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Titan
by Jillian Graves
i try to be very intentional in asking myself, “do i hate this character or is this just internalised misogyny?” i can honestly say that i just hate jules.
was it entertaining?
great tropes. beautiful tropes. romance writers almost always do sex workers so dirty, particularly women, but i loved this. there’s no slogging through moral browbeating, there’s no effort to glamourise the job, it’s just a way to pay bills — as it should be. no ugly white knight, saviour, “i can take you away from all this” bullshit. i also love a MMC that can’t get anyone pregnant and a FMC that has no interest in children. beautiful. 5/5
was it enjoyable?
meh. i think i enjoyed the background story more than the romance. i want to know absolutely everything about the strange and their various cultures. i want more of the history behind the keystone and the relic room and i absolutely need to know what maximus’ problem is.
that being said, i hated jules. she’s annoying beyond anything i’m prepared to handle. i think it’s a blind spot of the author but making a sex worker a kleptomaniac is…just bad form. one, it’s a nasty stereotype and two, it’s absolutely ridiculous for someone working in a criminalised profession to risk their life by stealing from a virtual stranger with the money to make their life hell. and it happens repeatedly — like a compulsion. i get that she’s supposed to be hyper focused on getting money but what an insufferable trait.
i despise a third act breakup at the best of times but this one was so… she’s mad, not because he lied to her but because he hurt her pride? enough. i skimmed through most of the last 60 pages because it was ridiculous. 1/5
was it well-written?
it was mostly fine but there were more than a couple of spots where it switched from informal contractions to oddly formal and stilted dialogue. it’s jarring. 4/5
overall, i think i’ll read the next one but god i hated her so much. 3.3/5 stars
was it entertaining?
great tropes. beautiful tropes. romance writers almost always do sex workers so dirty, particularly women, but i loved this. there’s no slogging through moral browbeating, there’s no effort to glamourise the job, it’s just a way to pay bills — as it should be. no ugly white knight, saviour, “i can take you away from all this” bullshit. i also love a MMC that can’t get anyone pregnant and a FMC that has no interest in children. beautiful. 5/5
was it enjoyable?
meh. i think i enjoyed the background story more than the romance. i want to know absolutely everything about the strange and their various cultures. i want more of the history behind the keystone and the relic room and i absolutely need to know what maximus’ problem is.
that being said, i hated jules. she’s annoying beyond anything i’m prepared to handle. i think it’s a blind spot of the author but making a sex worker a kleptomaniac is…just bad form. one, it’s a nasty stereotype and two, it’s absolutely ridiculous for someone working in a criminalised profession to risk their life by stealing from a virtual stranger with the money to make their life hell. and it happens repeatedly — like a compulsion. i get that she’s supposed to be hyper focused on getting money but what an insufferable trait.
i despise a third act breakup at the best of times but this one was so… she’s mad, not because he lied to her but because he hurt her pride? enough. i skimmed through most of the last 60 pages because it was ridiculous. 1/5
was it well-written?
it was mostly fine but there were more than a couple of spots where it switched from informal contractions to oddly formal and stilted dialogue. it’s jarring. 4/5
overall, i think i’ll read the next one but god i hated her so much. 3.3/5 stars