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ingloriousgigi'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse
Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Incest, Alcohol, Murder, Self harm, and Toxic relationship
jessie_h's review against another edition
4.5
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Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Vomit
lindsay12'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Mental illness, Abandonment, Murder, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking
Minor: Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Gun violence, and Stalking
shinysue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This is plenty insta-love which is basically explained away through chemistry and trauma. The spice is also very well done compared to most other books, it's lots of derogatory dirty talk.
Moderate: Vomit, Rape, and Child abuse
Minor: Death of parent
booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Drug use, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child death, Murder, Stalking, Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual content
lh_reads'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Murder, and Pedophilia
tankytoon'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Rich kid/Model Adam is a trained assassin, hand-picked by his eccentric billionaire father to right the wrongs in the society even if it means getting blood on his hands. Poor bloke Noah is an amateur sleuth, seeking revenge for his father's death. Together, Adam and Noah bond instantaneously and try to uncover the members of the pedophile ring who abused Noah when he was a child.
I liked the way the author juxtaposed these two MCs. While Adam is psychopathic murderer devoid of real emotions, he feels protective of Noah and tries his best to attempt normalcy in their odd relationship.
Noah, while a victim of child abuse, is no coward, and despite his traumatic experiences, he swallows his fears so he could uncover the truths about his father and his father's accomplices so he could save other victims.
To this end, both enlist the help of Adam's murderous family and Noah's brand of wit and bravado, coupled with his sincere devotion to Adam, endears him to the Mulvaneys.
Despite the copious amount of Adam and Noah having sex in this book, what really propels me to move forward with it is the mystery-solving adventures they go through. The banter among the brothers are also delightful.
I was expecting this book to be darker, but thankfully not when the author spares us the gory details of child molestation. The murders though, not so much. But you do get distracted by the injection of humor while the brothers are preparing their kills.
A decent start to the series.
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Trafficking, Vomit, and Stalking
Minor: Kidnapping
trulydevious'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
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Murder, and Rape
Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, and Violence
Minor: Torture, Suicide, and Blood
smasson13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Definitely read the trigger warnings and go slow if you aren't sure!
The story feels very short, even for just shy of 300 pages. The characters aren't super developed and I found myself way more interested in the other brothers than Adam. I will definitely be reading their books too.
Over all, the plot is straightforward, the sex is pretty great, and the writing is solid.
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child death, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Stalking, and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit
astrozombies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
• so many weird plotholes such as
• absolutely hit or miss mental health representation with HUGE misses (made even more devastating by the fact that james herself says that she based the book’s characters loosely off of her experiences from working in an actual psychiatric facility).
• ableist language (i.e. ps****(path), sociopath, crazy, insane, etc.).
• some extremely odd editing issues such as a moment in chapter 18 where the text (outside of dialogue) swaps from third person pov to first person pov but just for a single sentence. more innocuous things like this occur often throughout the book.
• misuse of the term “meltdown” which is an autism-specific occurrence and should not be used lightly in reference to an allistic character who does not and never will experience an actual meltdown.
• a comment made toward a character implied to be on the asexual spectrum that likens them to an android. this kind of language is constantly used to diminish and harm actual asexual people so the fact that an author who writes almost exclusively queer characters would use this is especially hurtful.
• this book utilizes sexual consent between the main couple in a way i could only refer to as “interesting”
• so many important plot details just… happened off-page such as
this book did manage to entertain me every now and again, but i simply feel like it didn’t pull enough weight. i was also majorly disappointed by the portrayal of type b personality disorders such as aspd (“sociopathy”) which are consistently demonized in our modern world. choosing to make multiple characters with explicit aspd into murderers (even pedophile-killing vigilante ones!!) is certainly a choice that sets us down the wrong path, especially since these are the only characters besides noah (who does not have aspd) that we ever see kill someone.
i will not be reading the rest of this series, and i would not recommend this book to other people. if you’re just looking for smut to read, ao3 is free.
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Child death