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tinkerswiftie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual content, Abandonment, Cursing, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Stalking, Incest, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy
esandmir's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual assault, Death, Bullying, and Rape
mariahlynnpeck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Cursing
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Rape
Minor: Infidelity and Gaslighting
Good read if you’re looking for a more graphic bullying sexual romance. I like how the author list content warning on the last page of the book.andycob's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.25
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Classism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Bullying, and Toxic friendship
sebradley29's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
hannah_lilli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, and Cursing
worldofv33's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Death of parent
siffpedersen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Pedophilia
thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Dark with darker sub-storylines, Monica Murphy builds the characters quite slowly as they show themselves to each other. Lots of adult themes and situations that are quite unrealistic yet fantastical to read and daydream about.
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Incest, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, and Classism
Minor: Death, Murder, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt
lilyemmaaa's review against another edition
3.0
I’m typically not a fan of the bully romances, but here I am now reading a few of them. This book was basically just all smut while still having a decent plot.
My feelings on Whit are hard to explain. I enjoyed reading about his character, but I also hated him in so many moments. He’s a genuine asshole who only cared about himself and I HATE those types of characters. But that is the point of this story. I liked how towards the end he actually succumbed to his inevitable feelings and became just a little bit of a softy, but everything before that was a little hard to read sometimes if I’m being honest.
Summer was a complete submissive and while it was intriguing to read, it also had me wanting her to just stick up for herself at many points. I cringed hard after what happened at the abandoned house prior to the party, I cringed when he called her a whore at the age of 14 where she truly wasn’t, and I cringed when she let him do whatever he wanted all because of blackmail. But she was also so strong. With the mental Ternopil he put her through, the trauma her early teenage years caused, and the mother that she had. I have to give her props because how she got through all that is a little unbelievable to me.
The third act conflict was so hard to read because of all that Summer was put through. I hate Whits mother and the things that she did. I hate how mean Whits sister was to Summer for no reason other than her feeling hurt. And I hate how Summer was abandoned by everyone she basically loved because of it. And then when she got back to her mother, she finds out the truth about the night of the fire? That was a turn I did not see coming and it broke my heart when she realized what it all meant.
But, the way that there was a decent amount of time for her to process everything before Whit came back, felt just a little realistic. And the way he came back had me smiling.
You would think that with all that I wrote I’d have rated it badly, but I love Monica Murphy’s writing and I love the way she wrote this story. It was enjoyable and made me set all my premade opinions aside. A book will barely ever be perfect for me, so a good story and an enjoyable whatever, makes a book good for me. And at the end of the day this book was just that. A good read.
Graphic: Death, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Moderate: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Fire/Fire injury