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juliereadsromance's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4 out of 5 stars
(audiobook)
This is a duology, so a review of this book is really a review for both books.
I can only imagine either hating or loving this series. For me, I was dying of the angst (probably the angstiest book I’ve read … maybe ever?) yet also needed to finish the book at any cost. Work? Forget it. Errands? Forget it. Answering phone calls? Forget it.
I have so many criticisms of the book (ex. Could so much of the conflict have been avoided with literally a single conversation? Could it have been shorter?), but what trumps it all is this book’s “unputdownability”. I HAD TO SEE Macon and Lennon end up together.
I hated Lennon’s dad, by the way. I don’t think I was supposed to, but I totally did. Anyone else with me on that? I won’t put spoilers here, but like come on. You can do better, Trent.
Macon and Lennon’s relationship is ToXiC. No doubt. But this also a self-identified dark romance, so I think it’s fine, as long as we all understand that in real life, many aspects of this relationship would be ill-advised and unhealthy.
In the end, this book had its faults, but hell if I cared. Macon and Lennon took up residency in my head and nothing and no one could get me to stop before it finished.
4 out of 5 stars
(audiobook)
This is a duology, so a review of this book is really a review for both books.
I can only imagine either hating or loving this series. For me, I was dying of the angst (probably the angstiest book I’ve read … maybe ever?) yet also needed to finish the book at any cost. Work? Forget it. Errands? Forget it. Answering phone calls? Forget it.
I have so many criticisms of the book (ex. Could so much of the conflict have been avoided with literally a single conversation? Could it have been shorter?), but what trumps it all is this book’s “unputdownability”. I HAD TO SEE Macon and Lennon end up together.
I hated Lennon’s dad, by the way. I don’t think I was supposed to, but I totally did. Anyone else with me on that? I won’t put spoilers here, but like come on. You can do better, Trent.
Macon and Lennon’s relationship is ToXiC. No doubt. But this also a self-identified dark romance, so I think it’s fine, as long as we all understand that in real life, many aspects of this relationship would be ill-advised and unhealthy.
In the end, this book had its faults, but hell if I cared. Macon and Lennon took up residency in my head and nothing and no one could get me to stop before it finished.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Self harm, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death of parent, Bullying, and Alcoholism
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