squicky metaphors/hyperbole of the Game Changers books (Fannish Fifty #16)

So prior to seeing the TV series, I hadn't read any of the Game Changer novels on which the Heated Rivalry series is based. I began to read them after I watched S1. And I have a question:

Am I the only person who finds all the screaming orgasms, toe-curling, and eyes rolling back in people's heads during sex to be, well, just kind of ridiculously over the top?

Not to mention the weird metaphors. At one point in Common Goal (the book I'm finished with now, book #4 in the series), the author describes Eric (Bennett) pursuing Kyle's cock with Eric "naked and stretching forward for Kyle’s cock like a baby bird."

( what is the deal with the hyperbole and bizarre metaphors in some of the Game Changers' novels' sex scenes - and why that really bugs me )

I guess, after all the hype, I'm underwhelmed by the Game Changers novels. I'll probably finish them all, but at this point it's just to complete them for completeness' sake and to follow the Scott/Kip story, since they're the focus of book one and in the circle of teammates and friends of the characters in books two through six/seven in the series. But I'm not eagerly awaiting the next novel. Not because it's Shane/Ilya (although that's part of it; I prefer the Scott/Kip pairing), but because the books just... aren't that great, and are not as good (imo) as Jacob Tierney's TV adaptation.

On the plus side, the TV series elevates the source. So there is that.

Sorry not sorry: I'm just a cranky old fan who grew up reading sci-fi and fantasy by Bradbury, Leguin, etc. My standards for published books are higher than other people's, I guess. And I was never a romance novel reader - unless Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind counts, which I'm pretty sure it doesn't.