Satisfying is a short novella in the Elite Protection Services series, featuring the older brother of Robby Shaw (from book 3, Exasperating), Jacob Shaw and boxer and sometimes Elite guard, Killian Connolly. Connolly made a brief appearance in book 4, Infuriating but otherwise both characters are unknowns.

This was a pretty quick novella with limited backstory and plot. It was alright. The romance between Connolly and Jacob was sweet and steamy, if not ridiculously fast and without any build up to how they got there. Honestly the blurb gave me more information than the novella did.

This was a lot more lighthearted than the rest of the series and had some funny lines - it was everything you expect out of a novella. 3 stars. ( )

I understand why some people hated it, it's stereotypical, but this series has so many different relationship dynamics that I think it's ok to have an extra book with a mm couple that have mf characteristics in the relationship. This kind of couples exist too and that's fine. HOWEVER, I don't think it was the right choice to do it in a short story, since there's so many overwhelming traumas that they both have to overcome before being together in a healthy relationship. ( )