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dragondragondragon's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.75
This is one of the worst books I've read in a long time. I made myself finish it with the thought that maybe the 16 y/o me that binged twilight would enjoy this book. But, alas. The rapey subtexts drown out the mildy interesting (if not predicatable) plot line. The emotional and physical abuse the main charcters endure by the hands of their classmates and TEACHERS is very triggering. The 'alpha asshole' plot line was taken way too far, the molestations not contributing to character development or plot. I found myself deeply uncomfortable almost the entire time.
Don't let your younger readers tackle this monstrosity, it normalizs and romanticizes (!!!) abusive and disgusting misogynistic behavior. When I tell you someone (always female) was suffering from a rapey or demeaning experience EVERY CHAPTER, I'm not kidding. The main lesson to be taught here is 'the strong (men) take whatever they want from whoever they want (women)' The sexual attraction the main characters develop for their (SEVERAL) abusers is simply disgusting. Seriously, if you're into that, you could save 12 dollars and do a deep dive on pornhub that would get you flagged by the FBI.
You could easily fit the grand canyon in the plot holes and the writing reminds me of fan fiction I wrote when I was 13. In fact, 13 year old me could have written more convincing 18 year olds. When I wasn't fighting the urge to vommit, I was cringing at the attempt by the authors to sound like college students. But those were hardly my biggest complaints.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment
hailstorm4's review against another edition
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Toxic relationship
srredd5's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
zia_c's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment
rebekkamafia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse
Minor: Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
stuckinatimeloop's review
this is a guilty pleasure comfort read type of series with asshole faes.
it might not be everyone's cup of tea. but it's good in a bad way. it was in my tbr and i wondered why so i started to read them and don't regret it. they're gripping because you want to know what happens next. also the spice is good. not a lot but it's written well. the magic system is interesting and not something I've seen before.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence
celine_engel8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
1navn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury
nordicat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Violence and Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Incest, Death of parent, and Abandonment
omega's review against another edition
Found the bullying and whole “toxic situation to be dealt with” a bit too much and just tiring for being kinda exaggerated and never actually dealt with, losing any enjoyment of the characters getting over it.
And mostly got truly fed up of them calling the 4 main boys hot and pretty while they where ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC PEOPLE that don’t deserve ANY positive attention, so I didn’t understand the need for so much unnecessary and inappropriate constant comments about how hot the pieces of shit were.
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship