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nineinchnails's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
booklloveer101's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
faith99'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: Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug use
enchantingannie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Abortion
emilynied'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
1.5
I understand why readers enjoy dark romance and fictional romance so much - it's because it's not real. If it was real, we would probably all be questioning our sanity. I usually don't mind books like these, but I don't get the hype around Damon Torrance, I really don't. His background is dark and the things that he went through are horrible - it explains why he's so messed up in the brain. BUT, I don't think it justified most of the things that he did in the past and present timelines of this book. He tries to kill his best friends in the first book, in the second book he terrorizes all of them and now he's just forgiven. There are, of course, lingering effects and we do see that in this book, but I don't think it's enough. We start the story super abruptly with him getting control of Winter, her sister and her mother just out of no where in his quest to force Winter to be with him and I just think that's gross. He puts her in these weird situations and in my mind, controls her (not letting her leave the house, having security follow her around...). I was so turned off by the first part of this book because of that. I just couldn't fathom how we could go from this to a potential love story.
But, it did happen. I will say, I was kind of convinced towards the end of the book because he felt like a different character and everyone just *forgot* about all the shit he did. The character development just wasn't there for me to explain the switch up. Also, I feel like there was so much of Damon in Kai/Banks' book, but none of them are super prevalent in this book - I would have loved to see more of the present dynamic between him and Banks after it's revealed that they're siblings but that was definitely lacking here.
As far as the storytelling techniques, I think I'm getting a little tired of this series' flashbacks. They are about 50% of the book and particularly in this story, reading the past chapters was so exhausting because they just felt like fillers? I don't know exactly how to explain it but it feels like the present narrative is just waiting for the big reveals in the past, and until that happens, there's a lull in the story which got pretty dull. The present chapters relied too much on the past chapters in my opinion, which also contributed to the eh reading experience.
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
peneloperose'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
krishnaoo3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment
lindslikesbooks'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
The character development in this entire series, let alone this book, is spectacular. There was one weird but of dialogue in the book where one character called another character “gay” but as an insult and I did not feel it was appropriate or needed at all. Probably should have been cut.
The dual narration was beautiful. I adored Tatiana’s portrayal of Winter. She was truly voice acting. And Jeremy York was impeccable at bringing Damon’s dark, tortured person to life. BEAUTIFUL! 🎧
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
Tropes: enemies to lovers, second chance, age gap, forbidden
TW: major! Check authors note for full list
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual harassment
vhpenawrites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
arwenaardbeienstruik's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder
Moderate: Self harm and Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Blood