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dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
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
I need to learn more biblical words in my vocabulary to understand some of these situations. Google came in handy but took longer to read. Ok didn’t really take longer since I devoured my fav gays.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment
challenging
dark
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
Moderate: Mental illness
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Racism
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A very emotional read but loved every second of it. The yearning and devotion I lived
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Suicide
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4⭐️/ 3.5🌶️
This was probably my favorite book of the series. It was so wholesome and the characters were explored so in-depth, I felt such a connection to Aiden and Elijah. Aiden is a complicated character with so much push and pull between what he feels and what his vows are. Their love story was so heart wrenching and I was invested once Elijah entered. I think my only down side was how long the buildup took to the actual plot but once it got going I was sat.
This was probably my favorite book of the series. It was so wholesome and the characters were explored so in-depth, I felt such a connection to Aiden and Elijah. Aiden is a complicated character with so much push and pull between what he feels and what his vows are. Their love story was so heart wrenching and I was invested once Elijah entered. I think my only down side was how long the buildup took to the actual plot but once it got going I was sat.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I hate to say it, but I think this series was a bit overhyped 🫣 Don’t get me wrong, it was still a great read, but I definitely went in assuming I was going to LOVE it as much as the similar genre readers of BookTok have.
These interconnected standalones featured a set of brothers, each with varying and complicated relationships with God, the church, and subsequently their love interests. Overall, the books were fun, sexy, and full of temptation & sin. I really enjoyed that they were mostly written as a single POV, with the small exception of confessionals in the first book and journal & article entries in the last, as romance novels usually don't put as much weight on the MMC’s perspective. The cost to this, however, was not feeling as connected to the other half of the couple and questioning their character's choices.
There were a few other small things that hindered the storylines for my own personal preferences. The plots felt fairly predictable which noticeably made me lose traction and not as eager to fly through the reads as I typically would. I am not also not a big fan of third act breakups, miscommunication tropes, or long gaps in time before the resolution or HEA.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide, Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
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
This book is gentle and harsh- warm and obliterating. I’ve never felt this torn apart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent