A review by shahittosarmat
The Boy Who Loved Wicked by C.P. Harris

3.0

Objectively speaking, I think age gap romances between a teacher and a student are not for me. In part (even when both characters are above the age of 18, there is always a power imbalance, even when both characters go out of their way to remove that power). In essence, there is always a power imbalance in the relationship, and while I would argue that Harris did a better job overall with the trope compared to other authors, it still served as a feat of reality suspension that a grown man with a doctorate in philosophy would quite literally risk it all for an eighteen year old student (eighteen years his junior mind you) because he is a savant with philosophy.

While it was more lyrical in comparison to the two other books I have read from Harris, I did kind of get annoyed at how repetitive it seemed at times, and also at how it would jump from time to time within a passage and I would have to go back and re-read portions to ensure that I was following the correct timeline.