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gabichatslit's review against another edition
5.0
Recommended by @milinaslibrary on #booktok, I read this in almost one sitting (93% in one sitting and the last 7% when I woke up this morning). For 300-something odd pages, it was a surprisingly quick read for me. A heavy amount of spice, but good plot too— sweet ending but a little fast paced towards the end (not necessarily a bad thing). Main characters become bonded after a tragedy (check trigger and content warnings) and find their HEA.
[edit (2023): it’s 5 stars (4.75 if we’re getting hella technical) for me this go around. I’m not sure if it’s because I read it more slowly this time or with age and wisdom comes a deeper respect for certain things but I think I loved this book more the second time around. I will say I forgot how wild and traumatizing the first third of this book is with the event that brings the two main characters together but I loved watching Claudia and Shep’s love story unfold. RW wrote two very layered and complex characters trying to find themselves after tragedy and allow themselves to be seen and loved despite their mess in a way that was beautiful and real. There were quite a few moments where I was like damn, to be intimately seen and cared for and supported and loved like this is the dream for real. I think my critiques from my first read really had more to do with wishing we got to see more of their life together after the final chapter and maybe a peek at Shep as a stay at home husband/dad. But all in all I really enjoyed it. Off to re read Sanctuary!
[edit (2023): it’s 5 stars (4.75 if we’re getting hella technical) for me this go around. I’m not sure if it’s because I read it more slowly this time or with age and wisdom comes a deeper respect for certain things but I think I loved this book more the second time around. I will say I forgot how wild and traumatizing the first third of this book is with the event that brings the two main characters together but I loved watching Claudia and Shep’s love story unfold. RW wrote two very layered and complex characters trying to find themselves after tragedy and allow themselves to be seen and loved despite their mess in a way that was beautiful and real. There were quite a few moments where I was like damn, to be intimately seen and cared for and supported and loved like this is the dream for real. I think my critiques from my first read really had more to do with wishing we got to see more of their life together after the final chapter and maybe a peek at Shep as a stay at home husband/dad. But all in all I really enjoyed it. Off to re read Sanctuary!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, and Grief
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