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mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
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
Read in a day, roughly 10hrs, (a new record for me, with a first time read). This book is super entertaining and a fast read, I read it In pretty much 3 sittings. All the chapters follow on like a movie there’s really no page you can put the book down on. The characters are extremely loveable and the plot intriguing
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief
Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Last year, I didn't finish this after about 60 pages and wrote: not only am i done with YA romance, I am done with YA. After a year, I decided to give it another chance. What a mistake.
This was every trope from every YA book with not-the-biggest-but-still-pick-me main character and SO MUCH FLIRTING it felt like i was going to cringe/gag/vomit every second page. All 4 brothers are unable to communicate like normal human beings, they must at ALL TIMES lean on fridges, doors, have half smiles, weird faces, grins, sarcastic flirts, romantic flirts, evil flirts, cold flirts and any other flirts possible. Majority of the book is just flirting unheard amount of times with various people. I was promised intricate plot twists and puzzles and got neither. Until like 300th page barely anything related to the "mystery" happened. (Spoiler: but people kissed, that's what's important!!!). So much disappointment. My disgust of this very unnecessary flirting that is forced upon young readers (to clarify, I have no moral issue with flirting, I just think that it sets unreal standards for young girls, is extremely cringy and annoying, plays with your mind and I hate that's it's necessary for today's books to sell because of high demand) led me to not being able to continue with this book and I did not finish after 85%. There was also cursing and one unnecessary sexual comment not appropriate for young readers which was just so... useless.
But not to bash this book so much, there was some mystery, just not the level I was hoping for. From what I read, the end was pretty cool, so it gets 0.25 stars<3
This was every trope from every YA book with not-the-biggest-but-still-pick-me main character and SO MUCH FLIRTING it felt like i was going to cringe/gag/vomit every second page. All 4 brothers are unable to communicate like normal human beings, they must at ALL TIMES lean on fridges, doors, have half smiles, weird faces, grins, sarcastic flirts, romantic flirts, evil flirts, cold flirts and any other flirts possible. Majority of the book is just flirting unheard amount of times with various people. I was promised intricate plot twists and puzzles and got neither. Until like 300th page barely anything related to the "mystery" happened. (Spoiler: but people kissed, that's what's important!!!). So much disappointment. My disgust of this very unnecessary flirting that is forced upon young readers (to clarify, I have no moral issue with flirting, I just think that it sets unreal standards for young girls, is extremely cringy and annoying, plays with your mind and I hate that's it's necessary for today's books to sell because of high demand) led me to not being able to continue with this book and I did not finish after 85%. There was also cursing and one unnecessary sexual comment not appropriate for young readers which was just so... useless.
But not to bash this book so much, there was some mystery, just not the level I was hoping for. From what I read, the end was pretty cool, so it gets 0.25 stars<3
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Cancer, Sexual content
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
October Eighteenth.
Called it.
Called it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An amazing book I love this series so far can’t wait to continue the series and see what happens next especially with that cliffhanger which I’ll admit I thought was going to happen but still I need to know what happens next
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Biphobia, Sexual content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Classism
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Fun read, definitely looking forward to continuing the series. It's a YA book, but the writing seemed more middle-grade. The mystery was interesting and I was keen to find out the ending but I felt that most of the mystery was pushed to the next book in the series and the book didn't have a satisfactory conclusion. The main questions of the story were left unanswered, and I disliked that. It was a page-turner but it didn't leave me satisfied at the end.
The Hawthorne family dynamics are screwed up, and the sexual ethics in the story aren't there. A side character's creative use of words similar to curse words kept the book clean from cursing (i think) but the creativity was very thinly veiled.
mild lgbt
The Hawthorne family dynamics are screwed up, and the sexual ethics in the story aren't there. A side character's creative use of words similar to curse words kept the book clean from cursing (i think) but the creativity was very thinly veiled.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual content, Violence
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death
Minor: Sexual content
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Wat een lekker verhaal. Het is heerlijk geschreven (en vertaald), met een continue opbouw in spanning. Op het einde nog een cliffhanger waardoor ik meteen door wil lezen.
Enige minpuntje was dat de love triangle een beetje onnodig was.
Enige minpuntje was dat de love triangle een beetje onnodig was.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Classism