Reviews with content warning for War - Hopeless: Special Edition

My lord I feel so tricked by all the reviews here.
This book really... I didn't like it. I don't care about Beau or his cock tbh

First off, the age gap? Why did she need to be 22, and a virgin, and the book basically follows him teaching her as well as the holy grail of virginity?
I don't mind an age gap but Bailey is 22 and Beau is 35. 22 and 35 is just so icky, especially since she asks him so many questions about sex.

The stuff with PTSD etc is just not nuanced enough. A lot of Elsie's books lack nuance, but it's really prominent here.

The whole "it doesn't feel fake." WHEN WAS IIT EVER FAKE? It's insta love as hell and they want to fuck after 50 pages minimum. I didn't feel tension I just wanted them to get it over and done with so I'd stop hearing about Bailey's virginity and her toys.

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The story was really good and I absolutely loved Beau and Bailey. But, and there is a big but, there’s a couple of things I didn’t like and others that made me uncomfortable. Number one, the plot twist/conflict at the end felt very out of no where, rushed and useless. Second, I hated the age difference. I don’t love age gaps but the fact that he had know her since she was young and that she is 22 and he is 35 was weird. Added to that the fact that there was a big emphasis on the whole virgin thing made it even weirder. On the flip side, I did like the development of their relationship. I do wish Beau had been more upfront about how he was feeling to his family. I had high hopes cause I loved Beau in the other novel so I felt a bit let down. Still a good read overall (I imagined she was 25 and he was 30).

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