A review by dreamermor
Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey

Did not finish book. Stopped at 73%.
This book was just a miss for me. The characters felt flat, especially compared to Tessa Bailey’s past work. It was hard to get invested in their relationship, it didn’t feel like they had a genuine connection. Having the love interest have a virginity kink and other misogynistic fantasies when both characters are in their thirties felt really bizarre. Some mental health topics were treated with a lot of caution (anxiety) but others like schizophrenia are tossed around to describe a chaotic outfit. Overall it was fine, but I didn’t like it enough to finish reading.

Also having the character meet when one was in junior year and the other a freshman who then develops a crush so intense it leads to borderline stalking behaviors for decades was weird. Also it was a strange choice for their reintroduction to be a face full of boobs and immediate sexualization.
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