Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Balance by Lucia Franco

32 reviews

northernsweetie's review against another edition

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Could not get over the age gap. Tabbo, big age gaps are one thing, but fetishizing minors is completely different. 

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smmcqueston's review against another edition

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Can’t get behind the minor/adult relationship

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mrsmonty503's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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bookswithkat97's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0


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100_pages_hr's review

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2.5

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bookishbabbles's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

The audiobook changes some facts about the book. The narrator changes the age of the female MC to 18 instead of 16. When I switched to physical copy I was very confused. This book was not for me. There wasn’t much of an emotional connection between the love interest, mostly sexual. The male mc also manipulated her a lot. Not my taste but I can see why it’s so popular. 

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nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense slow-paced

1.5

Watch the upcoming livestream for my full thoughts. Scheduled 12/11/22
https://youtu.be/-Kbk5wYIBXI

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528's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

3.0

Spoilers: 

I'm not quite sure how to feel about it.
I'm not the biggest Fan ob age gap tropes but also don't have anything against it but 15 ans 32 was a bit too much for me. 
At the beginning i had real 15 year old girls in my head while reading and it just wasn't for me.
Than the Sex started, quite spicy scenes, and I needed to pretend she's a little older at least 18 to continue reading.
I'm not the biggest Fan of Kova.
You are the older one, at least use a fucking condom and don't be an asshole all the time just because you feel guilty for fucking a 15 year old.
I get why she was into hin but on his side was not much except for the sex.

But despite that I'm still intrigued how its going to continue.

Read again: undecided



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aklovekorn's review

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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mussheftigpissen's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

3.5/5
So where do i start? first of all i am a sucker for taboo romance with age gap and authority figures…so this book and its plot should be perfect for me right? 
so i really liked the plot and i have to be honest this whole age thing is disgusting she is fucking underaged! i tried to ignore it but i got mixed feelings through the whole book…i thought i was getting arrested tho so it was the forbiddened romance i have been reading so far (the step dad one was more taboo but i hate this book with my whole soul so i pretend that i have never been reading or seeing this book in my entire life) and i enjoyed it beside the fact she is like 16 and he is 32 😗👀 
but i liked the chemistry between coach and gymnast but it is a very toxic relationship. i am sorry to say it but kova is an a$$hole :) like wtf why does he fuck without an condom? why is he still staying with his girlfriend? AND WHY IS HE SO AGGRESIVE?! like dude she is 16/17 😗👹
some things didnt sit right with me and it was mainly about kova :) so he is one of the biggest red flags men in books that i have been reading so far. am i going to read the next book? yes! will i enjoy it? probably yes. will i  ever like kova? NO ;) but its ok i really like the writing style and the yk scenes ;) (its like reading penelope douglas so i ve been loving it!!)

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