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scoobygirl93's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
graceheartsbooks's review
4.75
Wow. I was not expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. Catalina and Thane were such interesting characters and I loved getting to see them navigating a relationship together. I especially appreciate how this book discussed self esteem and grief as it’s two subjects I’m intimately aware of. It broke my heart to hear Catalina dismiss all the hardships she had gone through—how no one in her life thought she was good enough or worthy just by being herself. But that made her coming to realization that she is a person that should be valued was even sweeter. I also loved how Thane’s grief over his husband was discussed. Grief is ever present, ever changing but it doesn’t stop anybody from moving forward and continuing to love—even knowing that they may continue to love the person that they lost…I just completely adored this book. I took a short break to have dinner but was hooked the whole way through❣️
Also bonus points for this book being pro-choice and actually allowing a childless character to not want kids. It feels like a lot of romance novels have pregnancy be the end all be all even for characters that declare they don’t want children which to me, as a sex repulsed asexual who wants to adopt children, I find it particularly insulting. So this was such a breath of fresh air!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse and Death
Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, and War