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Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Incest, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexual violence
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment
"Spicy" doesn't even begin to express this book. This is hands down the dirtiest book I've ever read. If my review was based on smut alone it would've been an easy five star read - Penelope Douglas knows how to write a love scene! However, where she lost me was the plot. It wasn't bad by any means, but I also wasn't very invested and guessed who our main character Tiernan was going to end up with pretty early on, so my level of intrigue wasn't as high as it could've been. It also didn't help that I didn't feel much chemistry outside of the palpable lust between Tiernan and who she ended up choosing.
My biggest issue I had with this story was how it handled the topic of consent. We got Tiernan's internal dialogue and we clearly knew that she desired a sexual relationship with each of the men at one point or another, but my issue with the consent specifically had to do with (view spoiler). She specifically was saying no while actively pushing him away and he kept going anyway, until she eventually "liked" it. It was gross and very triggering, but like I said there was so much gray area because her internal dialogue was clearly showing that she wanted to be intimate with him.
That being said, this book is not for the faint of heart, but I'd be lying if I said that I didn't want to pick up more of her novels.
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment
HOWEVER, I just could not get into how those topics were handled. They were simultaneously always brought up or thought about by the MC, and they WERE things that gave her pause and made her question herself... but it truly felt as though Tiernan just dealt with it by going "Oh well!" and just like... let stuff happen even though she clearly expressed her discomfort or literal physical/emotional pain. And not always in a "that's hot to me though" way.
I also agree that, for the final love interest,
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail