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Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment
“Learn from my mistakes. Be a slut while you still can.”
Going through this book thinking it would be like Lights Out was a mistake but I still did enjoy this - enough to have finished it within the day! Ironically, it was my Audible email that reminded me that this book is finally out so yes, I did it read it as soon as I saw that email. It just shows how excited I was to read this knowing that I pre-ordered this one back in December (half a year before the book came out).
I enjoyed it enough that there would be bits and pieces of the books that I would remember in the long run - exhibitionist, for example, since I've learned so much about this through this book. The mafia part of this book for me was a meh. Overall, it's a good book to remind me why I loved Lights Out (lol)
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Exploring much darker themes than its predecessor, I loved the rich character development we saw with Junior and the second chance romance he had with Lauren. Also loved that he called her Lo.
Teddy Hamilton is a fucking GOD tier narrator and was perfect for Junior. I am slightly bummed we didn’t get Jacob Morgan and Elena Wolf to reprise Josh and Aly since they were so prevalent in the book, but I imagine scheduling and costs would have been a factor.
I devoured this in one day, which should be an indication of how good the story is. The characters are well developed, Taylor is my favorite side character for sure!
There’s an entire page of trigger warnings (selling point for me lol), so take care to review before diving in!
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Sexual harassment
Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
That said, I did jump up and down at work when the library hold hit at work as I was trying to figure out how I would get through only having six hours left of audiobook time on Spotify (I listen to audiobooks all day work). I will probably give it a second (and maybe third) listen before I return it as I did like Lauren as a character and I do appreciate Teddy Hamilton's narration, as well as the narration provided by Jason June and the Josh/Aly appearances that did feel forced.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment
Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Pregnancy