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kyriannaj's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Drug abuse, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, and Grief
kalany's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book would have been a fun read with a wonderfully progressive main character … except. First, a main development is driven by a lust potion, essentially, that takes away the love interest's ability to say no , which is quite enough to tarnish it. The second problem is that the main plot is driven by the love interest threatening to reveal certain activities of the main character. This set a very sour note from the beginning. While I've enjoyed my share of dubcon enemies-to-lovers, both aspects were handled rather ham-fistedly.
Also, the sex isn't even good, and the romance isn't particularly believable.
Also, the sex isn't even good, and the romance isn't particularly believable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Sexual assault
cupidities's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
This was pretty unremarkable till the second half - the characters felt incredibly flat, the plot didn't really make sense, and the pacing felt stilted. It felt like Nora and Constantine barely knew each other (heck, I felt like I barely knew them!) and I didn't find it believable that they fell in love.
The part that took this book from "meh" to "oh no" for me though is when Nora gives Constantine the aphrodisiac that first appears in the prequel, expecting lower dose to prevent the aphrodisiac effect. When Constantine is apparently agonizingly turned on, she insists on getting him off - even though he repeatedly tells her to leave. It felt like if the tables were turned - if Nora had ingested an aphrodisiac and Constantine insisted on making her orgasm despite her refusals - it wouldn't be acceptable at all. The scene felt incredibly inappropriate and nonconsensual.
After that, it felt like the characters suddenly fell in love, even though they hadn't really talked much except for when Constantine had called Nora a charlatan. I didn't find the characters, romance, sex, or plot believable. It's a pass for me.
After that, it felt like the characters suddenly fell in love, even though they hadn't really talked much except for when Constantine had called Nora a charlatan. I didn't find the characters, romance, sex, or plot believable. It's a pass for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexism
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