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A review by sydneyluxford
Hothouse Flower by Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie
2.0
One star for Connor and Rose.
One star for Lily and Lo.
That’s it.
I don’t get how people can rate this book highly when Ryke literally admitted to liking Daisy when she was as young as FIFTEEN. Bearing in mind they have a seven year age gap. I read page 360 and fully almost DNF’d because there’s no way Krista and Becca Ritchie thought that was okay to write.
I was enjoying the book at first and was okay with their age gap because I thought he only started liking her after she turned eighteen — nothing illegal about that. But, as the book progressed their age gap made me more and more uncomfortable.
I cant lie, there were moments between Daisy and Ryke which I loved, but they all happened before he admitted to liking her when she was underage.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THEIR FAVOURITE BOOK IN THE SERIES???? I have one question — WHY????? The authors basically normalise grooming. This makes me so sad because I absolutely adore every other book in this series before this one, I’m just going to forget this one exists and move on.
One star for Lily and Lo.
That’s it.
I don’t get how people can rate this book highly when Ryke literally admitted to liking Daisy when she was as young as FIFTEEN. Bearing in mind they have a seven year age gap. I read page 360 and fully almost DNF’d because there’s no way Krista and Becca Ritchie thought that was okay to write.
I was enjoying the book at first and was okay with their age gap because I thought he only started liking her after she turned eighteen — nothing illegal about that. But, as the book progressed their age gap made me more and more uncomfortable.
I cant lie, there were moments between Daisy and Ryke which I loved, but they all happened before he admitted to liking her when she was underage.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THEIR FAVOURITE BOOK IN THE SERIES???? I have one question — WHY????? The authors basically normalise grooming. This makes me so sad because I absolutely adore every other book in this series before this one, I’m just going to forget this one exists and move on.
Content Warnings
Minor: Pedophilia