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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
shaykay's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Overall, I like how this duology ended. There were quite a few things that I really enjoyed in this one, such as the character evolution of Sam! In the previous book, Sam was Lennon's biggest bully and Macon's girlfriend. So to see her being the terrible girl we first meet to being Lennon's only confidant was terrific. I love who she grew up to be despite her family. Then, on the other hand, we had freaking Claire. Honestly, she was never a good friend, and when things hit the fan in the previous book, we got to see just how truly terrible she was in this one stayed crappy, and I love that she didn't get a redemption arc. But there is about a 4-5 time jump between where the previous book ends and this one begins, and this one was just as tragic as the first book, just in a different way. But in the end, I wanted more for these two. Part of me feels like it could've been combined into one book. Still, on the other hand, we had so much come out that happened between Macon and Lennon and everything that happened with the family. It was crazy seeing Lennon return, and she's no longer the girl we first met at the beginning of the previous book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Medical content, Drug use, Mental illness, and Addiction
Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy
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