Dodger

You have to look at the ingredients. A volatile mix of snips, snails and puppy dog tails. What can you expect?

This is a wonderful St.Valentine's Day story. If you enjoy reading stories from an unusual perspective then this masterpiece from Cole Matthews is one of the best. Be prepared for some nice twists; it will definitely warm your heart.

A highly addictive and very entertaining story from a talented author. I read it as it was posted but even 18 months after the final chapter was posted the story is still fresh in my mind. It is definitely worthy of a review and five stars. It has something for everyone.

This is an interesting story with a slightly unusual theme. If, like me, you know little about BDSM, then don't allow this to stop you from reading. It's informative and a good and entertaining read. Well worth taking the plunge.

Nice ending to an interesting story. I learned a bit about the world of BDSM which was good too. Thanks Caz, I will leave a review for you.

Only Toby left now.

We're heading towards a happy ending here, but don't worry, I'm looking forward to it.

This is an interesting development.

Nice chapter Caz, pity we're getting to the end.

I'd love to send out invitations like that.

All fixed byb the time I read it. What an unusual way to propose.

Anyone in that kind of state shouldn't be cooking

Thank you for reading and commenting @W.D I'm honoured that you chose this story for your first post. Long chapters and unnecessary text have been problematic for me and they're issues that I've been trying to address. This particular story was an entry to the GA Halloween short story contest and probably just about qualifies as a short story. I would usually have posted something like this in two chapters. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

Would you believe it; after everything I said earlier, here I am reading a story because of a review and end up writing one myself. I should have known that this would be the case. If Comicality wrote a shopping list, I would probably want to read it and he does an excellent job here delving into the uncertain mind of young boy as he tries to figure it all out. It will strike a chord with just about everyone. Well written, it's a genuine feel-good story guaranteed to make you smile.

I'm not usually much into romantic stories but this one had me smiling so you've done a good job here and in January too. Well done @BHopper2

"Well, sometimes we moms know a lot more than you think we do." Sounds as if she has a pretty good idea about Ethan. I was hoping that she would ask him straight out, but that was a big hint. Like a few of the others here, I believe this is the lull before the storm. Better batten down the hatches Ethan.

A 24/7 deal

Carlos is playing his best card here and he looks like winning the hand. We'll see.

Not me. That's the benefit of reading behind everyone else.

Nice chapter Caz. I don't see it being that easy for Carlos and Oliver though.

I've had a couple of cracked ribs in the past and it is painful to breath while they're healing but the worst is if somebody makes you laugh! Good chapter as always Caz.

So nice to have your own clean up crew. It reminds me of 'The Wolf' from the Tarantino film 'Pulp Fiction'.

On the Home page, there is a link to The Most Reviewed Stories which takes you to what seems like a totally random list. It would be helpful if it was in some kind of order so that readers/potential reviewers could see what stories had the most reviews. For anyone who likes to read stories that have a lot of reviews this would be a very important feature. Although I have taken the time to review a number of stories, I'm not sure how effective the review system is. I don't read stories because of their reviews or how many stars they have, because often that's only one persons opinion and their tastes are most likely different from mine. I get a better indication of how good a story is by the number of likes (chapter likes, not story likes), views, or comments it has, because they are the most popular stories and they are popular for a reason. Having said that, there are a lot of short stories that are really quite good that get lost among the heavyweights and are aren't around long enough to get many views or comments and unless they are from a popular author they rarely get a mention, reviews would definitely help here, if you can find them? Finally, I received a PM a few weeks ago from a member who said how much he was enjoying a story of mine, and how he had read 68 chapters over a weekend. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, but when I looked, despite raving about the story and feeling the need to message me about it, he had not left as much as a single like or comment! The point I'm making here is if someone cannot be bothered to click like at the bottom of a chapter that they claim to be hooked on and stayed up all night reading, then what are the chances of you getting a review out of them?

Okay this is a good place to end for the night. Sorry to keep you busy with the comments but I like to comment on most chapters I read, even though sometimes I'm just stating the obvious. You don't have to reply to each one though, I know that you read them.

This has to be the cavalry.