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beautyandthebookworms's review against another edition
1.5
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💀this book was just not it for me.
💀I felt like it was slow, not exciting, & lacked plot & chemistry. I probably would have DNF’d if I wasn’t buddy reading it.
💀my favorite part about this book is the side character Alex. I loved her in book one & continue to. but she’s in like only a handful of scenes.
💀I also liked the scene with Banks in the shower after being out in the rain
💀I didn’t get Kai’s obsession with The Pope building & 12th floor & it felt anticlimactic. they barely gave us more depth to his character & it was supposed to be his book? a lot of the book is getting Banks backstory & Damon backstory—so not much of Kai, which was disappointing.
💀there was repetitiveness in the writing (in phrasing) and also..there feels like there’s a lot of instances of men being too handsy/harassing/attacking women like throughout this series (including but not limited to the ‘four horsemen’) & it’s not really written where it feels like the women have mixed feelings/are okay with it & it’s just like never addressed & I didn’t like it (I’ve read many dark romances & this scenario can be executed so much better in my opinion)
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💀I honestly don’t know if I’ll continue the series at this point.
🎧I listened to the audio and it was done pretty well as far as narrators go
Graphic: Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Animal cruelty
sevendoteight's review against another edition
- 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
2.75
Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Misogyny
readsbyjeann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Violence, Mental illness, and Sexual assault
bigbookslay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Incest, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Misogyny, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Domestic abuse
dkgreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Rape, Self harm, Pedophilia, and Animal cruelty
_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Incest, Misogyny, and Self harm
anyakdh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
1.75
Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Grief, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, and Death of parent
kaylabrotzman's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Physical abuse
littlebookishfairy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Spoiler warning but, banks stealing the dogs has me going awooga ily 🫶🏻
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Confinement, Addiction, and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent
curicastic's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
PSA: This is a dark book and I went into it knowing that. They're not my fave books but I read them once in a while.
I liked this one. Kai Mori is more balanced than Michael (First Book), and so he had more interesting feature instead of JUST being an asshole.
And Can we talk about Nikova Banks? Girl... I need to take you to therapy YESTERDAY. I felt awful for her the whole book. Damon is a piece of shit.
I sense a Penelope Douglas pattern here... this book could've been 100 pages less. The mystery wasn't really misterious, I'm beginning to think that Douglas is just a little too in love with her ideas and repeats them a lot. It's still good, but I think it'd be a stronger book if it was filtered (not the evil/fucked up stuff, but the editing standpoint where you don't overstretch your scenes and plot devices.).
I'm honestly worried about book 3... I don't think I can like Damon after all he's done.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Addiction