. Dark, kinky, and over-the-top in exactly the way that I like it. My only concern is that the ending took on a completely different tone than the first 90% of the story, but otherwise I fell hard for J+J.
*CW for consensual non-consent, death of a parent, emotional abuse by a parent, graphic sexual content.
*Many thanks to myself for treating me to this kindle.
Rating: really liked it
i just couldn't get into this one! which makes me sad since so many people seem to love these smutty retellings. might try again at some point, but most likely will just give a different novella series from Katee Robert a try first
Rating: really liked it
5 Obedient Stars ⭐️
Based loosely around Aladdin, ‘Desperate Measures’ is the story of kinky villain Jafar, who claims Princess Jasmine after stripping her father of his riches and empire.
As her father’s second in command, Jafar has been taken with Jasmine from their first meeting. Having lived in a gilded cage all her life, Jasmine is devastated to discover that she has been forced to exchange one cage for another. And let me assure you, this story throws you into the upheaval from the very beginning.
"She’s mine now the same way her father’s fortune and businesses and allies are mine." Although terrified of her new life, Jasmine is confused about her attraction and hidden submissive cravings towards a much older Jafar. With a backbone to admire, she is the ultimate heroine. Jasmine has no intention of adhering to Jafar’s way and will do her damnest to fight him every step of the way. And this is a battle that Jafar is more than happy to undertake.
"They could never comprehend the level of betrayal, that I wanted him to defile me the way I did, that I welcomed his touch even as I mouthed all the protests I could muster." The author describes this book as Consensual non-consent sexual story. If you are not opposed to this trope you are in for a treat. In the underworld, Jasmine will discover that all she has lusted for and dreamed about can be hers at the hand of Jafar. This is off course in exchange for her obedience 🔥
"I’ll be good, Daddy. I promise.” I want his cock. I want him to force me down and drive into me. I want so many things. Things I’ve barely allowed myself to fantasise about. It felt too cruel to do it before, to want something I was never going to be allowed to have."
Rating: really liked it
If you ask me, the most underrated skill in the world is knowing exactly what you want to do it and then doing it.
This book knows exactly what it wants to do and then does it.
It’s ridonkulously fun.
It’s Disney princesses & Disney villains. But, y’know, set in a not super defined modern AU. And everyone is kinky. And nearly everyone is bi. At least so far all the women have been bi. I am taking it as read the same goes for the menz.
The self-consciously irrelevant plot here is that Jafar as taken over Jasmine’s father’s business empire and laid claim to Jasmine as a kind of war prize. Because reasons? Jafar and Jasmine have long-standing chemistry that culminates in … well. Everything you’d expect.
Which is to say mild daddy kink and lots o’ banging.
Absurd as it may sound to discuss the artistic merits of what is essentially naughty Disney fanfic, there’s a hell of a lot to admire in this book. For me, everything about it was judged exactly right. It’s giddy and gleeful but utterly self-aware. Jasmine’s consent is paramount, not just to Jafar but to the book. Her needs, equally, take centre stage: not just her sexual desires but her emotional ones, for freedom and agency. There’s no question that what she enjoys in the bedroom should spill beyond that. It’s an understated arc but watching both characters learn how to put that into practice is really satisfying. Psychologically I mean. As to the other ways some people might find this book satisfying, I could not possibly comment.
My only real peeve was Jafar—one of THE most queer-coded Disney villains—comes across depressingly straight. Humph.
(CW for CNC if you do pick this one up)
Rating: really liked it
A heck of a lot of steam, surprisingly a lot of plot, but I found the actual romance lacking. Overall, I did like this one and I find the concept fascinating (Jasmine with Jafar instead of Aladdin- who is actually the villain in this one). I’m definitely interested in going forward with the series and am looking forward to Meg’s story which is next!
Audio book source: Hoopla (library borrow)
Story Rating: 3-3.5 stars
Narrators: Jack Calihan and Lessa Lamb
Narration Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Romance
Length: 7h 41m
Rating: really liked it
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Rating: really liked it
3.5 STARS 
I want Jasmine confined...
My collar on her neck, its chain never far from my hand.
I want her on her knees in subservience.
I want to fucking ruin her.
Sweet mother of ovaries, what did I just read? How did I not know that Katee Robert had such a dirty side to her? I felt like I should go to confession after reading this, because this was sinfully good.
The premise is delicious; a different take on your favorite disney story but with a deliciously kinky twist. What if the villain got the girl? That's what you get with Jafar and Jasmine. Except instead of a royal kingdom, Jasmine is the daughter to an crime king. And instead of a goofy and somewhat bumbling good boy, she ends up with the intense, broody, and dominant Jafar.
This was more erotica that romance, and even though I don't typically gravitate to this genre, this totally hit the spot for me. And to be honest, for the amount of hot kinkery that happens here, there was a surprisingly satisfying amount of story to it. Fans of dub con and the baby girl/daddy thing would totally eat this up. I'm more of the former than the latter, so the daddy thing didn't quite hit the spot for me so much. However, this was still a highly entertaining and hot as sin read that I devoured from beginning to end.
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Rating: really liked it
If you want smut, you get it. If you want a believable romance, you won't get it. Tbh i grew really bored from this book.
Rating: really liked it
Me after reading this book:
I don't know where Katee Robert got the idea for this series from, but oh my goodness, she is hella wicked! I'm not even sure how to review Desperate Measures because my main thought throughout the book was "OMG WHAT!!!!". I will tell you that it is very much out of my comfort zone, and only Katee could have gotten me to pick this book up.
Desperate Measures is a contemporary retelling of Aladdin with Jasmine and Jafar as the leads. I know what you're thinking, Jasmine & Jafar??? I was skeptical, but also very intrigued and I will say that Katee Roberts makes it work. Jasmine has led a very sheltered life in the middle of a criminal world. Her emotionally abusive father has kept her locked away for most of her life. As you can imagine, this was a girl with a lot of vulnerabilities, but she manages to be fierce and headstrong. She was tired of people were walking all over her and was ready to stop that from ever happening. When Jafar kills her father to take over all of his assets, he decides to whisk away Jasmine as well. They have shared some passionate chemistry in the past and he is ready to show her how hot he is for her. Jafar was wily and cunning, but way hotter than his cartoon counterpart. I liked that I could never guess his true intentions. He was complicated, a whole lot possessive, and just plain devilish. He certainly hid a softer, more vulnerable side to him, but I liked the grey parts of his personality more.
There was a whole lot of sex in Desperate Measures. Trust me when I say that this book was ridiculously filthy. I mean with the chemistry that Jasmine and Jafar shared, the book was bound to be hot, but wowzah! If you're not into erotica, this might not be the book for you, but if you're keen on trying something wicked, go for it. This was pretty much my face while reading the scenes of these two (and sometimes more) go at it like bunnies:
Desperate Measures was certainly one of the most scandalous books I've read and as much as it pushed my boundaries, I also could not stop reading it. It was completely addicting and add to that all the political dynamics as well as glimpses of the potential future couples, I couldn't look away.
Anyways, Desperate Measures was a great intro to this series. If you're interested in trying something steamier than your usual read with some grey characters, I definitely would give this one try. Keep a fan (and some holy water) nearby though because your face is going to be on FIRE.
Rating: really liked it
Was this the most amazing thing ? No. But it was fun and sexy.
Rating: really liked it
Lets hear it for the villains!!!! Jafar is fabulous and I really like this bad boy !!!! If Disney had written Aladdin this way I would have watched it a few hundred times!!! Jasmine and Jafar's chemistry was hot and the sex out of this world!!! I have always preferred the villains their so much more interesting and a whole lot more funner! This was a dirty smut filled read with all kinds of fuckery and kink . I love fairy tales twisted and sexed up and this one didn't disappoint! Katee Robert is a awesome writer and is now on my radar! And i love the mix of disney characters,but believe me theirs nothing sweet and innocent about any of them. Can't wait to read the next book in this series Learn My Lesson its Hades and Meg's book. Their was a teaser at the end of Desperate Measures for it and it sounds like another sexy, steamy smutty read. I have a thing for Hades anyway and this spin on him has me hooked already and meg is very intriguing as well. Until next time Luv's💞💋
