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A review by brielleborgia
Pretty and Reckless by Charity Ferrell
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶🌶🌶🌶/5
•Age gap
•Psychologist x (ex)-patient
•Forbidden love
•Very dark romance
•Important rich abusive father
•MMC would die for her
Pros: This was an easy fast paced read. I couldn’t put it down. The writing flowed nicely and their story made sense. There wasn’t too much forbidden push back. Of course it was like “this is wrong” but they couldn’t resist and didn’t say that 50 times like most forbidden stories. It’s the best feeling when you get to the part where they finally give in, and they never stopped. He was gentle, kind, and overall, really set the bar high😂. He treated her like she was human and the mental health and abuse representation was so hard to read, but his character made it easier. I knew he would come in and saw what needed to be said.
cons: I was waiting for more plot. I was expecting something a little bit more dramatic but it kind of felt like The plot was rushed. There were certain things that made me go “eh a tad unrealistic” when it came to certain character development or certain situations.
There was so much more I wish I could’ve learned and I’m sad that the epilogue wasn’t too far in advance. I needed to know more of their story, but I’m still content with the read. I would probably read it again
‼️TW‼️
***Please do check the trigger warnings, but because is the main underlying problem, the biggest TW is rape. It can get explicit, but it’s not with the MMC love interest. It also mainly focuses on no one believing her***
🌶🌶🌶🌶/5
•Age gap
•Psychologist x (ex)-patient
•Forbidden love
•Very dark romance
•Important rich abusive father
•MMC would die for her
Pros: This was an easy fast paced read. I couldn’t put it down. The writing flowed nicely and their story made sense. There wasn’t too much forbidden push back. Of course it was like “this is wrong” but they couldn’t resist and didn’t say that 50 times like most forbidden stories. It’s the best feeling when you get to the part where they finally give in, and they never stopped. He was gentle, kind, and overall, really set the bar high😂. He treated her like she was human and the mental health and abuse representation was so hard to read, but his character made it easier. I knew he would come in and saw what needed to be said.
cons: I was waiting for more plot. I was expecting something a little bit more dramatic but it kind of felt like The plot was rushed. There were certain things that made me go “eh a tad unrealistic” when it came to certain character development or certain situations.
There was so much more I wish I could’ve learned and I’m sad that the epilogue wasn’t too far in advance. I needed to know more of their story, but I’m still content with the read. I would probably read it again
‼️TW‼️
***Please do check the trigger warnings, but because is the main underlying problem, the biggest TW is rape. It can get explicit, but it’s not with the MMC love interest. It also mainly focuses on no one believing her***
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape