personal review notes:

C 6/10
A 5/10
W 7/10
P 7/10
I 4/10
L 6/10
E 5/10

-> 4.7/10
-> 3 stars

C: idk, didn't really connect, but wasn't bad either
W: was an audio book, narration was fine:)
P: i'm torn on this one, even though there were plot twists i wasn't expecting, a lot was quite predictable, like that michael is not ava father. and even if it was surprising, i didn't really care...
I: it took me forever to finish listening to this audiobook, i usually only listened to it, when i was doing other things and not, because i really wanted to know what will happen next
L: not quite sure why alex lied to ava about his feelings after the kidnapping, but chances are high that that was mentioned and i just forgot...
E: was alright, but i'm not eager to listen to the second book...

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elozanatto's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

3.0

Not sure if I thoroughly enjoyed the plots - I actually kinda predicted most of them way before they happened, it’s very much like a Mexican telenovela. The sex stuff is intriguing and weirdly appealing. But I actually read the book in less than a day, so it’s good enough. I’m curious about the next ones, I’m probably gonna read.

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_ice_coffee_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

This book felt like ‘The Godfather’ written by a Wattpad author.

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christinekc's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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paulaks's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

2.0

Girl, what the fuck?!
The first 50% were totally fine and average, kind of what I expected. Both Alex and Ava had decent manners and motives behind their action. The romance was steamy but still acceptable. But then, my jaw was on the floor the whole second half and not because of positive suprise...
First Ana Huang drops the most under-developed plot I have seen in a while. It was a cocktail of every trope in weird fan fictions. As if that wasn´t enough we happened to have the basic third act break up. That could´ve been fine if Alex didn´t turn completely alpha male.
Some advice for this man: You can´t "own" a person. A person isn´t an object. So if your EX girlfriend talks, I repeat, TALKS with a man, you don´t threaten him or say that she belongs to you. If you think that´s bad, it gets worse: You cannot start stalking your ex. STALKING.
I don´t care if this is a spoiler but I need you to know that. To all the delusional readers out there: Stalking is never okay and implies that the stalked person did not consent these actions. You can´t excuse that behaviour. "They still liked each other and both knew that" well I don´t care, Ava still didn´t consent.
Maybe I´m just too sensitive or take fiction to literal but you can´t romanticise a man that does this. Which was sad to see since both characters started well, I even liked them for a hundred pages.
If you´re still interested I guess read it but for me this crossed a line.

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dlsmk's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

This was predictable but it was funny and just a good time dude.

Listen. The plot? Predictable. The characters? Mid. The vibes? Immaculate. This was so fun. I laughed out loud. I swooned. I had multiple WTF moments about her being just so OK with him being like, a murderer and being an overbearing, jealous, grade A for Asshole, douchebag. However, I'm going to read the rest of them because the banter (when things weren't going like, completely off the rails) was actually quite fun. And I did enjoy the female characters so like, I want the next one.

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