blessthepoet 's review for:

Camera Shy by Kay Cove

5.0

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i can sincerely see that this book is one of the few reads from booktok that i’ve found which does not have some distorted and disturbing view of sex and perverted audience. while this book is very smutty, i found every part of it to be sincere and beautiful. i love the way in which finn engages with avery, like it’s not just sex for the purpose of reassurance. avery was on a journey to become the best version of herself and finn helped her reach that. i also enjoy how at the ends the author made a genuine attempt to highlight the fact that sex is not the key to building a sincere or strong relationship. rather that their relationship was based on the strength of them as individuals. i also appreciate the way we see them interact, yes it is sexual but there is a large part of the book that is intimate in the most reassuring ways. he made sincere attempts to connect with her and he got to know her for who she was as a person.

AND i hated palmer from the jump. nothing about her rubbed me the right way. i could sense that she was snakes from the start and i was right she was! that girl was so god awful and sincerely cannot believe that avery couldn’t see it for herself. not once did she even stop to pretend to care about avery. at all. and that’s kinda sad imo, because avery was so awesome. i also wish i got to see her and mason receive their comeuppance. they’re the most insufferable people and i agree with finn, he should feel and be embarrassed about everything that happened between them