Heads up: I received an advanced reader copy (ARC) of Masks and Mishaps from the author, but the review is my opinion alone 🫶🏻

Rating: 🤩

It was always going to come to this. And by “this”, I obviously mean me being so painfully down bad for just how painfully down bad Dalton Cavendish is for Essie Romero for the entirety of Masks and Mishaps, Rebecca Kinkade’s conclusion to her cam girl/rich man series.

As much as I enjoyed this filmed, masked, size difference-filled rom com (which was a lot, for the record), I’m also sad to see the series finished. I know Kinkade will write more things I’ll probably love just as much, but there was something so special about this series.

The sex positivity, the ambition, the exploration of power and privilege through sex, the unapologetic and nonjudgmental kink, the (perfectly-named) rich men so respectfully gone for the women, the well-timed quips and banter resulting in real belly laughs—the Streams and Schemes series has been such a gift.

I could wax poetic about how much I loved Essie and how unapologetic she was about her motivations both in her cam girl career and her corporate one. I could also say a lot of things about Dalton’s absolutely filthy mouth (seriously: a lot of things).

But the thing that literally moved me to tears—while also laughing because the scene was sweet and funny—was one where Dalton was out to dinner with Lander and Everett (the heroes of the previous books), being just a big rich emo boy about how he wasn’t good enough for Essie and his boys agreed, but then also reminded Dalton how good of a friend he was and how he was deserving of her.

Like yes, Kinkade can write a romance. But she can also really write friendship. And damn but I wish more cishet dudes had friendships like that.

All of which is to say: If you like high spice contemporary romance with really smart, driven characters and you haven’t yet read this series… what are you even waiting for, my friend? 💖