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inkdrinker_8's review against another edition
4.0
Abby aka "B" has not had it easy, her young life was a living hell until she eventually ended up in the care of her loving grandmother. Those few years were bliss, even though it wasn't always easy. During this time abby doesn't have many friends and she keeps to her self except for one boy who seems nice and is always persistent(Owen).
When abby's grandmother suddenly passes away on her graduation day, months away from her 18th birthday abby is suddenly on her own again with no place to live. Social services want to place her back into the foster care system until she turns 18 but abby refuses and is all set to run or worse do something that will land her in jail. When a mysterious stranger(jake) who she met only nights before pretends to be a relative she can stay with until she turns legal age, and out of options Abby agrees.
During their time together she falls for Jake, she let's him in, more than she ever thought possible. Jake travels for work and has to leave abby alone but when he leaves abby's world is turned upside down......
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When abby's grandmother suddenly passes away on her graduation day, months away from her 18th birthday abby is suddenly on her own again with no place to live. Social services want to place her back into the foster care system until she turns 18 but abby refuses and is all set to run or worse do something that will land her in jail. When a mysterious stranger(jake) who she met only nights before pretends to be a relative she can stay with until she turns legal age, and out of options Abby agrees.
During their time together she falls for Jake, she let's him in, more than she ever thought possible. Jake travels for work and has to leave abby alone but when he leaves abby's world is turned upside down......
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kirbyj_'s review against another edition
4.0
abby is such a badass and a fighter.
so ready for this reread of tm frazier's king universe.
so ready for this reread of tm frazier's king universe.
ajoiner's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-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
4.75
There was only a page or two which I felt wasn’t necessary, as it was too whinny for the characters. The rest was fantastic.
devansbooklife's review against another edition
4.0
This book could be overwhlemingly amazing, but it fell short in my eyes. Here is why.... I need to feel the characters fall. I need to have a bit of angst and chemistry build up. There wasn't really any of that present here. They met and a day or two later they are connected. If there had been more build-up there I would have rated this five stars.
negatronica's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sueread2030's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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
3.0
This book is divided into parts
the past and four years later
ALL SAID FROM THE FL - ABBY- PERSPECTIVE
with the prologue and epilogue from Jake's POV
****Spoilers ahead****
⚜Genre: Dark Romance
⚜Theme: Second-Chance/ dark romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adult
⚜Characters: Abby, Jake, Owen
⚜Representation: none
⚜TW: a lot! A whole fucking lot! violence- child rape - domestic abuse - drug abuse - rape
⚜ tropes: insta-love, touch her and you're dead, hurt
⚜ POV: one-sided first person
⚜ spice 🌶🌶
⚜ rating 🌟🌟🌟
⚜standalone: yes, with a novella from Jake's perspective
⚜Ending: resolved
I am familiar with T.M Frazier's work. I've read her King series and for anyone who is wanting to try her work, please be warned that this author has no boundaries... and I mean that in the most respectful way cause I don't have a problem with what she writes.
Not only will you find age gaps (sometimes huge ones), but also with underaged girls (17 year- olds). Now I do not know the consent age of each state, but again, it is fiction, so let's just move on.
The first part of this book, which is about 20 chapters, was amazing, in a dark emotional way. Abby, a 17-year-old emotionally damaged girl, went through so much. We see her anguish, struggle and fight.
She has a huge aversion to touch because of what happened to her as a child
she meets the mysterious Jake who somehow accepts and saves her
and then everything turns to shit
She gets assulted by Owen and Jake thinks she willingly did that. He says brutal words to her, she loses trust in him so she doesnt correct him, then he takes off.
Abby finds herself pregnant not knowing who the father is.
this part is really hard to read/listen to. What Abby goes through no child should suffer.
Four years pass, and Jake is back in town wanting to rekindle their relationship.
and I did not like this part at all
she immediately let him back in
sure, at the last chapter we come to know that he was looking out for her, but still it was like she was thanking her lucky stars that she came back.
but that is not why I disliked this part
1- there is the "Victim Blame": Abby was the Victim of almost everyone around her. The way she was blaming herself for not telling jake and blaming herself for him leaving got on my nerve. He was the one who pushed himself into her life demanding her to trust him but on the first occasion he doubts her and leaves.
2- The "child pass": it is like this with every book with a child. "I did not want to disappoint my child" , "I don't want my child to be sad" so I'll just allow him to use my child to get back into my pants
The book overall had other issues that did not work
3- The "sex solves all problems": look, I understand how wonderful sex could be for some people, but come on! depressed? have sex. going through mental problems? have sex. got raped? have sex. want revenge? have sex
like I wish this was that easy
Abby has had severe trauma all her life but all it took was a couple of hugs and a night of hot sex for them to go away???
4- and this takes me to my second issue, the rushed romance. I think they spent, what? a total of 10 days together? maybe if the time they spent was until she turned 18, the romance would have been convincing.
overall all, it was ok
3 stars for the first part
the past and four years later
ALL SAID FROM THE FL - ABBY- PERSPECTIVE
with the prologue and epilogue from Jake's POV
****Spoilers ahead****
⚜Genre: Dark Romance
⚜Theme: Second-Chance/ dark romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adult
⚜Characters: Abby, Jake, Owen
⚜Representation: none
⚜TW: a lot! A whole fucking lot! violence- child rape - domestic abuse - drug abuse - rape
⚜ tropes: insta-love, touch her and you're dead, hurt
⚜ POV: one-sided first person
⚜ spice 🌶🌶
⚜ rating 🌟🌟🌟
⚜standalone: yes, with a novella from Jake's perspective
⚜Ending: resolved
I am familiar with T.M Frazier's work. I've read her King series and for anyone who is wanting to try her work, please be warned that this author has no boundaries... and I mean that in the most respectful way cause I don't have a problem with what she writes.
Not only will you find age gaps (sometimes huge ones), but also with underaged girls (17 year- olds). Now I do not know the consent age of each state, but again, it is fiction, so let's just move on.
The first part of this book, which is about 20 chapters, was amazing, in a dark emotional way. Abby, a 17-year-old emotionally damaged girl, went through so much. We see her anguish, struggle and fight.
She has a huge aversion to touch because of what happened to her as a child
she meets the mysterious Jake who somehow accepts and saves her
and then everything turns to shit
She gets assulted by Owen and Jake thinks she willingly did that. He says brutal words to her, she loses trust in him so she doesnt correct him, then he takes off.
Abby finds herself pregnant not knowing who the father is.
this part is really hard to read/listen to. What Abby goes through no child should suffer.
Four years pass, and Jake is back in town wanting to rekindle their relationship.
and I did not like this part at all
she immediately let him back in
sure, at the last chapter we come to know that he was looking out for her, but still it was like she was thanking her lucky stars that she came back.
but that is not why I disliked this part
1- there is the "Victim Blame": Abby was the Victim of almost everyone around her. The way she was blaming herself for not telling jake and blaming herself for him leaving got on my nerve. He was the one who pushed himself into her life demanding her to trust him but on the first occasion he doubts her and leaves.
2- The "child pass": it is like this with every book with a child. "I did not want to disappoint my child" , "I don't want my child to be sad" so I'll just allow him to use my child to get back into my pants
The book overall had other issues that did not work
3- The "sex solves all problems": look, I understand how wonderful sex could be for some people, but come on! depressed? have sex. going through mental problems? have sex. got raped? have sex. want revenge? have sex
like I wish this was that easy
Abby has had severe trauma all her life but all it took was a couple of hugs and a night of hot sex for them to go away???
4- and this takes me to my second issue, the rushed romance. I think they spent, what? a total of 10 days together? maybe if the time they spent was until she turned 18, the romance would have been convincing.
overall all, it was ok
3 stars for the first part
pamplemousse_3's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
tansybritches's review against another edition
5.0
I have no words for what I just read….
This book evoked so so many emotions! It kind of takes you to hell & back! But it is so so worth it!
The levels of trauma Abby endures! She is such a bad a$$ survivor!
Jake… Oooooh Jake! How I wanted to throttle him through a good chunk of the book! You love him rather quickly! BUT then he’s an idiot! And I wanted to reach into the book and shake him!
Silver lining thought! He redeems himself in the most spectacular ways!
Such a phenomenal read! Total Sons of Anarchy vibe & I loved it!
This book evoked so so many emotions! It kind of takes you to hell & back! But it is so so worth it!
The levels of trauma Abby endures! She is such a bad a$$ survivor!
Jake… Oooooh Jake! How I wanted to throttle him through a good chunk of the book! You love him rather quickly! BUT then he’s an idiot! And I wanted to reach into the book and shake him!
Silver lining thought! He redeems himself in the most spectacular ways!
Such a phenomenal read! Total Sons of Anarchy vibe & I loved it!
frenchpressbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Seriously first thank you Sarah!!
What I loved....
It was different and dark and freaking lovely
I liked that both our MCs weren't cookie cutter. They understood each other when many wouldn't
I loved the plot and some of the twists were unexpected
I stayed up way too late reading I couldn't it put it down! Why oh why had I never read this author before
What I didn't like...
The Owen thing came out of next field and left me more emotional than I thought
4.5 stars
What I loved....
It was different and dark and freaking lovely
I liked that both our MCs weren't cookie cutter. They understood each other when many wouldn't
I loved the plot and some of the twists were unexpected
I stayed up way too late reading I couldn't it put it down! Why oh why had I never read this author before
What I didn't like...
The Owen thing came out of next field and left me more emotional than I thought
4.5 stars