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Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Then I asked - do I kinda like this?
Then I had a weird existential crisis
Then it just got a little too much for me.
So give it a try-maybe you’ll like it, maybe you’ll have a crisis…
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence
🩸 psycho mmc, like actually 🩸
🩸 innocent fmc 🩸
🩸 touch her and die 🩸
🩸 dark college romance 🩸
🩸 rivaling gangs for each university 🩸
🩸 gothic mansion mafia vibes 🩸
🩸 what did i just read?? 🩸
No seriously, what did I just read? TW for SA, this book is wild. The mmc is not a good guy; like the author's note at the beginning of the book says, he is truly a psycho, a villain, not just a morally gray good guy. So like if you can't handle that, def don't read this book. I went into it knowing all that and I *still* struggled to enjoy the book after the very first interaction in Ch 2 (spoiler alert, he SA's her), and like the rest of the book is her falling in love with him, only after she puts up a lot of fight, and like technically the rest of everything is consensual, but Killian Carson most certainly does not know the meaning of the word "no".
Good thing he's hot and also FICTIONAL, because that is literally his only redeeming quality. Well, that and he does soften a little for her. Like he truly does love her, and she loves him and yearns for all the stuff he does, but it takes TIME, and I struggled to forgive him for Ch 2. I still don't know that I have, but I love a good protective mmc trope, and that's definitely Killian. He's actually more of a "burn the world to save her" type and I do eat that up, but dear lord, is this truly A READ.
I probably will continue with the rest of the series, most because surely the rest of them can't truly be as psychotic as Killian, and also because I've heard some hype about both Nikolai and Jeremy, so hopefully I'll enjoy the rest more. I also would've loved more plot, especially with the whole Devlin thing, but this book is obviously setting up for there to be more plot for the rest of the series, so I'll be expecting that from the rest of them for that particular storyline.
Anyway, 3.5 because is Killian hot? Yes. Did it do something for me? Also, yes. But have I forgiven him even though Glyndon has and said that truly deep down it was consensual? No, cause Glyndon may be living in delusion. But ultimately, it was she that experienced it, so I guess what she thinks matters more. And also, it's fictional, thank GOD.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Self harm
Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief
Minor: Addiction
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Medical trauma
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt