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A review by britts_bookishreads
Elaborate Lives by Jaye Viner
4.0
" Larissa went still. It wasn't so much the confession that stopped her, but the familiarity of it. She also walked through life with all of it held at a distance. Nothing was allowed the chance to truly shock her, or scare her, or delight her. If she let one part in, the rest would come, and she couldn't manage her life feeling everything."
Quinn is an up and coming movie director with mental health problems and aggression that makes others afraid of him. Larissa is in her last year of residency to become a psychiatrist and is trying to get away from the life that is expected of her. Both never expected the new path their lives would take them on. Struggling to trust each other while putting on a façade to everyone that they are dating. The walls they have built for themselves slowly crumble while they try and deal with the mental challenges in their lives.
This is a BDSM Hollywood romance that felt so real. It was so easy to get lost in the story and the characters throughout the book. I will say I was completely cat-fished by this book cover in the best way. I was not expecting the BDSM to be such a large part of the story but it made for an interesting little secret. I will also say that I cried, the connection I was able to feel with the FMC got me all in my own feelings. The focus on mental health was done perfectly as well. It was realistic and the steps taken to improve are what are expected in real life scenarios.
Quinn is an up and coming movie director with mental health problems and aggression that makes others afraid of him. Larissa is in her last year of residency to become a psychiatrist and is trying to get away from the life that is expected of her. Both never expected the new path their lives would take them on. Struggling to trust each other while putting on a façade to everyone that they are dating. The walls they have built for themselves slowly crumble while they try and deal with the mental challenges in their lives.
This is a BDSM Hollywood romance that felt so real. It was so easy to get lost in the story and the characters throughout the book. I will say I was completely cat-fished by this book cover in the best way. I was not expecting the BDSM to be such a large part of the story but it made for an interesting little secret. I will also say that I cried, the connection I was able to feel with the FMC got me all in my own feelings. The focus on mental health was done perfectly as well. It was realistic and the steps taken to improve are what are expected in real life scenarios.