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Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual assault
Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Alcohol
I read the book a long time ago, but I've just read one review and thought I should update this.
👍Things I liked👍
--> LEVI! I loved this man. I'm totally in love. (Don't recommend me his and his wife's book. It will ruin my mental image of him, I'm sure.)
--> The domestic scenes were so precious (e.g., seeing Agatha Christie together)
--> There were very comic sentences/scenes
--> I liked how it was a woman SA a man and how it happened.
👎Things I didn’t like👎
--> DUB CONSENT.
--> Niko is way too irrealistically described like this awesome sx god. At 19. Again.. A character that has a mental condition who associates sx and violence (said by him) is a sx god. Great at it! Pleasuring everyone and
--> Nik getting jealous of a child. That is just ridiculous.
Finally... This is not a thing I dislike but just something I want to mention. They have a codependent relationship, which is normal because none of them is in an even slightly healthy place. But one of the famous sentences is "I'll love you for both of us" (said by Nik). This may seem great and romantic, but it is not. The last season of Heartstopper, where Nick talks to his aunt at the beach (if I'm not mistaken), just popped into my mind by being the exact opposite of this sentence.
Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Outing
Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts
I’ve been putting off reading this one bc of people calling it the best MM romance they’ve read. Expectations were high, to say the least.
But after a few pages in, I understood. I don’t know how the book manages to be so fucking hilarious but heart-wrenching at the same time, but it was a treat.
Heated Rivalry is still my favorite MM romance, but everything about this book was top tier. The humor, the banter, the smut, the tension. I don’t know how to explain this, but at times this book felt like an out-of-body experience. I devoured it in a day, somehow, while also having to act like a normal member of society and study for an test I had the next day. So yeah.
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Kidnapping
Minor: Fire/Fire injury