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culzean's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder
tabbyclancy's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.25
I don't mean slow burn to the 'spice' either. That's hot and heavy, there to make you wonder how they're so sh*t at communicating when they can do that so fluently.
Domestic Violence does feature in this book. And DV always hits me hard. Abusive parent and the parent who looks the other way - where one knows they always have the power. Where they know they only have to say one, ONE, word to make you topple - those people and characters make me want to scream. So the catharis that Aubrey felt facing her father was euphoric and the crash when he ripped the rug from under her again was equally infuriating.
Part of me wishes we had more of Jax's pov, to make things on his side a little more clear cut and soften the punches as they hit. Then again, I realky just wanted to shake that man and ask him how he thought this was a good idea.
10/10 spice scene. But the emotional moments in between are heavy.
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse
zabeishumanish's review against another edition
3.0
This book is tied for the most toxic relationship I’ve ever seen in a romance novel. It would be flat-out number 1 if the characters didn’t all acknowledge the toxicity of it, and I’d like to believe that counts for something. That said I do love a good “two fucked up people coming together” story and this is a pretty damn good one.
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, and Mental illness