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A review by revel_in_reading
Salt in the Wound by Sierra Simone
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Alright, so I have already read Salt Kiss and Honey Cut as ARCs, and will say I was SO excited to but this, but I don't think it was the 5 star I was hoping for.
I enjoyed the little back story, and did enjoy seeing how Isolde and Mark started. I will say if I had read this first before book 1 and 2, I probably would have been lost and bored. This book made our main character look pretty dull and the story a little falt.
This book IMMEDIATELY lost a full star when the author perpetuated dangerous myths about womens virginity. Virginity is not tangible, it's not provable. I was so disappointed that the author would have characters and scenes that back the outdated myth.
"You should know that your father has intimated to me that he's already bribed your phsician to keep him abreast of any physical changes or lack thereof"
What? What "physical changes?" There are no physical changes... that's not how vaginas work! That's how any of this works! That's how incels on reddit think it works but they only get their info from other angry celibate men.
"The pain was shimmering in me now, settling into my bones, and when I looked down, I saw blood, slick and red, covering his fingers"
Again, what??? Like mind you this is from inserting 1 finger into a VERY wet, VERY turned on vagina... I just... I can't.
I enjoyed the little back story, and did enjoy seeing how Isolde and Mark started. I will say if I had read this first before book 1 and 2, I probably would have been lost and bored. This book made our main character look pretty dull and the story a little falt.
This book IMMEDIATELY lost a full star when the author perpetuated dangerous myths about womens virginity. Virginity is not tangible, it's not provable. I was so disappointed that the author would have characters and scenes that back the outdated myth.
"You should know that your father has intimated to me that he's already bribed your phsician to keep him abreast of any physical changes or lack thereof"
What? What "physical changes?" There are no physical changes... that's not how vaginas work! That's how any of this works! That's how incels on reddit think it works but they only get their info from other angry celibate men.
"The pain was shimmering in me now, settling into my bones, and when I looked down, I saw blood, slick and red, covering his fingers"
Again, what??? Like mind you this is from inserting 1 finger into a VERY wet, VERY turned on vagina... I just... I can't.