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May 20, 2026
Hilarious and Deeply Felt
Casey Morales is one of my top 3 favorite MM Romance authors and I always expect his books to be enjoyable, fun, and emotionally rewarding. Well, Whipped blew my mind! IMO, It’s one of his very best books to date!
BENJI: I have loved Benji since he was ’hired’ at Barbacks. He’s incredibly entertaining and just so much fun but, in Whipped, we see the softer, genuine, and absolutely lovely character that is Benji Kwon. Peter (and the animals) bring out a side of him that is gentle, vulnerable, trustworthy, and quiet. (Yes, I said ‘quiet’!)
PETER: Precious Peter! He is a wonderful character! He’s grief stricken, lonely, very competent, and absolutely devoted to the animals in his care. He has a huge heart with a deep well of love and kindness that he learned to lavish upon his patients and foster animals when he lost the love of his life. For my personal experience, Casey got grief exactly right and expressed well the devastation, numbness, and just LOSS of losing one’s other half. Peter had me deep in my feels from the first moment he was introduced.
THE FOSTERS: The way these little guys got under my skin was embarrassing! I don’t cry often when reading but Whipped had me in tears much more often than I care to admit. At one point, my husband was concerned but he laughed uncontrollably when I said, through the hysterical weeping, “The Destiny’s Child kittens are being adopted!” He should have seen me when they visited the zoo!! Casey brilliantly uses the animals to tell…