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Penelope Douglas

3.44 AVERAGE

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DID NOT FINISH

I didnt exactly DNF, but I paused it and changed to ”Imagine me”

I only read for one evening
slow-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoy complex characters but these just felt confusing. I didn’t understand much of their motivations at all. The plot was fairly straightforward and kept moving. The spice was good though. I think this is another Penelope Douglas story banking on the taboo and shock to sell the book. There wasn’t anything really earth shattering about the book. 

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fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wish I didn’t

I have absolutely no words
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shouldve ended up with Jake what the fuck!!!


This book pissed me off beyond belief and I enjoyed every second of it. Felt really good to just be angry and frustrated about something so not serious. Loved the way it made me feel so passionate about the plot (i wanted to shoot myself in the face) and if I wasn’t busy I would have finished this book in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down.

I wanted to rate it 1 star bc of the ending and how it all went, but I had so much fun reading this that I’ll let it slide…for now

Probably deserves a 1 star review for quality but I enjoyed it so 3 stars.