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ells___'s review
Did not care for authors termage and style of spice writing. The romance felt like too much of a 180 from hard no to take me know. First big spice scene also felt a bit to close to non-con and being drugged. Would have been a great scene for later in the book once boundaries and know of eachother is established.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Stalking and Injury/Injury detail
xoxlululuxox's review
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
This started off so strong, the first chapter really drew me in. Within this first chapter there is an attempted sexual assault followed by some violence, where our female main is injured before the meet-cute between Rihanne and Sephtis. The idea that this could have be the perfect hurt/comfort monster romance had me plowing through the rest of the book before I knew it.
However, I did have several issues with what was presented in the rest of the book, which is why I had to drop my rating down from what would have been a 4.
I felt that it was lacking in building the characters, in that we were told more than shown how they were from their own perspectives. And they had some strange motives and questionable behaviour for the sake of creating drama that wasn't necessary.
The romance was pretty much insta-love, which wouldn't have been terrible if the events of the first three quarters of the book didn't take place over 3 or 4 nights, which is occasionally mentioned as an after thought. The short time period with insta-love really makes it hard to believe how they, particularly Rihanne, feel for each other.
While I didn't find this too explicit in terms of the spicy scenes, they were reasonably frequent so I would personally rate the spice a 3/5 (a good balance between spice and plot).
I did really enjoy this book despite the flaws I felt it had. The concept was right up my alley, and I really enjoyed Lexi's writing style. I would definitely pick up another of her books in future.
However, I did have several issues with what was presented in the rest of the book, which is why I had to drop my rating down from what would have been a 4.
I felt that it was lacking in building the characters, in that we were told more than shown how they were from their own perspectives. And they had some strange motives and questionable behaviour for the sake of creating drama that wasn't necessary.
The romance was pretty much insta-love, which wouldn't have been terrible if the events of the first three quarters of the book didn't take place over 3 or 4 nights, which is occasionally mentioned as an after thought. The short time period with insta-love really makes it hard to believe how they, particularly Rihanne, feel for each other.
While I didn't find this too explicit in terms of the spicy scenes, they were reasonably frequent so I would personally rate the spice a 3/5 (a good balance between spice and plot).
I did really enjoy this book despite the flaws I felt it had. The concept was right up my alley, and I really enjoyed Lexi's writing style. I would definitely pick up another of her books in future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Death, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail
jadorelecafe's review
dark
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
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