Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Hothouse Flower by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie

3 reviews

kaiyoung_kop's review against another edition

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challenging funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Okay, I LOVE DAISY. We need more characters with ADHD rep. But Ryke- I know he felt bad about it, but he was such a pedophile. She was FIFTEEN when he started sexualising her. FIFTEEN. 

However, there relationship seemed really healthy, for the both of them. It was very fluffy and angsty and fun

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sydneyluxford's review against another edition

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2.0

One star for Connor and Rose.
One star for Lily and Lo.
That’s it. 

I don’t get how people can rate this book highly when Ryke literally admitted to liking Daisy when she was as young as FIFTEEN. Bearing in mind they have a seven year age gap. I read page 360 and fully almost DNF’d because there’s no way Krista and Becca Ritchie thought that was okay to write.

I was enjoying the book at first and was okay with their age gap because I thought he only started liking her after she turned eighteen — nothing illegal about that. But, as the book progressed their age gap made me more and more uncomfortable. 

I cant lie, there were moments between Daisy and Ryke which I loved, but they all happened before he admitted to liking her when she was underage. 

SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THEIR FAVOURITE BOOK IN THE SERIES???? I have one question — WHY????? The authors basically normalise grooming. This makes me so sad because I absolutely adore every other book in this series before this one, I’m just going to forget this one exists and move on.

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karinanoelle's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

0.25

how does this have so many good reviews and so many people gushing over a couple where every other chapter he talks about how badly hes wanted to fuck her since they met when she was 15 and he was 22 

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