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charlottedejoya'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, and Death of parent
hayley_read_books'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Stalking, Blood, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders
jc62999's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent and Murder
isamorlon'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
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Kidnapping
bookowl805's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Hate crime, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Sexual content, and Gore
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
puchunga'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
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Child abuse, Stalking, Child death, Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
nonuyaa'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
4.25
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Child death and Kidnapping
honey_pie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
anyways
so as I said the first third or so was alright, I got really invested for the first half because I kind of liked the whole enemies to lovers kind of thing even tho they weren't exactly enemies she just didn't like him much and he wasn't interested. but the moment he took interest in her he was just full of red flags like storming into a photoshoot just because she was with another guy and deleting the pics of her like wtf ?? I'm supposed to like this man who's so overprotective she can't have a life of her own if it involves another man (weren't even friends let alone dating at this point btw).
and on top of the countless red flags, there were dumb plot holes like Alex somehow putting Michael in prison only 24hr after they got a confession from him with no court case or ANYTHING. and him discovering stuff about his uncle and literally an hour later the writer saying he had someone researching him "day and night" like it's been literally an hour?? an HOUR??
the height of the book was at the 75% mark, I skipped a fair bit after that because it was BORING and then when I did read it the rest was Alex literally following her to London when she wanted nothing to do with him and she had found out he'd been lying to her their whole relationship. and yet he not only hired someone to follow her but shows up and says he is going to be the one following her literally stalking her around London. and he's all pathetic begging for forgiveness and saying he had his heart opened as if he didn't ruin her life, almost gt her killed, STALK HER, prioritise himself at every turn and be insanely overprotective and controlling the whole time. AND SHE FORGIVES HIM
a load of shit imo
Graphic: Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
norcana'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
1.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Murder, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction
dearhaleynicole's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I have been wanting to read this series by Ana Huang for ages! I read the first book in her Kings of Sin series and LOVED it (Dante Russo was an experience to read, let me tell you) but haven't had a chance to pick up the others in that series yet. When the audiobook for this one popped up as available on my Libby though, I jumped on it.
I thought the way Ana handled both of our MCs traumatic backstories was really well done. There was an intriguing element of mystery surrounding both's stories for much of the book until things inevitably hit the fan and we uncover some craziness and plot twists that definitely hooked me if I wasn't already. Overall, I really loved this first book in the series and will definitely be reading more from Ana Huang in the near future 👀
Side note: I'm also a photographer so I just particularly love when the FMC or MMC is a one cause #relatable, but that's just a fun note I enjoyed about the story! Added another layer of enjoyability while reading for me.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Stalking
Minor: Death of parent and Child death