When I say that Rachel Reid's books are written like fanfic, I want it to be understood that I don't mean this in any derogatory sense. Some of the greatest novelists of our age are fanfic writers.
What I mean is that the writing style contains recognizable linguistic markers that are characteristic of fanfiction, and particularly of AO3 fanfiction.
Like, here's one example:
If you visit AO3 looking for an erotic scenario in which a character experiences a prostate orgasm without any physical stimulation to his groin, you will find it under the tag: #coming untouched
If you visit pornhub looking for this same erotic scenario, you will instead find it under the tag: #handsfree
Rachel Reid specifically uses the term "untouched" when she describes Shane having this kind of orgasm in her book. That's the term she's more familiar with. Jacob Tierney, in contrast, uses the term he's more familiar with, when he has Ilya say to Shane, "Remember when I made you cum hands-free? Such a good trick."
Both writers are well-educated on the subject matter, but it's clear they graduated from different schools.
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