I love this series! It's all getting a bit more serious than in the earlier books, but that's fine with me.

Book was interesting and loved the collaboration between these great authors!

This was a depressing episode, no doubt on purpose. All three storylines had problems for the ladies, and no sex. There’s rape scenes in movies and racism during fetish play, not nearly as much fun as previous chapters.

Unlike the previous episodes, this one as obviously stated by the cover has a bit more kink to it as those who have read the previous episodes will recall that Michelle attended a BDSM workshop at the Writers conference that she attended. Listening to the workshop grabbed her attention, and so Michelle decided to sign up for Fetlife which is like the R18 version of Facebook. I did that myself after joining a group as I was curious to see what Fetlife was as the group was called 90 days of Kink. Michelle takes it to the next level though as she attends her first party, but once she arrives, she learns that maybe she isn't quite ready to define what she is or wants. The other person that is focused on in Episode #6 is Taneesha who is now being stalked and harassed since her details were leaked online and now she has become an attack for cyber-bullying. What will happen though when the harassment gets kicked up a notch and starts affecting her personal life as well? If you want a bit more excitement, then Episode #6 is a good read as it has not only the geek culture side of things we love with this serial but also an insight into the world of BDSM and a bit of suspense and thriller with Taneesha's story line starting to come into play.

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Y'all, GEEK ACTUALLY is *intense*. This episode raises the stakes way the hell up as Taneesha deals with harassment and Michelle takes her first steps into the BDSM scene. It's also the serial's midpoint, so I desperately hope these women start to triumph from this point forward. Elli's doing pretty well, but everyone else has it rough right now and I want them to get to check some boxes on the win side of the equation.

This episode was the most intense of the series! As before, these intersectional feminist friendships continue to ground these women. Cannot wait to read what happens next!

This low rating isn't really because this particular episode was awful, I wouldn't say it was better or worse than any other part I've read so far, but just because I think this series is heading to places I would rather not read about. The BDSM stuff and sex scenes are getting more frequent and I don't really want to read that in this context. Also although I know Taneesha's harassment is something that a lot of women have to deal with every day, I read as an escape from how awful the world is so it's not really something I want to have to deal with right now in fiction either. I am unsure at this point if I'm going to continue this series but if you have been enjoying it up until now I'm sure you'll like this episode as well. I think I'm only reading it at this point because I hate to leave things unfinished but maybe I need to walk away.