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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
fast-paced
fast-paced
Audio: 4-4.5 stars
Book: 3-3.5 stars
I think coming off of the high from [b:Primal|59729460|Primal (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #2)|K.A. Merikan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1638281376l/59729460._SY75_.jpg|94063025], and Jag being who he is, it was hard to top him.. I loved Jag and Shane's interactions though haha made me laugh when they would butt heads.
I think that Shane's sight on vengeance was his downfall, and kinda made me not connect with him as much as i did with Ros, i mean Shane, you had Ros who was so understanding of all your short comings and didn't bat an eye when you said you were in prison.. but then you had to ruin it to get back at his dad..
Overall a good addition to the series, but i think i preferred Jag's story to this one.. (sorry Dan, LOL).
Book: 3-3.5 stars
I think coming off of the high from [b:Primal|59729460|Primal (Wrong Side of the Tracks, #2)|K.A. Merikan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1638281376l/59729460._SY75_.jpg|94063025], and Jag being who he is, it was hard to top him.. I loved Jag and Shane's interactions though haha made me laugh when they would butt heads.
I think that Shane's sight on vengeance was his downfall, and kinda made me not connect with him as much as i did with Ros, i mean Shane, you had Ros who was so understanding of all your short comings and didn't bat an eye when you said you were in prison.. but then you had to ruin it to get back at his dad..
Overall a good addition to the series, but i think i preferred Jag's story to this one.. (sorry Dan, LOL).
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
➛First read: March 2023 | ★3.0 stars
➛Second read: October 2024 | ★3.0 stars
Okay, so this wasn’t amazing or anything, but it definitely wasn’t bad either.
It was extremely toxic, and it was insta-love with a connection mostly build on lust: those are things I usually don’t really appreciate. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed reading this and it was just... fun!
The book is about Rosen and Shane, who couldn’t possibly be any more different. Rosen is gentle and angelic, while Shane is rough around the edges. Rosen goes to college as an art student, while Shane just came out of prison and is already back to his usual criminal activity. These two would have normally never met or connected, but Shane has different plans. After all, it was Rosen’s father who falsely accused Shane of a crime he did not commit, which led to his 10 years in jail. Shane is out for revenge. And he wants to get it through Rosen. What he didn’t account for, however, was to fall in love with the boy in the process.
➛Second read: October 2024 | ★3.0 stars
Okay, so this wasn’t amazing or anything, but it definitely wasn’t bad either.
It was extremely toxic, and it was insta-love with a connection mostly build on lust: those are things I usually don’t really appreciate. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed reading this and it was just... fun!
The book is about Rosen and Shane, who couldn’t possibly be any more different. Rosen is gentle and angelic, while Shane is rough around the edges. Rosen goes to college as an art student, while Shane just came out of prison and is already back to his usual criminal activity. These two would have normally never met or connected, but Shane has different plans. After all, it was Rosen’s father who falsely accused Shane of a crime he did not commit, which led to his 10 years in jail. Shane is out for revenge. And he wants to get it through Rosen. What he didn’t account for, however, was to fall in love with the boy in the process.
Ros was so cute it was impossible not to notice. Like a Disney Princess, he was sweet, and wished everyone well, and if he started singing in the woods, birds and rodents would flock to him as if he were made of grain.
Shane shouldn’t have liked it. But he did.
He just couldn’t understand what a guy like that saw in him.
What I loved about this book is the fact that Shane was so adoring when it came to Rosen. He really thought the sun shone right out of his arse, which is just adorable. Nonetheless, Shane still treated Rosen badly from time to time, which annoyed me. Rosen was definitely a push-over and I would have liked him to be a little less naive. Then again, I found his trusting nature also quite endearing, so it wasn’t all bad.
“You’re my first, my only, and I love you so much.”
“Me too, baby. You’re the only one who ever counted.”
There is a big betrayal in this book, obviously, so we do get some good groveling from Shane. I personally would have never forgiven him for what he did (I won’t spoil what it was, but it was truly bad), and I find it a little hard to believe that Rosen would either, but it was what it was. I did like that Shane was truly apologetic and he would have done anything to earn Rosen's forgiveness; he would have literally walked through fire to get Rosen’s trust and affections back.
All in all, I thought this book was very entertaining and it had some tropes I really like. Was it executed in the most hard-hitting way possible? No. But it was decent at what it tried to do, and the writing was addictive enough to have me enjoy this book quite a lot.
I had a lot of expectations, good ones and then I found out that one of the MC tried to s*xsualy assault the other and then the grovel started. It just felt wrong keep reading it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship