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Queenie & the Krakens
by Aleera Anaya Ceres
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Trigger warnings: EXTREMELY dubious consent, murder, blood, kidnapping, explosions, discussions of child sexual abuse, misogyny, gun violence, PTSD, drugging
Oh boy. Look, this is very clearly not my kind of book at all. But I needed a motorcycle club book for a readathon prompt and I thought that a paranormal one might work better for me, purely because it's easier to convince myself that people and organisations like this are entirely fictional.
And, like, YES. It was definitely easier to do that when the bikers are mermen who can ride their motorbikes on water. But also the casual misogyny was a LOT to deal with.
That being said, I did like Naomi as a character. She's extremely sassy and doesn't sit around waiting to be rescued. And the way sheescapes from the rival club whose name I have completely forgotten and then BLOWS THE WHOLE PLACE UP? Spectacular. I mean, there should have been SOME kind of ramifications for her legally, given that she committed mass murder. But whatever .
But the smut was.............not it for my poor lil ace brain. There was a LOT of extremely dubious consent. There were a LOT of fluids all over the damned place. Every single dude had a baseball bat sized penis. There's a lot of sex at weirdly inappropriate times. And I'm legitimately shocked that Naomi doesn't spend half the book with a UTI, a yeast infection or both because there is a LOT of bacteria ending up inside of her. I'm also amazed she doesn't end up pregnant fifty three times over because there's not a condom to be seen, and the full extent of a safe sex conversation is one of the dudes asking if she's on the pill but then telling the reader that he doesn't really need an answer because their tech guy hacked into her medical records to check.
So, uh, yeah. This was not at all for me. But YMMV.
Also, I'm salty because this is set in the Caribbean but it never says where so I can't use it for my Read Around the World challenge >.<
Oh boy. Look, this is very clearly not my kind of book at all. But I needed a motorcycle club book for a readathon prompt and I thought that a paranormal one might work better for me, purely because it's easier to convince myself that people and organisations like this are entirely fictional.
And, like, YES. It was definitely easier to do that when the bikers are mermen who can ride their motorbikes on water. But also the casual misogyny was a LOT to deal with.
That being said, I did like Naomi as a character. She's extremely sassy and doesn't sit around waiting to be rescued. And the way she
But the smut was.............not it for my poor lil ace brain. There was a LOT of extremely dubious consent. There were a LOT of fluids all over the damned place. Every single dude had a baseball bat sized penis. There's a lot of sex at weirdly inappropriate times. And I'm legitimately shocked that Naomi doesn't spend half the book with a UTI, a yeast infection or both because there is a LOT of bacteria ending up inside of her. I'm also amazed she doesn't end up pregnant fifty three times over because there's not a condom to be seen, and the full extent of a safe sex conversation is one of the dudes asking if she's on the pill but then telling the reader that he doesn't really need an answer because their tech guy hacked into her medical records to check.
So, uh, yeah. This was not at all for me. But YMMV.
Also, I'm salty because this is set in the Caribbean but it never says where so I can't use it for my Read Around the World challenge >.<