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readbytiffany 's review for:
A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime
by Monica Murphy
this book brings women's rights back several years.
i went back and forth whether it was worth the brain cells to write this review, but somehow i saw 3 recommendations for it in an hour on my explore page...so here we are!
it's also the last day of the year, and we're leaving all our negative energy back in 2022 and that includes this. freaking. book.
the few posts i've seen have romanticized this book for being a "fun good girl x bad boy romance” with the added bonus of a boarding school setting and overall rich kid energy.
in reality, you get the cringiest...no *creepiest* romance?? between our two main characters, wren and crew.
wren’s entire personality is being a virgin. she is a high school girl who is infantilized by everyone around her, and the author intentionally slut shames every other girl to get this point across.
crew wants to be an alpha male so bad…he’s 5 seconds away from turning into a werewolf. his obsession with wren is all centered around wanting to “corrupt” her…WHAT.
the romance between the two is not healthy, and it baffles me that this book is starting to trend amongst teens and be pitched as a spicy rom-com.
also, if a boy ever tries to shove a lollipop into your vagina, RUN. preferably to a therapist or police station. it is not sexy…it is a bacteria infection waiting to happen.
and let’s not forget that one of the teachers at this prestigious boarding school is a known pedo/phile, yet no one does anything about it??
i don’t even know when to stop pointing out the red flags bc this whole book is little red riding hood. let’s stop romanticizing toxic relationships (and books) in 2023.
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"it's so bad, i want to give you a zero, but that's not possible, so i give you a one"
INITAL THOUGHTS: if you ignore every single problematic sentence in this book and use only one brain cell to marathon you to the end, it’s honestly not that bad
i went back and forth whether it was worth the brain cells to write this review, but somehow i saw 3 recommendations for it in an hour on my explore page...so here we are!
it's also the last day of the year, and we're leaving all our negative energy back in 2022 and that includes this. freaking. book.
the few posts i've seen have romanticized this book for being a "fun good girl x bad boy romance” with the added bonus of a boarding school setting and overall rich kid energy.
in reality, you get the cringiest...no *creepiest* romance?? between our two main characters, wren and crew.
wren’s entire personality is being a virgin. she is a high school girl who is infantilized by everyone around her, and the author intentionally slut shames every other girl to get this point across.
crew wants to be an alpha male so bad…he’s 5 seconds away from turning into a werewolf. his obsession with wren is all centered around wanting to “corrupt” her…WHAT.
the romance between the two is not healthy, and it baffles me that this book is starting to trend amongst teens and be pitched as a spicy rom-com.
also, if a boy ever tries to shove a lollipop into your vagina, RUN. preferably to a therapist or police station. it is not sexy…it is a bacteria infection waiting to happen.
and let’s not forget that one of the teachers at this prestigious boarding school is a known pedo/phile, yet no one does anything about it??
i don’t even know when to stop pointing out the red flags bc this whole book is little red riding hood. let’s stop romanticizing toxic relationships (and books) in 2023.
——
"it's so bad, i want to give you a zero, but that's not possible, so i give you a one"
INITAL THOUGHTS: if you ignore every single problematic sentence in this book and use only one brain cell to marathon you to the end, it’s honestly not that bad