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Exodus

Kate Stewart

4.3 AVERAGE

dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

400 pages of ANGST, chiseled jaws and angsty sex. I could not connect with any of these characters at all because the internal dialogue of Cecelia was overly repetitive and bland. 
dark tense medium-paced
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€ | ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™™, ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™๐™ฌ๐™ค

๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š: ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

๐˜ฟ๐™ช๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™‰๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ: 
๐ŸŽง Joe Arden
๐ŸŽง Maxine Mitchell

๐™‹๐™Š๐™‘: First Person, Dual

๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™จ/๐™๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™จ:
Fast/Medium Burn
Found Family
Exโ€™s Brother
Enemies to Lovers
Morally Grey MMC

๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ› ๐— ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ช ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ› 

๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎโ€ฆ

This was one of the biggest switch-ups Iโ€™ve ever seen in a book series and as far as characters and relationships goโ€ฆ it was so unexpected and honestly broke my heart a little. And unfortunately for me, I was waiting around for my favorite boys to come back and for them to pick up where we left off but the farther into the story I got, the more apparent it became that it may just be a pipe dream. 

What I didnโ€™t expect was the pure TRAUMA this book was going to inflict on me and on my heart. How could you take them away from me not once but TWICE. I shed some very real tears and that rarely happens for me. 

๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จโ€ฆ 

Cecilia

The character development for Cecelia over the course of the book really impressed me. With her age and everything sheโ€™d gone through, she really became a strong, self assured woman and knew her worth. She asked for what she wanted and cut her losses and learned to stand up for herself. 

I canโ€™t wait to see where she ends up, both in life but as a person because it feels like sheโ€™s unstoppable and headed for so many great things. 

Tobias

I still havenโ€™t found the right word for my initial feeling about himโ€ฆ HATE? That feels like the right word. 

In all seriousnessโ€ฆ I really didnโ€™t like his character for the longest time but over time, he really started to pull me in. Iโ€™m still not fully sold on him being โ€œtheโ€ guy but I know thereโ€™s more to come and I cannot wait to see how he comes back from everything thatโ€™s happened. 

๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™จโ€ฆ

This book was chaotic, messy and gave me whiplash. It made me giddy and it made me cry. Who wants boring, though?! I love how crazy this story is and how I canโ€™t seem to predict a single thing thatโ€™s going to happen to these characters. I mean, I canโ€™t even clock whoโ€™s going to be villain versus the love interest. Thatโ€™s some real enemies to lovers and I couldnโ€™t be mad at it if I tried. 

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Wow

I have no words

Iv never had a smutty book make me cry so much in my life!!

And why was I so happy and so sad for Sean?
That man deserves happiness and Iโ€™m so glad he found it.

But Cecilia and Tobias also deserve happiness the whole time Iโ€™m yelling at this book!!!! MAN UP!

And then to learn about her mom and father I stayed yelling. DONT BE LIKE HER FATHER WHO YOU HATED SO MUCH!

The secrets the deceptions all coming to a head man this book took me on a ride I was NOT ready for!
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

First book was better.
dark tense medium-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

โ€œItโ€™s the same pathetic shit. I ended up living here all those years ago because my mother had the audacity to try and come back and win the heart of a man who didnโ€™t love her enough to let her in on his secrets. Who couldnโ€™t forgive her enough for being young and reckless. Who punished her for horrible mistakes he himself helped liberate her from, all the while loving her from afar because he refused to trust her enough to make her own decisions. My father slammed the door in her face. And it ruined her. Itโ€™s poetic justice, really.โ€


Well honestly didnโ€™t care for the book until halfway mark, itโ€™s devastating yet beautifully written!