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A review by juicelina
Consent by Nancy Ohlin
2.0
It's really hard to find student/teacher romances that are done well and I still have yet to find one as good as Boy Toy. Boy Toy has a psychological aspect and it deals with pedophilia and the aftermath. This didn't do any of that. First of all, this book is more about Bea's musical future than anything else. There are paragraphs upon paragraphs extensively describing musical terms and techniques that I didn't really understand because I'm not a musician. It was interesting at first and really added to Bea's character, but it got boring and confusing and a bit info dumping after a while. There was a lot to Bea's backstory that could've made the book interesting, but it was too jumbled and never fully explored. Bea made a lot of assumptions about how people (mainly her family) felt about her, but it was never confirmed nor denied if her assumptions were true. Then, there's the whole thing with the teacher, which is supposed to be the main part of this book, but it didn't really start showing up until like the middle/end.
The student/teacher romance had an okay start. You could see it budding, however, it escalated way too quickly for it to be believable. Bea was vulnerable though so you can kind of get past the insta love. The thing that bothered me the most though was the fact that Dane was obviously a predator and he's never punished for it?? He's hardly even confronted. Bea makes the realization, but she still looks past it and considers maybe seeing him in the future now that she's of age and he's not her teacher anymore. I feel so much more could've been explored with that. Plus the whole thing that happened with Braden was super weird.
This book had sooo much potential, but it flopped so hard. Things just needed to be developed better. The only thing that was fully explored in this entire novel was the musical aspect, which is not what I went into this novel for. It just really wasn't what I was expecting and it was ultimately very disappointing.
The student/teacher romance had an okay start. You could see it budding, however, it escalated way too quickly for it to be believable. Bea was vulnerable though so you can kind of get past the insta love. The thing that bothered me the most though was the fact that Dane was obviously a predator and he's never punished for it?? He's hardly even confronted. Bea makes the realization
Spoiler
after she is told about a previous "affair" he had with a 15 year-old girl and she confronts him about itSpoiler
He caught them and reported it and then he ended up using it to his advantage by becoming Bea's fake boyfriend to help her cover up the relationship because he had a creepy crush on her.This book had sooo much potential, but it flopped so hard. Things just needed to be developed better. The only thing that was fully explored in this entire novel was the musical aspect, which is not what I went into this novel for. It just really wasn't what I was expecting and it was ultimately very disappointing.