p0laris 's review for:

Frozen Hearts by R.A. Smyth

DID NOT FINISH

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Big DNF. As someone who devours bully romances, trust me on this: it's a pass. At some point there's a line for how much extremely dubious consent is acceptable, especially when the main driving factor of the story is the FMC's history of being repeatedly sexually assaulted. When the main aggressor is the son of her rapist, and he's taking her over and over (with very dubious consent) and actually cutting her skin NOT because he's into her, but because he's angry with her every time, and wants her to admit to something she can't, that has to be the line. Normally it's clear that she'll be able to stand up for herself at some point and demand the grovel she deserves after an entire book of bullying (this was more than that, but ok), but the way she interacts with all three of the MCs in this book makes it clear she'll be a doormat in the next book and there will be very little grovel because body betrayal or because she likes them and caves to their demands. SMH. I really liked this author's other bully romances, and was excited for this one, but it's a hard pass for me. Once I decided to DNF, I skimmed the rest of the book and confirmed it turned out exactly as I expected, especially the ending.

This is my reminder for when the next book comes out and my recs on all platforms show it to me bc it's right up my alley that I do not want to finish this series.