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A review by imme_van_gorp
Whit by Cora Rose
3.0
My favourite part about this book was how absolutely needy Caleb was. He wanted to touch and cuddle Whit every second of every minute of every day. He was insatiable, and every time he had the opportunity to crawl on top of Whit, he made excessive use of it. It was very cute and endearing.
Caleb and Whit are very much opposites when it comes to their personalities. Whit is stoic, grumpy and always in control, while Caleb is energetic, chaotic and extrovert. They match surprisingly well together, and their personality-clash results in quite a few humorous interactions between them.
Whit is also the more dominant one between them, while Caleb is happy to submit a little, which is interesting since Caleb is bigger and bulkier than Whit. This size-difference was also quite cute when it came to Caleb always wanting to cuddle up to Whit, since it meant that he was kind of crushing the guy in the process. Nonetheless, Whit was always all too happy to oblige.
The reason I didn’t love this, though, was because the more serious stuff wasn’t really well-developed. Whit’s history of abuse, self-harm and suicide attempts were not only glossed over by the book itself, but also by Caleb. This did not sit right with me, and really gave the book a strong superficial feel to it. It seemed to me that it was lacking some much needed depth.
The same thing could be said about Caleb and Whit’s relationship in general: they did not have a super strong emotional connection, and it was mostly just obsession and lust between them. I didn’t mind it too much, but I would have preferred it if the obsession was coupled with a little more depth rather than sex.
I definitely liked the beginning of this book more than the end. Their dynamic got a little repetitive after a while, and the story also became a bit too dramatic and over-the-top for my liking.
Caleb and Whit are very much opposites when it comes to their personalities. Whit is stoic, grumpy and always in control, while Caleb is energetic, chaotic and extrovert. They match surprisingly well together, and their personality-clash results in quite a few humorous interactions between them.
Whit is also the more dominant one between them, while Caleb is happy to submit a little, which is interesting since Caleb is bigger and bulkier than Whit. This size-difference was also quite cute when it came to Caleb always wanting to cuddle up to Whit, since it meant that he was kind of crushing the guy in the process. Nonetheless, Whit was always all too happy to oblige.
The reason I didn’t love this, though, was because the more serious stuff wasn’t really well-developed. Whit’s history of abuse, self-harm and suicide attempts were not only glossed over by the book itself, but also by Caleb. This did not sit right with me, and really gave the book a strong superficial feel to it. It seemed to me that it was lacking some much needed depth.
The same thing could be said about Caleb and Whit’s relationship in general: they did not have a super strong emotional connection, and it was mostly just obsession and lust between them. I didn’t mind it too much, but I would have preferred it if the obsession was coupled with a little more depth rather than sex.
I definitely liked the beginning of this book more than the end. Their dynamic got a little repetitive after a while, and the story also became a bit too dramatic and over-the-top for my liking.