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abigailkokitus's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This was just… not it for me. The writing itself isn’t terrible, though not amazing, either. Entirely just a vehicle for the story and nothing special besides that, if that makes sense. The “spicy” scenes were well-written in the sense that they elicited the expected response. At certain points I found myself laughing out loud at how absolutely ridiculous the main characters were with their h*rniness (not sure what I can say on here). As much as I understand going without intimacy for several years, even so, I found myself wondering if this level of feral is even realistic that literally any singular time one character lays eyes on the other they are immediately thinking about having s*x with them. Like… what? Or maybe I’m the abnormal one here? Who knows. As another reviewer called it, the “instalove” between Erika and Christof is jarring and unrealistic. But then again, nothing about this book is meant to be realistic, I don’t think. I didn’t find Erika particularly likable; she seemed to cross too far over from “confident” into “conceited” to me. I knew she was definitely a Leo before that fact was even revealed. While Christof’s sign was never revealed, I think that he’s an Aries with Capricorn placements somewhere. Lots of fire sign energy from both of them. Christof was conceited too, but imo, more lovable in some ways that made up for that. I thought his excessive usage of “badass” as a descriptor was genuinely funny. I am certainly a fan of the Phantom of the Opera, and noticed the parallels immediately (I wasn’t aware going into the book that this was a loose retelling). So, overall, it held my attention enough to finish it, but by the end I was tearing through it not because I was enthralled but mostly because I was ready for it to be over and sick of the nauseating, overly saccharine instalove.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Medical trauma and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcohol
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