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Intoxicating by Onley James
5.0
Book safety, tropes and tags down below.
The first time I started reading this book, I stopped at about 50%. I don't have a good reason why, it might just have been a little much at the time. I started over again from the start this time around, and I really enjoyed it, even though it was a little problematic.
I don't think it was problematic in the sense that the author did anything wrong or was insensitive in any malicious way, but the relationship between Wyatt and Linc was definitely.. not good, atleast not until the very end. You could tell they definitely cared for each other, but Wyatt should have been in therapy from the start. Sometimes it doesn't work that way though, and we use other things (or people) to make it through. I'm just glad Linc and Wyatt were able to see the toxicity and work through it and make something real from it, even though something traumatic had to happen for them to make some changes.
I really enjoyed the book, but it was definitely draining to read it. I'm not easily bothered by trauma or external angst, so that part was alright for me; it was the problematic relationship that got to me. In a sea of trigger warnings, a little unhealthy sex is what made me cry, lol.
Book safety
Cheating: No
OM drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Strict top/bottom or vers: Strict roles on-page
TW/CW: suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, self harm, cutting, pill use, power exchange, kink, spanking, explicit sexual content, sexual assault, conversion camp, child abuse, physical violence, emotional abuse (none of the abuse occurs between the main characters), PTSD, flashbacks, panic attacks, anxiety, DUI, car accident, hospitalization, surgery
Tropes & tags
Age gap (18 years), Daddy kink, power exchange, facials, bodyguard/babysitter, forced proximity, house arrest, parent in power (senator), conversion camp, makeup, youtuber (eventually), penetrative virgin
The first time I started reading this book, I stopped at about 50%. I don't have a good reason why, it might just have been a little much at the time. I started over again from the start this time around, and I really enjoyed it, even though it was a little problematic.
I don't think it was problematic in the sense that the author did anything wrong or was insensitive in any malicious way, but the relationship between Wyatt and Linc was definitely.. not good, atleast not until the very end. You could tell they definitely cared for each other, but Wyatt should have been in therapy from the start. Sometimes it doesn't work that way though, and we use other things (or people) to make it through. I'm just glad Linc and Wyatt were able to see the toxicity and work through it and make something real from it, even though something traumatic had to happen for them to make some changes.
I really enjoyed the book, but it was definitely draining to read it. I'm not easily bothered by trauma or external angst, so that part was alright for me; it was the problematic relationship that got to me. In a sea of trigger warnings, a little unhealthy sex is what made me cry, lol.
Book safety
Spoiler
Cheating: No
OM drama: No
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Strict top/bottom or vers: Strict roles on-page
TW/CW: suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, self harm, cutting, pill use, power exchange, kink, spanking, explicit sexual content, sexual assault, conversion camp, child abuse, physical violence, emotional abuse (none of the abuse occurs between the main characters), PTSD, flashbacks, panic attacks, anxiety, DUI, car accident, hospitalization, surgery
Tropes & tags
Spoiler
Age gap (18 years), Daddy kink, power exchange, facials, bodyguard/babysitter, forced proximity, house arrest, parent in power (senator), conversion camp, makeup, youtuber (eventually), penetrative virgin