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brrrrrefoy's review against another edition
I tried to force myself to finish it but it was all a bit too abusive and weird for me…
Also I can kinda get the Jake and Noah attraction but Kaleb? Absolutely fucking not. Not for me.
There didn’t seem to be any feelings between the characters except possessiveness and jealousy - and not in the good way. This girl has gone through so much trauma and I’m sorry, but the male characters take advantage of her.
Also I can kinda get the Jake and Noah attraction but Kaleb? Absolutely fucking not. Not for me.
There didn’t seem to be any feelings between the characters except possessiveness and jealousy - and not in the good way. This girl has gone through so much trauma and I’m sorry, but the male characters take advantage of her.
haleydeppert's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-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
3.0
This is a hard book to review. This book has been all the rage on BookTok right now, so I wanted to give it a try. It definitely pushed my boundaries of comfortability. Although I did thoroughly enjoy the writing of the spicy scenes, it remained hard to get past the familial relations in this book. I did not feel much romance or true love at all—more possessiveness, jealousy, and abuse—but as a book should, it kept me entertained. Three stars because it kept my attention and my eyes were glued to the page. However, character development fell extremely flat and storylines felt quite rushed. Not to mention the familial relations… weird.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Incest, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
kjw9311's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
basskitennn's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
pagesofraleen's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Once again I have found a Penelope Douglas book that I couldn’t put down. I wasn’t sure about this one at first but once I was in it, I was hooked, I loved all the characters (well except Terrence, ifykyk). I like that Teirnan was both independent and dependent without it taking away from her character or personality. It just shows people can be both when they have the right people around them, I do feel like some of the story line could have been done without but not enough for me to complain too loudly. I highly recommend this one!!!! And make sure it’s the ‘bonus materials’ edition!!!!
sunfloweren's review against another edition
1.0
DNF'd at page 369.
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
I tried to force myself to finish it because of how close I was to the end but I just can't do it. I'm an open minded person and I went into this book with an open mind, some of the things I enjoy are on the taboo side but this was truly just fucked up. I think what maybe frustrated me most about the whole thing was: Tiernan. I feel like she had the ability to be such an amazing, complex, interesting character and in truth she was what kept me reading even after I felt like I'd hit my 'what the fuck' quota but it was all for naught as I felt like towards the end, or at least as far as I got, that interesting character completely fell to the wayside. There was another major hurdle for me which I will discuss down below but as I go into spoilers and details please do not read ahead if you do not want to be spoiled.
**SPOILERS AHEAD DO NOT READ THIS SECTION IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED**
TW: SA, Emotional Manipulation, Abuse
Don't even get me started on Kaleb...like I said I'm into the taboo shit but the second one party is saying the words 'stop' 'no' 'get off me' and the other party (in this case Kaleb) ignores her and fully intends to force himself on her until Tiernan literally has to physically slap him to get him to stop I'm out. I was also incredibly disturbed by how the narrative about it plays out, it's played like it wasn't actually SA because Tiernan had maybe wanted it at the beginning, finds him hot, and went on the sleep with him later in the book...which also had some dubious consent surrounding it as they'd just been through something traumatic, she was in shock, and also drunk. The hypocrisy the men show by being so over protective of her and literally almost killing dudes for touching her but then they do nothing after the Kaleb incident pissed me the fuck off. Don't even get me started on his POV chapter, it was fucking disgusting and served as the final straw for me to not finish the book. The relationships with the other men weren't particularly great either, the only one I thought maybe had some somewhat redeeming qualities at times was Noah but even he had his moments. I was rooting for none of these relationships, the intimate scenes were incredibly uncomfortable, and I was rooting for Tiernan to get off that god damn mountain.
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
I tried to force myself to finish it because of how close I was to the end but I just can't do it. I'm an open minded person and I went into this book with an open mind, some of the things I enjoy are on the taboo side but this was truly just fucked up. I think what maybe frustrated me most about the whole thing was: Tiernan. I feel like she had the ability to be such an amazing, complex, interesting character and in truth she was what kept me reading even after I felt like I'd hit my 'what the fuck' quota but it was all for naught as I felt like towards the end, or at least as far as I got, that interesting character completely fell to the wayside. There was another major hurdle for me which I will discuss down below but as I go into spoilers and details please do not read ahead if you do not want to be spoiled.
**SPOILERS AHEAD DO NOT READ THIS SECTION IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED**
TW: SA, Emotional Manipulation, Abuse
Don't even get me started on Kaleb...like I said I'm into the taboo shit but the second one party is saying the words 'stop' 'no' 'get off me' and the other party (in this case Kaleb) ignores her and fully intends to force himself on her until Tiernan literally has to physically slap him to get him to stop I'm out. I was also incredibly disturbed by how the narrative about it plays out, it's played like it wasn't actually SA because Tiernan had maybe wanted it at the beginning, finds him hot, and went on the sleep with him later in the book...which also had some dubious consent surrounding it as they'd just been through something traumatic, she was in shock, and also drunk. The hypocrisy the men show by being so over protective of her and literally almost killing dudes for touching her but then they do nothing after the Kaleb incident pissed me the fuck off. Don't even get me started on his POV chapter, it was fucking disgusting and served as the final straw for me to not finish the book. The relationships with the other men weren't particularly great either, the only one I thought maybe had some somewhat redeeming qualities at times was Noah but even he had his moments. I was rooting for none of these relationships, the intimate scenes were incredibly uncomfortable, and I was rooting for Tiernan to get off that god damn mountain.
5secondsofleah's review against another edition
this book is something sam levinson would take control of if it ever became a motion picture, and that’s not a good thing.