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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Ok look. The spice is ☠️🙌🏻🤌🏻👌🏻 but the story and the writing I…did not care for. So I’m gonna read the second one, but I’m mildly annoyed about it
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking
Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder
Just because you "save women from trafficking" (which is a joke with how it's written, by the way) doesn't mean you get to stalk and rape a woman multiple times. I feel like I gave this book a fair chance by making it halfway through, and it didn't offer anything. I read horror books regularly with questionable themes, and none of them were as bad as this book. If you're going to write a character who's 'turned on by being scared' then at least make her somewhat enjoy the sex scenes. Crying during and after does not read as though she enjoys it, that's called trauma.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i have to say i didn't enjoy this book as much as i thought i would, it wasn't bad and did read it all the way thou. but there was just something that i was like what? especially with Adeline like really, i didn't find her a very well character for this book, she seemed like she would a little stuck up in real life. i didn't find this book to be a dark romance thou, yes there was some romance in it but the dark part i think should be more under dark elements. Zade was an interesting character like he wants to make the world a better place by taking down human trafficking but yet stalks Adeline thinking its ok. I did like the little bits of her grandmas story thrown in there and Adeline discovering things from what actually happened. the end i did not see coming and the twists that happened were making me wonder what was going to happen next.
spoilers
This book was absolutely enthralling. I did not want to enjoy it the way that I did, but I was captivated by the second chapter.
I understand why this is a phenomenon, but I also would advise you to know what you are getting into. It is not a book with consent but implied consent with blurred lines and blurred bdsm. It goes against anything and the mental health advisory holds true. If you are aware then it’s amazing
This book was absolutely enthralling. I did not want to enjoy it the way that I did, but I was captivated by the second chapter.
I understand why this is a phenomenon, but I also would advise you to know what you are getting into. It is not a book with consent but implied consent with blurred lines and blurred bdsm. It goes against anything and the mental health advisory holds true. If you are aware then it’s amazing
"Love is an enigma, and it's redefined every time someone says it."
Oh boy, that was terrible. I don’t even know where to start.
First, if I hear “p*ssy”, “juices”, “cl*t”, “c*ck”, “folds”, “core”, “b*tch!”, “drenched”, “good girl”, or “bad girl” one more time, I’ll throw a tantrum.
Second, I can’t believe I managed to finish it. If it wasn’t for the fact that it was an audiobook and I had TONS of driving to do, I never would have read the whole thing.
Usually, I will gladly give a 4- or 5-star rating to books that made me feel strong emotions. I’m not greedy with ratings, and if a book made me feel happy, laugh a couple of times, ugly cry, etc., I’ll give it a good rating even if it’s not “the best writing in the world” or “a book I’ll never forget.”
But this book… urgh.
I thought about giving it a 2-star rating for 2 simple reasons:
1st star: it has a great beginning hook
2nd star: it was great research for my own novel’s spicy scenes
But in the end, I disliked it too much. So 1 star it is.
Characters:
Insufferable, the lot of them, especially Adeline. (Does someone actually believe that this girl is a successful writer? Really?) Only Daya seems sort of tolerable. And Jay, maybe because he speaks very little. Don’t get me started on Zade – everything about him annoyed me. The way he speaks, the way he acts. I mean, come on, I love a good paradoxical character, but there is a godd*mn limit. He hunts and k*lls people who prey on vulnerable girls and boys, then does the same thing himself. The fact that Adeline gets off on fear and pain doesn’t change the fact that he is a disgusting s*xual predator, and I can’t believe so many people are glorifying him. Barf.
Plot:
Come on, it’s a bunch of dark sex scenes with some filling in between (friendship between two girls who call themselves “b*tch” all the time and a super predictable whodunit secondary storyline) to make it seem like there is a point to the book other than getting people off onmorally questionable disturbing topics.
Writing:
Bleh. Some parts were okay, but most of it felt like immature and under-edited writing to me. The whole time, I thought, “Wow, I can’t believe this cr*p got published like that.”
Some will probably think I’m not open-minded. But I don’t care—this was honestly painful to read/hear.
Oh boy, that was terrible. I don’t even know where to start.
First, if I hear “p*ssy”, “juices”, “cl*t”, “c*ck”, “folds”, “core”, “b*tch!”, “drenched”, “good girl”, or “bad girl” one more time, I’ll throw a tantrum.
Second, I can’t believe I managed to finish it. If it wasn’t for the fact that it was an audiobook and I had TONS of driving to do, I never would have read the whole thing.
Usually, I will gladly give a 4- or 5-star rating to books that made me feel strong emotions. I’m not greedy with ratings, and if a book made me feel happy, laugh a couple of times, ugly cry, etc., I’ll give it a good rating even if it’s not “the best writing in the world” or “a book I’ll never forget.”
But this book… urgh.
I thought about giving it a 2-star rating for 2 simple reasons:
1st star: it has a great beginning hook
2nd star: it was great research for my own novel’s spicy scenes
But in the end, I disliked it too much. So 1 star it is.
Characters:
Insufferable, the lot of them, especially Adeline. (Does someone actually believe that this girl is a successful writer? Really?) Only Daya seems sort of tolerable. And Jay, maybe because he speaks very little. Don’t get me started on Zade – everything about him annoyed me. The way he speaks, the way he acts. I mean, come on, I love a good paradoxical character, but there is a godd*mn limit. He hunts and k*lls people who prey on vulnerable girls and boys, then does the same thing himself. The fact that Adeline gets off on fear and pain doesn’t change the fact that he is a disgusting s*xual predator, and I can’t believe so many people are glorifying him. Barf.
Plot:
Come on, it’s a bunch of dark sex scenes with some filling in between (friendship between two girls who call themselves “b*tch” all the time and a super predictable whodunit secondary storyline) to make it seem like there is a point to the book other than getting people off on
Writing:
Bleh. Some parts were okay, but most of it felt like immature and under-edited writing to me. The whole time, I thought, “Wow, I can’t believe this cr*p got published like that.”
Some will probably think I’m not open-minded. But I don’t care—this was honestly painful to read/hear.
pretty privilege at its finest. the amount of times this author said “milky” or “creamy”, my kindle flew across the room. giving it more than one star because the cliffhanger has got me starting the second book already
i dnf’d after like 12 pages and im not ashamed of it