jax_hughes 's review for:

Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson

0.25

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 Id like to say that this is a case of a book finding the wrong reader but NO, this book is just plain bad ya'll! first of all, I'm annoyed that the content warning page told me to read with 'compassionate engagement with themes that may be a challenge for me,' NO. There's nothing redeemable about these relationships nor is there anything to feel compassionate about. this is just toxic relationships and bad writing! these characters are cardboard cut outs banging each other, they have zero personality. it took me reading the reviews of this book to find out one of the characters is supposed to be black? and that's only revealed on Instagram apparently? who does that? this is truly just porn in written form. and Gothic? don't know her ... taking a sweeping Scottish manor house and then throwing weed gummies and tesco, and bumble in there was so jarring I almost dnf'd. that's a crime. I read this book in like 5 hours, not because I thought it was good but because I couldn't believe how utterly bad it was. the romance takes place over 10 days and I'm sorry but my cootchie would be so sore after this much weird sex with people I just freakin met. why do Nicola and Andrew trust these people enough to have sex all over Eileen's house and in the yard? the only cool thing was the fae stuff but it was just ignored for....more incest yay #smh