3.3 AVERAGE


While this book was good, so many things were brought into the story that were never resolved at the end. I found that kind of odd.

The characters spent too much time in their head and no time talking to each other. It was disappointing to get fragments of stories from introspection and never get the full story from talking to the other character. Her issue was brought up in a few different ways but we never got the full story in one go. Because of that, I had a hard time buying into each character.

This was a joke, right? This was comically bad. It’s extremely heteronormative, grossly misogynistic, and just plain bad BDSM. The story was nonsensical, the characters spend absolutely no time together outside of sex. It’s very verbose and words/phrases are repeated frequently. There’s this threat of Lucian’s family that is just… never resolved? Literally nothing happens from it. Why even put it in the story, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read.

There’s so much more wrong with this but I truly don’t want to give this book any more of my time.

Liked it a lot... but also felt like there was something missing.

emhildeb's review

3.25
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Complicated fmc. Very dark. The relationship seemed very fast too.
dark emotional mysterious sad tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jahayhay96's review

2.75
dark hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

melissa_kelbley's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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pumpkin_cat4's review

5.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes