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Binding 13
by Chloe Walsh
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a young adult romance with characters aged 15-17 but the content is not young adult. At all. And I really struggled to reconcile that.
The romance for sure is engaging at times but honestly, this should have been 300+ pages shorter and had a normal size of font instead of this tiny print.
I love some parts of the characters and parts of the romance but there was also a lot that was just irritating. A helpless damsel just doesn’t do it for me.
I wanted to love this but just didn’t. I liked it enough, but it has a ton of trigger warnings and truly should not be touted as a young adult book.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol