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sophiebe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Trafficking, Cursing, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Body horror, Car accident, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child death, Child abuse, and Gore
vireya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Update: I actually reread the series about a month and a half later and loved it just as much the second time around so I upped my rating
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Gore, Trafficking, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Child abuse
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
It is very dark. If you are squeamish in the slightest this book is not for you.shebooksy'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Misogyny
Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Kidnapping
Minor: Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, and Child death
karlyjo's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Trafficking, Child abuse, and Death
wlambert0412'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, and Cursing
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Child abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, and Misogyny
readyforit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This is a dark, dark, dark romance that involves non-consensual sex scenes between FMC and MMC, her stalker. Do not read if you are not in the right headspace or have any of the triggers mentioned. I don’t think anyone should read this unless their frontal lobe has developed.. maybe not even then. It’s especially heavy on child sex trafficking. These parts were hard to read through. Honestly idk how to feel about the non-con relationship. You know it’s obviously wrong but you find yourself rooting for the antagonist in the end, trying to find any sort of silver lining. It’s like I got Stockholm syndromed too. I generally liked the plot, and I’ll read the sequel since it ended on a cliffhanger, but I probably won’t reread due to the intense dark themes. I’ve read dark romances before and they’ve always come with a little fluff to balance out the spice and darkness. This didn’t really feel like a romance to me, it was all based on her fear. There’s dark romance, and then there’s this book. I’d say MMC leans further black on the morally gray scale. If you took the “romance” out of this, it would be more of a thriller/mystery, so it got stars for that bc I liked that part of the plot.
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Rape, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child death, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Infidelity
Minor: Vomit
jareadforfilth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The constant back and forth between Adeline and her stalker got old pretty fast and
This book is honestly high camp in a lot of ways but I don’t think it was trying to be. It’s super melodramatic in a way that honestly reminded me a lot of anime. Zade as a character is just like, so extreme physically and personality-wise that it just became kind of laughable. Like the book kind of feels like something your h*rny suppressed friend in high school would write lol
To end on a positive note after this mild evisceration, the spice is pretty hot and when it hits it hits for sure! Otherwise it’s just kinda like ok whatever 😂 also the cliffhanger is fun and seems to bode much better for the plot in book 2 than book 1. That said, and I’m so torn about it, I *intend* on reading the second because y’all are all so hype, but we’ll see because this was just not it
Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gore, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, Trafficking, and Body horror
Moderate: Alcohol and Car accident
emrosesam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Minor: Car accident
madds61's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexism, Stalking, Rape, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Blood, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Car accident, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Gun violence
corallydeer'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
Very curious now to see how I'll handle the second book.
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Cursing, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Murder, Rape, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Slavery
Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism
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