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Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What the heck did I just read. Someone get me some bleach for my eyes. I have a real issue with dnfing books cause I have major fomo and think that maybe the book will get better and i don’t want to miss it but I was so wrong with this one.
I will say, for a “tiktok book” my expectations were low so i was pleasantly surprised with the actual writing. Sometimes with popular books it can feel like a teenager is writing it but this one wasn’t like that.
BUT the plot… yikes. I think it had potential for sure but there were too many red flags and just over all yikes.
FIRSTLY, this girl IS LITERALLY A CHILD. I ain’t trying to yuck the age gap yum but like seriously, she’s 17, get your 40year old self out of here. I don’t care if she was 18 when anything serious happened. You were flirting with a 17year old.
SECONDLY dark romance doesn’t mean no consent. Let me say it one more time. DARK ROMANCE DOESN’T EQUAL NO CONSENT. You can write dark romance with consent. Come on guys, this isn’t something you should play around with. This happened at least twice in this book and I seriously should have stopped reading there.
THIRDLY why are these men literal animals, they can’t last one day without having sex or “needing” sex. Get out of here. You are adult men you can keep it in your pants
FOURTHLY… YOU ARE LITERALLY RELATED YUCK EW STOP. this I could kind of put to the back of my mind cause they aren’t blood related but you can’t be talking like family and then turn around and make it sexual. On top of that, how do you just feel chill about your brother/dad/son is having sex with the same girl you are. Like what? No thoughts on how that is weird to you at all??
Overall, this girl was seriously taken advantage of, the men were not good men. Anyone would be seriously confused by the way each man was treating her. I was waiting for some sort of redeeming factor from the man she ends up “choosing” but really I don’t think the character development happened. Every person in this book needs some therapy.
The only thing I liked about this book is the living in a forest (slay farm vibe #cottagecore) and the mention of Amber run (an artist I like)
I will say, for a “tiktok book” my expectations were low so i was pleasantly surprised with the actual writing. Sometimes with popular books it can feel like a teenager is writing it but this one wasn’t like that.
BUT the plot… yikes. I think it had potential for sure but there were too many red flags and just over all yikes.
FIRSTLY, this girl IS LITERALLY A CHILD. I ain’t trying to yuck the age gap yum but like seriously, she’s 17, get your 40year old self out of here. I don’t care if she was 18 when anything serious happened. You were flirting with a 17year old.
SECONDLY dark romance doesn’t mean no consent. Let me say it one more time. DARK ROMANCE DOESN’T EQUAL NO CONSENT. You can write dark romance with consent. Come on guys, this isn’t something you should play around with. This happened at least twice in this book and I seriously should have stopped reading there.
THIRDLY why are these men literal animals, they can’t last one day without having sex or “needing” sex. Get out of here. You are adult men you can keep it in your pants
FOURTHLY… YOU ARE LITERALLY RELATED YUCK EW STOP. this I could kind of put to the back of my mind cause they aren’t blood related but you can’t be talking like family and then turn around and make it sexual. On top of that, how do you just feel chill about your brother/dad/son is having sex with the same girl you are. Like what? No thoughts on how that is weird to you at all??
Overall, this girl was seriously taken advantage of, the men were not good men. Anyone would be seriously confused by the way each man was treating her. I was waiting for some sort of redeeming factor from the man she ends up “choosing” but really I don’t think the character development happened. Every person in this book needs some therapy.
The only thing I liked about this book is the living in a forest (slay farm vibe #cottagecore) and the mention of Amber run (an artist I like)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment