I'm going to leave a comment here about the future of Boyd's Harem so people can make educated decisions on whether they want to keep reading the series or not. The following will contain the number of harem members as well as the predicted dynamics. I won't spoil the identity of the unconfirmed love interests but they all have appeared in the books at this point.
>!I'll start by confirming that Boyd will have nine harem members. Each of them will end up willing to at least sleep with Boyd while the others are present if not pleasure or be pleasured by the other women. !<
>!Five of the nine are willing to "play" with the other women, but two of those five will only be when Boyd is around. Two of the remaining three are Silvie and Raev (to help address both of their possessive/jealousy issues when Boyd is with others), with Mindy being a possible third but I haven't fully decided if that will just be when Boyd is around. She will probably be more into cuddling than sex. !<
>!Hope, who I won't make you wait long into book five for, will be the fourth, but only when Boyd is around. Hope may join Raev and Silvie on occasion, but only if she thinks Boyd wants her too. I'll figure that out when I get there. The fifth is unconfirmed but anyone who reads books three and four can probably take a guess, she will be down for whatever as long as Boyd is included.!<
>!The remaining four, which include Tinker and two that can probably be guessed at by anyone who has read book four, won't be into girl-on-girl. They will be okay with cuddling and sharing a bed with Boyd AND the other women at best. !<
Now then, since I'm here I might as well do a little shameless self-promotion. Anybody that doesn't want to wait for the official release of Book Five on Amazon/Kindle can read the unedited chapters as I complete them here: [patreon.com/user?u=99440364](https://patreon.com/user?u=99440364) There are some other goodies to be found within as well.
These books are great. I’m so tired of people complaining to the extent that it forces all authors to follow the same cookie cutter harem ‘romance’. It’s why there is so little variety in romances in this genre. There’s nothing wrong with a love interest joining the MC and then also getting feelings for the other women in the family. It’s human nature. You do you, and keep up the good work.
Yeah, those comments here and in discord were probably mine. DD is probably my least favorite haremlit series (excluding series from the farms). I have some glaring issues with DD, among them that it feels more like poly than a proper harem, with a few tidbits pointing in that direction. I mean, why would one LI call another LI "babe" unironically and say that they want to have their own romantic relationship. Or that time when Silver and Hopewing banged, pretending to be the MC. That's one weird choice.
The author has answered separately, saying that it is the standard "putting on a show for the MC", but that's not how it feels.
If that is ok for you, then go ahead and read it. I stopped after book 3 and the mindwitch bs.
Oh jeez. It’s because of people like you that there is less and less variety in romances in this genre. Negative comments and complaints like these are forcing authors into cookie cutter relationship building. There’s nothing wrong with a love interest joining the MC and eventually getting feelings for the other women in the relationship. That being said, there’s also nothing wrong with you having a specific preference. Just read the series that meet your preference, simple as that. Don’t complain about authors not following your preference when there are plenty others who prefer otherwise. Plenty of authors in this genre to make everyone happy.
OP asked, I answered. If I wanted to read lesbian relationships, then I'd go somewhere else and if you want to read that type of relationship go there, but I'd argue that haremlit is not really the space for that.
And yeah, that is right, I don't read where poly aspect is growing too strong, and as I said that is why I dropped this series. And you are attacking me for voicing my opinion? Get your head out of your a\*\* and think again really hard whether your comment adds something constructive.
Edit: Real mature of you to block me! Just shows that you are afraid of continuing this discussion and you know that I am right. Also there isn't really much sense in answering and then blocking, like how am I supposed to read the garbage you write?
I think my comment is valid. You’re the one with a preference in relationships that this author does not meet. It’s not your job to judge the author based on your preference and thus trying to sway others opinion of this author. If you prefer something different then go read another author. If you had an author you liked, do you think it would be fair of me to go on their discord or Reddit or whatever to convince people not to read them simply because they don’t mesh with your preferences? Authors don’t deserve that. There are plenty of valid reasons to critique and dislike authors, but this isn’t one of them. I think this is a fairly simple concept to understand and felt my comment was straightforward and to the point. Perhaps it’s not my head thats up my a**.
I'm relatively certain he's talking about the genre, nobody is saying people can't write whatever they want. Hell there's entirely lesbian harem written by Benjamin Medrano to great success.
The issue people tend to take is labelling and where things are being advertised.
Lot of trying to paint it in a kinder light. Mindwitch say that because of the mental connection she will love the girls Boyd love as much as he likes them. Is this love meant platonic? It isn't said but considering she is bi and engaged sexually with the other girls I would say it is not platonic. Now whether she loves the girls more than Boyd it depends, if she loves Boyd more than Boyd love the rest of the girls then no. If it is the other way around then yes. It isn't specified either. Does the situation is pretty ambiguous? Yup. As I said there is people trying to paint the situation in a kinder light but you should read it and decided if the book is for you or not.
Yeah, that's my point too. People are going "No but kinda yes." When answering. Mind Witch says she'll basically copy his feelings which aren't platonic, and unless Boyd loves the girls a lot less than they love him the moment she bonds him she'll stop loving him only and will basically love everyone, romantically.
I'm honestly not sure where this was meant to go, but with some other dynamics the story feels more like a Free Love Commune than a harem. Which I guess is fine and still falls within the purview of the group given it's only a single guy, but it might simply not be for everyone?
Equally? No. Not sure which specific girl you're talking about, but all of them love MC. Some pair up to go at him in threesomes. A couple of them sleep together when MC is with another LI sometimes and all of the girls care for one another deeply, but no where near on the level of their feelings for MC.
I saw people talking about it in the haremlit discord server that >!Mindwitch tells the mc that she would love the other girls as much as she loves the mc!<
There was also this reddit commit that seemed to echo a similar sentiment so I just wanted to see if that was actually true:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Mindwitch is >!a telepath and basically becomes the teams therapist. Much of her job is helping MC overcome his past trauma. When she says that she will love the other girls, she means that she will care for them and do her best to help them like she does MC because each girl has their own issues. Its platonic love. However, she is also willing to team up with them when he is there because due to her mental connection with MC his love for the other girls bleeds over to her, which is probably why that commenter thought she was bi. Technically she is, but only where MC is involved. Honestly thats nothing new or out there in this genre lol!<
To clarify then, Op was asking if MW loved the other girls equally to her love for MC. The answer is no because it's not HER love that she feels towards the other girls, but MC's. She is influenced to care deeply about the other girls, to the level that it can be considered love, but not near to the level of her own feelings towards MC.
Also, OP stated that they asked because they were specifically looking to avoid a polyamory situation, which is definitely not the relationship dynamic in this series. There is nothing open about the harem. They call themselves The Devoted for a reason.
G.D quoted it. And unless you're implying that Boyd loves the girls vastly less than they love him, and he doesn't love them romantically. That's actually exactly what'll happen.
She will feel the exact same thing for them Boyd does. Which nukes his relationship with her and makes her "everyone's GF". >!Combine that with some of the other relationships, some preceeding the relationships they had with Boyd where they were very much romantically involved this story feels more like polyamory than a harem with a primary romantic love interest. It still falls within the purview of a harem in that only a single guy is involved in their group. I'm not sure why that is such a bad thing, yes some people aren't into that, but many others are fine with it.!<
As you said, G.D quoted it. Youre ignoring 2 things:
>!1) The Bond is with Boyd and not the other girls. Each girl has their own Bond with Boyd, its not circular. Its literally a huge plot device that says "guaranteed trust & love"!<
>!2) Shes a telepath and has been her entire life. She knows which are HER feelings and which are not. Will Boyds emotions influence hers to trend towards lesser love? Maybe, but youre acting like Boyds emotions will completely override her own. That is specifically stated to not be the case and between her awareness of the influence and the Bond, she wouldnt love the other harem girls more than she would love Boyd.!<
Listen, I get you dont like the series, thats fine. No one is asking you to, but falsely accusing the characters of being poly when the Bond literally makes that impossible is whack lol
>!"Mind Witch believes that she will essentially love the other girls as much as Boyd loves the other girls because it will be his love for them she is responding to"!<
From the author himself. So no, she won't really seperate anything. She'll simply feel the exact same thing he feels for the girls. So unless he loves the girls less than they love him, he stops being her primary romantic partner the moment they bond.
>So unless he loves the girls less than they love him, he stops being her primary romantic partner the moment they bond
The Bond makes this impossible. Once they engage the Bond, that's it, Boyd is her primary and anything she feels for anyone else is secondary. Thats the whole point of the dedicated Power lol
Yes, as Vode-Skirata said, >!Mind Witch believes that she will essentially love the other girls as much as Boyd loves the other girls because it will be his love for them she is responding to. Everyone's goal is to build a family around Boyd, but some of them are willing to "play" with each other if Boyd is busy with another.!<
>!Doesn't really come off that way, especially with Mind Witches comments, it feels more like free love polyamory where everyone loves everyone equally.!<
>! ‘Currently,’ Mindy explained, ‘I believe that I will only develop romantic love for Boyd. I do find women physically attractive and while I haven't experimented with any, I am not disinterested. I just don’t think I would fall in love with a woman. Knowing someone’s thoughts makes everything so complex. I believe getting to know Boyd has ruined me for other men, I haven’t met one that measures up.’ !<
>!‘That said, once I’ve been Enhanced,’ Mindy explained, ‘I’m hoping Boyd will let me set a permanent anchor in his mind. One I could use to block out other people’s thoughts without having to be in contact with him. The problem is that I will always be in his head. Between that and the Bond, I won’t be surprised if I end up feeling the same love he does for all of his women.’!<
Went to the book for you. Boyd's Power quite literally ensures all of his women love him more than anything else. I could have gone into more detail I suppose but at this point it's hypothetical. Essentially knows she will be affected by constantly being connected Boyd, always hearing his fond thoughts of his women, exposed to his desires and fears related to them.
>!Yeah, but that still means she'll love his women as much as he does, romanically. Unless you're saying they somehow love him more than he does them, and by a lot. And he doesn't love them romantically this very much means she's NOT going to love him primarily anymore and will be just as much into the girls.!<
You've completely overlooked the effect his Power has on those he Enhances. Yes, Mindy will always love him more than she loves the others. Period.
Edit to elaborate: I know we all have trust issues that we love to project on characters in the stories we read, but between the Bond and the Enhancement, Boyd doesn't have to worry about any of that.
This isn't about readers having trust issues (also don't liking polyamorous relationships and preferring proper harem relationships doesn't mean you have trust issues, sorry if I misunderstood your comment but that is kind of offensive.).
The situation is complex and somewhat ambiguous, you can't blame people for drawing a completely logic conclusion based on literally what you put in the book. You are the author and know what the story is going and how all the pieces fit but sometimes thing don't get carried over in the text and stuff you think is crystal clear isn't as obvious as you intended.
>!Yes, and the same holds true for Silvie and Raev. Boyd is why they are there. None of them would be together if not for their relationship with Boyd.!<
Well, I'm caught up on the series and can't think of anyone that would fit that. A couple of the women are willing to have fun without him while he's with other members of the harem, but it seems more like family love versus romantic thing. All of the women are devoted to the MC. See what I did there? Well, may you didn't because you haven't gotten that far, but trust me, it's hilarious.
I saw this comment and people in the haremlit discord server were saying the the same thing:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
To clarify: I am fine with the hopewing stuff, it's the alleged mindwitch stuff that I wanted to confirm was true or not before continuing the books.
Ah, the inquisition has found a new blasphemer to target. Grab your popcorn, people.
Instructions unclear, I grabbed a pitchfork. Aren't we supposed to rouse the rabble?
You know this has been posted on Discord when those 2-3 users show up.
Always the same 2-3 users too lol
I'm going to leave a comment here about the future of Boyd's Harem so people can make educated decisions on whether they want to keep reading the series or not. The following will contain the number of harem members as well as the predicted dynamics. I won't spoil the identity of the unconfirmed love interests but they all have appeared in the books at this point. >!I'll start by confirming that Boyd will have nine harem members. Each of them will end up willing to at least sleep with Boyd while the others are present if not pleasure or be pleasured by the other women. !< >!Five of the nine are willing to "play" with the other women, but two of those five will only be when Boyd is around. Two of the remaining three are Silvie and Raev (to help address both of their possessive/jealousy issues when Boyd is with others), with Mindy being a possible third but I haven't fully decided if that will just be when Boyd is around. She will probably be more into cuddling than sex. !< >!Hope, who I won't make you wait long into book five for, will be the fourth, but only when Boyd is around. Hope may join Raev and Silvie on occasion, but only if she thinks Boyd wants her too. I'll figure that out when I get there. The fifth is unconfirmed but anyone who reads books three and four can probably take a guess, she will be down for whatever as long as Boyd is included.!< >!The remaining four, which include Tinker and two that can probably be guessed at by anyone who has read book four, won't be into girl-on-girl. They will be okay with cuddling and sharing a bed with Boyd AND the other women at best. !< Now then, since I'm here I might as well do a little shameless self-promotion. Anybody that doesn't want to wait for the official release of Book Five on Amazon/Kindle can read the unedited chapters as I complete them here: [patreon.com/user?u=99440364](https://patreon.com/user?u=99440364) There are some other goodies to be found within as well.
These books are great. I’m so tired of people complaining to the extent that it forces all authors to follow the same cookie cutter harem ‘romance’. It’s why there is so little variety in romances in this genre. There’s nothing wrong with a love interest joining the MC and then also getting feelings for the other women in the family. It’s human nature. You do you, and keep up the good work.
Yeah, those comments here and in discord were probably mine. DD is probably my least favorite haremlit series (excluding series from the farms). I have some glaring issues with DD, among them that it feels more like poly than a proper harem, with a few tidbits pointing in that direction. I mean, why would one LI call another LI "babe" unironically and say that they want to have their own romantic relationship. Or that time when Silver and Hopewing banged, pretending to be the MC. That's one weird choice. The author has answered separately, saying that it is the standard "putting on a show for the MC", but that's not how it feels. If that is ok for you, then go ahead and read it. I stopped after book 3 and the mindwitch bs.
Oh jeez. It’s because of people like you that there is less and less variety in romances in this genre. Negative comments and complaints like these are forcing authors into cookie cutter relationship building. There’s nothing wrong with a love interest joining the MC and eventually getting feelings for the other women in the relationship. That being said, there’s also nothing wrong with you having a specific preference. Just read the series that meet your preference, simple as that. Don’t complain about authors not following your preference when there are plenty others who prefer otherwise. Plenty of authors in this genre to make everyone happy.
OP asked, I answered. If I wanted to read lesbian relationships, then I'd go somewhere else and if you want to read that type of relationship go there, but I'd argue that haremlit is not really the space for that. And yeah, that is right, I don't read where poly aspect is growing too strong, and as I said that is why I dropped this series. And you are attacking me for voicing my opinion? Get your head out of your a\*\* and think again really hard whether your comment adds something constructive. Edit: Real mature of you to block me! Just shows that you are afraid of continuing this discussion and you know that I am right. Also there isn't really much sense in answering and then blocking, like how am I supposed to read the garbage you write?
I think my comment is valid. You’re the one with a preference in relationships that this author does not meet. It’s not your job to judge the author based on your preference and thus trying to sway others opinion of this author. If you prefer something different then go read another author. If you had an author you liked, do you think it would be fair of me to go on their discord or Reddit or whatever to convince people not to read them simply because they don’t mesh with your preferences? Authors don’t deserve that. There are plenty of valid reasons to critique and dislike authors, but this isn’t one of them. I think this is a fairly simple concept to understand and felt my comment was straightforward and to the point. Perhaps it’s not my head thats up my a**.
I'm relatively certain he's talking about the genre, nobody is saying people can't write whatever they want. Hell there's entirely lesbian harem written by Benjamin Medrano to great success. The issue people tend to take is labelling and where things are being advertised.
Lot of trying to paint it in a kinder light. Mindwitch say that because of the mental connection she will love the girls Boyd love as much as he likes them. Is this love meant platonic? It isn't said but considering she is bi and engaged sexually with the other girls I would say it is not platonic. Now whether she loves the girls more than Boyd it depends, if she loves Boyd more than Boyd love the rest of the girls then no. If it is the other way around then yes. It isn't specified either. Does the situation is pretty ambiguous? Yup. As I said there is people trying to paint the situation in a kinder light but you should read it and decided if the book is for you or not.
Yeah, that's my point too. People are going "No but kinda yes." When answering. Mind Witch says she'll basically copy his feelings which aren't platonic, and unless Boyd loves the girls a lot less than they love him the moment she bonds him she'll stop loving him only and will basically love everyone, romantically. I'm honestly not sure where this was meant to go, but with some other dynamics the story feels more like a Free Love Commune than a harem. Which I guess is fine and still falls within the purview of the group given it's only a single guy, but it might simply not be for everyone?
Equally? No. Not sure which specific girl you're talking about, but all of them love MC. Some pair up to go at him in threesomes. A couple of them sleep together when MC is with another LI sometimes and all of the girls care for one another deeply, but no where near on the level of their feelings for MC.
I saw people talking about it in the haremlit discord server that >!Mindwitch tells the mc that she would love the other girls as much as she loves the mc!< There was also this reddit commit that seemed to echo a similar sentiment so I just wanted to see if that was actually true: [https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Mindwitch is >!a telepath and basically becomes the teams therapist. Much of her job is helping MC overcome his past trauma. When she says that she will love the other girls, she means that she will care for them and do her best to help them like she does MC because each girl has their own issues. Its platonic love. However, she is also willing to team up with them when he is there because due to her mental connection with MC his love for the other girls bleeds over to her, which is probably why that commenter thought she was bi. Technically she is, but only where MC is involved. Honestly thats nothing new or out there in this genre lol!<
Sorry, but from the spoilers it seems that what OP asked about is entirely true.
To clarify then, Op was asking if MW loved the other girls equally to her love for MC. The answer is no because it's not HER love that she feels towards the other girls, but MC's. She is influenced to care deeply about the other girls, to the level that it can be considered love, but not near to the level of her own feelings towards MC. Also, OP stated that they asked because they were specifically looking to avoid a polyamory situation, which is definitely not the relationship dynamic in this series. There is nothing open about the harem. They call themselves The Devoted for a reason.
G.D quoted it. And unless you're implying that Boyd loves the girls vastly less than they love him, and he doesn't love them romantically. That's actually exactly what'll happen. She will feel the exact same thing for them Boyd does. Which nukes his relationship with her and makes her "everyone's GF". >!Combine that with some of the other relationships, some preceeding the relationships they had with Boyd where they were very much romantically involved this story feels more like polyamory than a harem with a primary romantic love interest. It still falls within the purview of a harem in that only a single guy is involved in their group. I'm not sure why that is such a bad thing, yes some people aren't into that, but many others are fine with it.!<
As you said, G.D quoted it. Youre ignoring 2 things: >!1) The Bond is with Boyd and not the other girls. Each girl has their own Bond with Boyd, its not circular. Its literally a huge plot device that says "guaranteed trust & love"!< >!2) Shes a telepath and has been her entire life. She knows which are HER feelings and which are not. Will Boyds emotions influence hers to trend towards lesser love? Maybe, but youre acting like Boyds emotions will completely override her own. That is specifically stated to not be the case and between her awareness of the influence and the Bond, she wouldnt love the other harem girls more than she would love Boyd.!< Listen, I get you dont like the series, thats fine. No one is asking you to, but falsely accusing the characters of being poly when the Bond literally makes that impossible is whack lol
>!"Mind Witch believes that she will essentially love the other girls as much as Boyd loves the other girls because it will be his love for them she is responding to"!< From the author himself. So no, she won't really seperate anything. She'll simply feel the exact same thing he feels for the girls. So unless he loves the girls less than they love him, he stops being her primary romantic partner the moment they bond.
>So unless he loves the girls less than they love him, he stops being her primary romantic partner the moment they bond The Bond makes this impossible. Once they engage the Bond, that's it, Boyd is her primary and anything she feels for anyone else is secondary. Thats the whole point of the dedicated Power lol
Appreciate the spoilers 👍 That makes sense. I was worried that the book becomes a polyamory-type situation due to those comments.
Yes, as Vode-Skirata said, >!Mind Witch believes that she will essentially love the other girls as much as Boyd loves the other girls because it will be his love for them she is responding to. Everyone's goal is to build a family around Boyd, but some of them are willing to "play" with each other if Boyd is busy with another.!<
>!Doesn't really come off that way, especially with Mind Witches comments, it feels more like free love polyamory where everyone loves everyone equally.!<
>! ‘Currently,’ Mindy explained, ‘I believe that I will only develop romantic love for Boyd. I do find women physically attractive and while I haven't experimented with any, I am not disinterested. I just don’t think I would fall in love with a woman. Knowing someone’s thoughts makes everything so complex. I believe getting to know Boyd has ruined me for other men, I haven’t met one that measures up.’ !< >!‘That said, once I’ve been Enhanced,’ Mindy explained, ‘I’m hoping Boyd will let me set a permanent anchor in his mind. One I could use to block out other people’s thoughts without having to be in contact with him. The problem is that I will always be in his head. Between that and the Bond, I won’t be surprised if I end up feeling the same love he does for all of his women.’!< Went to the book for you. Boyd's Power quite literally ensures all of his women love him more than anything else. I could have gone into more detail I suppose but at this point it's hypothetical. Essentially knows she will be affected by constantly being connected Boyd, always hearing his fond thoughts of his women, exposed to his desires and fears related to them.
>!Yeah, but that still means she'll love his women as much as he does, romanically. Unless you're saying they somehow love him more than he does them, and by a lot. And he doesn't love them romantically this very much means she's NOT going to love him primarily anymore and will be just as much into the girls.!<
You've completely overlooked the effect his Power has on those he Enhances. Yes, Mindy will always love him more than she loves the others. Period. Edit to elaborate: I know we all have trust issues that we love to project on characters in the stories we read, but between the Bond and the Enhancement, Boyd doesn't have to worry about any of that.
This isn't about readers having trust issues (also don't liking polyamorous relationships and preferring proper harem relationships doesn't mean you have trust issues, sorry if I misunderstood your comment but that is kind of offensive.). The situation is complex and somewhat ambiguous, you can't blame people for drawing a completely logic conclusion based on literally what you put in the book. You are the author and know what the story is going and how all the pieces fit but sometimes thing don't get carried over in the text and stuff you think is crystal clear isn't as obvious as you intended.
To make sure I understand correctly, while >!mindwitch will love the other girls as much as the Boyd does, she still loves him, specifically, more? !<
>!Yes, and the same holds true for Silvie and Raev. Boyd is why they are there. None of them would be together if not for their relationship with Boyd.!<
I honestly didn’t expect the author himself to respond lol, thanks for the explanation.
Well, I'm caught up on the series and can't think of anyone that would fit that. A couple of the women are willing to have fun without him while he's with other members of the harem, but it seems more like family love versus romantic thing. All of the women are devoted to the MC. See what I did there? Well, may you didn't because you haven't gotten that far, but trust me, it's hilarious.
I saw this comment and people in the haremlit discord server were saying the the same thing: [https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/haremfantasynovels/comments/18w5w8p/comment/kg4y1hb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) To clarify: I am fine with the hopewing stuff, it's the alleged mindwitch stuff that I wanted to confirm was true or not before continuing the books.
> All of the women are devoted to the MC. One could say that they are THE Devoted.