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Better Hate than Never by Chloe Liese
3.0
I feel like I really should have liked this more than I did. Feminist, anti-capitalism FMC and an MMC who runs an ethical investment firm? But, it just really did not work for me. I didn’t like either of the MCs, it felt like their whole enemy background was hella weak (we’re both so attracted to each other that rather than do something about it, we’re going to hate each other?).
I read this for work, as I’m trying to post book reviews to our social media that highlight books with disability rep in them, and this is one of the few that we have (which is a problem), and if I hadn’t needed to get through it for work, I likely would have DNF’d it. I didn’t enjoy the other Chloe Liese book I read, so I suspect that I just don’t like her writing style.
The ADHD and chronic migraine rep seemed good, though the demisexual rep really wasn’t. The way it’s described is not what demisexuality even is, which is really unfortunate. This could have been a great opportunity to have some good aspec rep, but then it completely didn’t do that.
I read this for work, as I’m trying to post book reviews to our social media that highlight books with disability rep in them, and this is one of the few that we have (which is a problem), and if I hadn’t needed to get through it for work, I likely would have DNF’d it. I didn’t enjoy the other Chloe Liese book I read, so I suspect that I just don’t like her writing style.
The ADHD and chronic migraine rep seemed good, though the demisexual rep really wasn’t. The way it’s described is not what demisexuality even is, which is really unfortunate. This could have been a great opportunity to have some good aspec rep, but then it completely didn’t do that.
At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca
Received from NetGalley, thanks!
CW: pedophilia, violence, grief
I… don’t know what to say about this book… it was super fucked up and I kind of wish I hadn’t read it.
I’ve enjoyed some of Eric Larocca’s other books, I like that he really pushes the boundaries in a realistic way, and in a way that I haven’t come across in horror before. But this was maybe too far? I thought it was good up until the big twist, the reveal, and while I kind of saw it coming, there were details that I really didn’t need to know.
CW: pedophilia, violence, grief
I… don’t know what to say about this book… it was super fucked up and I kind of wish I hadn’t read it.
I’ve enjoyed some of Eric Larocca’s other books, I like that he really pushes the boundaries in a realistic way, and in a way that I haven’t come across in horror before. But this was maybe too far? I thought it was good up until the big twist, the reveal, and while I kind of saw it coming, there were details that I really didn’t need to know.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, and Grief
Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe
3.0
CW: homophobia, slurs, sexual assault, pedophilia, parental neglect
So… I’m having really mixed feelings about this series, and I’m actually going to take a break. The amount of violent homophobia and slurs is just too much for me. I could let it slide in the first book, because there’s a lot of flashbacks, it’s setting up the whole story, I didn’t like it, but okay… but the slurs and homophobia just continue and I honestly just don’t want to read it. Which is unfortunate because I’m enjoying the stories, I’m really liking Hazard and Somers, the angst is a bit much (just fucking talk to each other already!!!), but it’s compelling me through the books. However, my enjoyment of the books can’t outweigh having to put up with the slurs and homophobia.
Though having read these first 3, it has made me want to go back to Cole McCade’s Criminal Intentions series, so I think I’ll do that.
Will I come back to Hazard and Somerset? I honestly don’t know…
So… I’m having really mixed feelings about this series, and I’m actually going to take a break. The amount of violent homophobia and slurs is just too much for me. I could let it slide in the first book, because there’s a lot of flashbacks, it’s setting up the whole story, I didn’t like it, but okay… but the slurs and homophobia just continue and I honestly just don’t want to read it. Which is unfortunate because I’m enjoying the stories, I’m really liking Hazard and Somers, the angst is a bit much (just fucking talk to each other already!!!), but it’s compelling me through the books. However, my enjoyment of the books can’t outweigh having to put up with the slurs and homophobia.
Though having read these first 3, it has made me want to go back to Cole McCade’s Criminal Intentions series, so I think I’ll do that.
Will I come back to Hazard and Somerset? I honestly don’t know…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Pedophilia