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kindofacid 's review for:
Die for Me
by Luke Jennings
Ugh, this book is somehow worse than the first one. Starting with the abrupt change into a first person narrative when we had third person on the first and second book, and for that to be Eve's POV, which oh my god, she has the personality and morals equivalent to a wet paper napkin. Girl really said "I can fix her" and tried to run with it the entire book, calling Oxana 'sweetie' a million times and being disgusting.
Of course, we get more unnecessarily detailed sex scenes that add nothing to the plot. (I don't know anything about the author's personal life but it feels very 'lesbian sex through a straight man's eyes with a fetish' thing every time.)
And how could I forget the forced and sloppily written inclusion of a non-binary character where they discover their new identity and the whole thing is treated like a comedy bit, no depth at all. If you're going to write something just to be "cool with the kids" and not because you actually care, at least write it right.
And lastly, the ending, which made NO SENSE with the development of the story. You're telling me that Oxana, trained assassin, master of languages, sociopath, known for only feeling something after killing someone or having wild sex with diverse people, would just settle down forever with Eve in some little town in Russia and study languages? What the everloving fuck?
And how come both of them came out of it virtually unscathed? They both commited multiple crimes, they're both fucking crazy and toxic and bad for each other but they get a Disney happy ending, with absolutely no consequences for their actions, just like that? Fuck that. I would've preferred if one of them died.
Of course, we get more unnecessarily detailed sex scenes that add nothing to the plot. (I don't know anything about the author's personal life but it feels very 'lesbian sex through a straight man's eyes with a fetish' thing every time.)
And how could I forget the forced and sloppily written inclusion of a non-binary character where they discover their new identity and the whole thing is treated like a comedy bit, no depth at all. If you're going to write something just to be "cool with the kids" and not because you actually care, at least write it right.
And lastly, the ending, which made NO SENSE with the development of the story. You're telling me that Oxana, trained assassin, master of languages, sociopath, known for only feeling something after killing someone or having wild sex with diverse people, would just settle down forever with Eve in some little town in Russia and study languages? What the everloving fuck?
And how come both of them came out of it virtually unscathed? They both commited multiple crimes, they're both fucking crazy and toxic and bad for each other but they get a Disney happy ending, with absolutely no consequences for their actions, just like that? Fuck that. I would've preferred if one of them died.