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The Reaper Incarnate
by C.A. Rene, R.E. Bond
i'm genuinely appalled as to how this wattpad book in print has a nearly 4.0 rating. like... have we lost our ability to enjoy good writing? are people just so porn-hungry that they unhinge their jaws for the nearest dark romance book, whether or not it's well-written? i can enjoy a dark romance book, but it has to be good. the writing has to be good, the plot has to be good. this book was Very Not Good.
the greatest thing this book has going for it is that it's 148 pages long.
i received a special edition copy of this from a BDWAB box, and it's beautiful, i'll give it that. but the contents of the book are awful. no tw or cw list for what you'll be going into. and i don't care if this is spoilery, but there is heavy mention of: rape, sexual assault, child sexual assault, drugs, human trafficking, and child trafficking. no tw for any of that.
and this book is written like your typical wattpad stream of consciousness story with "fuck" thrown around every other sentence or so. and i mean EVERY character. it's cringe. it's like these authors don't know how to create a distinct personality without littering the narrative with obscenities. it's terrible writing.
the book makes light of every aforementioned topic, as well as sex work. it uses each topic as a "fun" trope to weaponize for plot. the smut wasn't even good. were it not for the smut, and were it not for the very explicit depictions of all the shit i mentioned, maybe the plot could've stood a chance. but this was terrible and anyone who thinks this book is well-written or good is insane and needs a grippy sock vacation because what the fuck. i am begging you people to read a real book for fuck's sake. and yes there are well-written dark romance books out there. look for them. like if y'all knew a genuinely good writing style to save your life, books like this would NOT have the ratings they do and i wouldn't get them in my BDWAB boxes
the greatest thing this book has going for it is that it's 148 pages long.
i received a special edition copy of this from a BDWAB box, and it's beautiful, i'll give it that. but the contents of the book are awful. no tw or cw list for what you'll be going into. and i don't care if this is spoilery, but there is heavy mention of: rape, sexual assault, child sexual assault, drugs, human trafficking, and child trafficking. no tw for any of that.
and this book is written like your typical wattpad stream of consciousness story with "fuck" thrown around every other sentence or so. and i mean EVERY character. it's cringe. it's like these authors don't know how to create a distinct personality without littering the narrative with obscenities. it's terrible writing.
the book makes light of every aforementioned topic, as well as sex work. it uses each topic as a "fun" trope to weaponize for plot. the smut wasn't even good. were it not for the smut, and were it not for the very explicit depictions of all the shit i mentioned, maybe the plot could've stood a chance. but this was terrible and anyone who thinks this book is well-written or good is insane and needs a grippy sock vacation because what the fuck. i am begging you people to read a real book for fuck's sake. and yes there are well-written dark romance books out there. look for them. like if y'all knew a genuinely good writing style to save your life, books like this would NOT have the ratings they do and i wouldn't get them in my BDWAB boxes