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Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did by Monica Murphy

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mldog3's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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nineinchnails's review against another edition

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dark emotional relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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13/12/2023

i actually enjoyed this more than i did the first time around but i rate things differently now. the writing style is really charming to me so even though there isn’t a lot of romantic development (imo) i liked reading it. it was a little OTT and very angsty but that’s exactly what i enjoy reading right now. i do feel disappointed that

her and sylvie never went back to the way they were before though, she was my favourite character and their falling out felt so out of nowhere

. i’m curious to see how the timeline matches up in sylvie’s story but i want to take a break from the series first.

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first read: 23/5/2022

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lauramparis's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Every now and then I have to indulge in my guilty pleasure of bully romance and this one really hit the spot for me. Degrading bully? Check. Gossip Girl-esque wealthy elite drama? Check. Dirty smut? Check.
I would definitely check triggers for this as it's on the darker side, but I wouldn't say nearly as dark as say, Penelope Douglas's Devil's Night series. It does have degradation kink, though it wasn't as intense as I was expecting, or maybe my perception of that has been skewed by my reading. I did feel like it was a complex relationship that I had a hard time wrapping my head around (which I enjoy), and I really like Murphy's style of writing. I got what I came for with this book and I'm leaving a happy customer.
TW/CW (possible spoilers FYI):

degradation, SA (in memories), attempted SA/r*pe (not by MMC/LI), anal, death, murder, arson,

(definite spoiler here:)

pregnancy

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