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A review by iliketoast
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
medium-paced
2.5
I don’t really know how to feel about this book. I liked the plus size representation and reminiscing about my days on fan fiction sites and at cons was fun. But I guess I was just underwhelmed by the rest of the book.
April, as a person, was barely a focus of the story. It felt pointless to even mention her career as it was only talked about few times in the beginning of the book and then never again. Once she was Marcus’s girlfriend, that was all she was.
Seeing the way their parents treated them was hard. I find it hard to believe that two academics, TEACHERS, couldn’t recognize something like dyslexia. And then for them to see it as a shame to their family that they could have a child who wasn’t traditionally smart, by their standards….I hated them. But maybe this is a little more personal for me, having ADHD in the 90s and the misconceptions surrounding it as well as one parent who sometimes struggled to understand my issues. And April’s parents…it would be on site if I ever met a man like her father. ON SITE, BRENT. And her mom…again, being a girl in the 90s, I recognize the fear April’s mom had. I saw it in my own mother all the time. Thankfully, it was never a question of whether my dad loved her, just society. And I know my mom had the same fears for me. Anyway, I was so proud of April and Marcus for laying down boundaries. I just wish the book hadn’t closed on April compromising those boundaries so often to give her mom the millionth chance.
The sex scenes were there, but personally I enjoyed the sex more in At First Spite.
While I’m sure it happens, it’s weird to think about actors coming into fanfic spaces about shows they’ve been in and even characters they’ve played. Like, would we really want Jensen to see just how much we talk about his bow legs?😬
Maybe this book just wasn’t for me. I do like this author, though.
April, as a person, was barely a focus of the story. It felt pointless to even mention her career as it was only talked about few times in the beginning of the book and then never again. Once she was Marcus’s girlfriend, that was all she was.
Seeing the way their parents treated them was hard. I find it hard to believe that two academics, TEACHERS, couldn’t recognize something like dyslexia. And then for them to see it as a shame to their family that they could have a child who wasn’t traditionally smart, by their standards….I hated them. But maybe this is a little more personal for me, having ADHD in the 90s and the misconceptions surrounding it as well as one parent who sometimes struggled to understand my issues. And April’s parents…it would be on site if I ever met a man like her father. ON SITE, BRENT. And her mom…again, being a girl in the 90s, I recognize the fear April’s mom had. I saw it in my own mother all the time. Thankfully, it was never a question of whether my dad loved her, just society. And I know my mom had the same fears for me. Anyway, I was so proud of April and Marcus for laying down boundaries. I just wish the book hadn’t closed on April compromising those boundaries so often to give her mom the millionth chance.
The sex scenes were there, but personally I enjoyed the sex more in At First Spite.
While I’m sure it happens, it’s weird to think about actors coming into fanfic spaces about shows they’ve been in and even characters they’ve played. Like, would we really want Jensen to see just how much we talk about his bow legs?😬
Maybe this book just wasn’t for me. I do like this author, though.