Below I have listed my sexiest reads of the 2021 year. Keep in mind, I'm not just rating the sex in each book, but the sexual chemistry and buildup between the characters in each book as well. I've read a lot of romance, and believe me, chemistry and buildup is so important.
10 (Sexy) to 1 (My lady parts combusted while reading)
10. The Deal
by Elle Kennedy
The Sex: Hot.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: Not much, which is why it's not higher on the list.
Favorite Scene: The masturbation scene. Hot. As. Hell.
Garrett: "Man monster?"
Hannah: "Stop laughing at me. I'm serious. I might have big boobs and a grabbable ass, but have you seen my hips? Tiny and narrow! Which stands to reason that my lady canal -"
A howl rips out of his mouth.
Garrett: "Lady canal?"
Hannah: " - is narrow too. You're going to rip me in half."
He raises his head and there are honest-to-God tears in his eyes.
Garrett: "I think that's the nicest thing a girl has ever said to me."
9. Red, White and Royal Blue
by Casey McQuiston
The Sex: Hot as hell.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: Some, but not a crazy amount.
Favorite Scene: Their make out in the "red room" during the party
Alex: "You are gonna go be, like, five hundred feet away from me for the rest of the night, or else I am going to do something that I will deeply regret in front of a lot of very important people."
Henry: "All right ..."
Alex: "And then,"
He grabs Henry's tie again, close to the knot, and draws his mouth up to a breath away from Henry's.
He hears Henry swallow. He wants to follow the sound down his throat.
Alex: "And then you are going to come to the East Bedroom on the second floor at eleven o'clock tonight, and I am going to do very bad things to you, and if you fucking ghost me again, I'm going to get you put on a fucking no-fly list. Got it?"
Henry bites down on a sound that tries to escape his mouth
Henry: "Perfectly."
8. When He was Wicked
by Julia Quinn
The Sex: Hot.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: INTENSE
Favorite Scene: The dirty talk that led to their first time in the drawing room. Swoon.
And he, who had slept with countless women, suddenly realized that he'd been nothing but a green boy.
Because it had never been like this.
hat had been his body. This was his soul.
***
Michael: "I'm not a gentle pony. I promise you, you will have to work to keep your seat."
7. Love, Unexpectedly
by Susan Fox
The Sex: Combustible.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: None really.
Favorite Scene: Their first time having sex
Nav: "You meet fascinating people on a train. A train's a special world. Normal rules don't apply."
6. The Crown of Gilded Bones
by Jennifer L Armentrout
The Sex: Combustible.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: Not a whole lot, since they are an established couple, but points for tension when it comes to all the teasing about the joining.
Favorite Scene: I can't decide between the scene where Poppy and Cas watch Kieran as he gets a blowjob on the beach, or Cas having Poppy read from Willa's diary while he "has his dinner"
Casteel: "If I get inside of you right now, I don't think I can control myself. I'd have you up against that wall, my cock and fangs so deep inside you that neither of us would know where one began and the other ended."
5. Good Girl
by Lauren Layne
The Sex: Hot as hell.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: INTENSE
Favorite Scene: The hook up on the kitchen table
Noah: "Tell me this wasn't what you were doing all day. Buying ..."
Noah glances up at his wrists.
Noah: "Pink zip ties."
I give him a happy smile.
Jenny: "See, I knew you'd like the pink."
4. A Court of Silver Flames
by Sarah J Maas
The Sex: Combustible.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: Some.
Favorite Scene: The first time they have sex and they stay the night together
Cassian: "You'll be staying in your old room. My room's a level above that."
Nesta: "Why would I need to know that?"
Cassian: "In case you have a bad dream and need someone to read you a story. Maybe one of those smutty books you like so much."
***
Nesta: "There can be nothing more than sex, Cassian."
Cassian: "Then I'll take whatever you offer me. And I'll take you however you wish me to."
Nesta: "And if I wish to take you?"
Cassian: "Then I'll beg you to ride me into oblivion."
3. It Happened One Summer
by Tessa Bailey
The Sex: Combustible.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: Some.
Favorite Scene: The mirrored headboard
Brendan: "One day soon, Piper, I'm going to fuck you so goddamn hard. Going to fuck the word 'friend' right out of your beautiful mouth. You'll forget how to say anything but my name. Real quick, honey."
Brendan: "Going to spoil you with my credit card now."
He kissed the top of her slit.
Brendan: "Then have you sit on my face and spoil you fucking rotten with my tongue later."
2. Zodiac Academy Series
by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
The Sex: Combustible.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: Intense.
Favorite Scene: Almost every time Orion and Darcy have sex, it's a favorite. Their first time. The car sex. The punishment fucks. Classroom sex. Supply closet sex. Darius and Tory's first time, them having sex on the throne. The threesome they have with Caleb. The moment they stole from the stars. Caleb and Seth's threesome with Rosalie.
And spoilers for the newest book I just finished and will review next year --------------> Orion and Darcy fucking in the jail cell after they mated. Darius and Tory's crazy and never-ending sex. Caleb and Seth making out, and Seth blowing Caleb. Hot. All kinds of hot. <----------------
Orion: “I want you to the point of pain, Blue.”
Darcy: “Then have me,”
***
Darius: “There are countless people who would say I’m not allowed to want you. But you make me want to burn the whole world down so that I can claim you for my own.”
Tory: “Then we should burn it down,”
***
Tory: “Why? Why not just go after someone else?”
Darius: “Because we don’t get to choose our obsessions. And you’re mine.”
***
Lance:I forgot to buy dessert but luckily I have a can of whipped cream and a voracious appetite for you. So I won’t go hungry at least. Selfish fucker, aren’t I?
***
Caleb: “I have a theory that with the bangles hiding both of your magic and me thrown into the mix while we hide down here, the stars won’t be able to figure out what we’re doing.”
Tory: “And the blindfold?”
I asked, my breath catching as I tried to buy myself a moment to process that idea.
Caleb: “Because it’s hot as fuck,”
***
Orion: “Your carriage awaits, ma’am.”
I beckoned her forward and she stepped through the gap.
Darcy: “Are you my carriage?”
Orion: “Yeah, I forgot my saddle, but you can ride me bareback, right?”
1. A Shadow In The Ember
by Jennifer L Armentrout
The Sex: Combustible.
The Chemistry: Top notch.
The Tension: Intense.
Favorite Scene: There is two I just can't choose between. On the beach, Ash asking Sera to show him what she likes, and their first time.
Ash: “I remember how you showed me the way you like it. I play that over and over in my head. I could write a fucking tome on it by now.”
His thumb continued moving.
Ash: “When I’m fisting my cock, I remember how you held my hand against you at the lake.”
***
Ash: “If you don’t leave, I’m going to feed from you, and I’m going to fuck you while I do it,”
Sera: “Is that a promise? Or just more talk?”
***
I held him through it, running my fingers up and down his back even as sharp, swift aftershocks still rocked my body. He remained there for an indefinable amount of time, his weight braced on an arm but still heavy. It was time that I cherished—soaked in. The closeness, how we were still joined. The nothingness between us, and his scent and mine. The way I was Sera in these moments, and he was Ash to me. That was what I devoured. Greedily. Us.