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Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

10 reviews

becca303's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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itscrispyy's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0


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myreadingdream13's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

There were some interesting ideas brought up (briefly).
I expected violence, I've read all the trigger warnings ahead of time, and I can stomach a lot of stupid melodrama, enemies to lovers is in my top five tropes. From the summary, the book sounds fine. But I hated it from start to finish. 
Plot-wise the biggest criticism is the gratuitous amount of trauma and suffering. It's so excessive it becomes funny because every sad thing imaginable has happened to these poor characters. 
By the end of these 500+ pages nobody changes, not really. All of the eating disorder stuff is unresolved. Clay's internalized homophobia just disappears. Clay and Olive seem like a horrible couple. Mind you I didn't expect them to be in a healthy relationship but their good moments are okay. Their bad moments are jail worthy, I found myself angry at the author and her team. 
 
A deeply 2014 Tumbler reading experience.

Writing wise a lot of plot points get dropped and forgotten, probably like 70%. The tone is wack, going from depressing to flirty way too quickly. The pacing is lousy. Some scenes will drag on without an apparent need for them to last as long. On the other hand, a lot of moments felt cut off because we would switch POVs and it is another day. 

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emilycruz1016's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0


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mah_verloren's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Bullying
Enemies to Lovers
Hot 🌶️
#Swamp

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rclreads's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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ludetorrance's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is what wlw books should aspire to be. I was looking for a book like this for so long, and now that I have it, I just want more.

Olivia Jaeger and Clay Collins hate each other. The bulling, the snappy comments, the dirty looks, they have it all. Olivia is gay, poor and has brothers with bad reputation. Clay is rich, blonde and pretty, therefore she has everything she wants. Or does she? Is there pent up tension behind the aggression? Heat behind every look? Together, they will discover the true meaning of “if I don’t bully you, I don’t love you”.

⭐️- World building and background characters
0.75 - Plot
⭐️- Main character
⭐️- Love interest
⭐️- Tension

🌶🌶/3

Oh my frigging goooodddd, the way I don’t give a fuck what everyone has to say, I loved this book. Like why is it only the books with straight couples that can be a little dirty and toxic? This book is shallow and smutty and I love it for it. Don’t come in reading this thinking you’re going to get a nice book because this one is not it. 

The Tryst Six has my heart and I loved the history behind Clay’s family. The plot was good, but knowing Penelope, she could have done more with it. This is a dual POV, is here both Clay and Liv are main characters, and they deliver. AND THE TENSION OMG!! I don’t really like bully romances but God knows I loved this one. And if you’re read all this, I’m sure you will too.

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jujmedeiros's review against another edition

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trigger warnings

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marinagray's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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sponfire's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

a great read, i got entranced by it and finished on the same day. 

i loved it

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