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wardenred's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
There were wolves out there, and he would walk straight into their jaws.
To be honest, this book was... profoundly so-so? The writing was really great most of the time, and there were a lot of cool moments and plotlines. But altogether, as a novel, it just didn't work for me. It felt like there was too much potentially interesting stuff going on with too little of it getting enough attention. It didn't help that I just could get invested neither into the romance part nor into the two leads themselves. I kept wanting to know more about the mafia-related subplots, and what game Seth's father was playing, and a lot of the other stuff, but as soon as I caught a glimpse of something interesting, the two MCs immediately grumbled at each other and had sex. There are ways to write plotty romance where the relationship both remains the central focus and pushes other plot threads events. This isn't one of such books.
Really, though, my main gripe with the book is that I just couldn't root for the couple. Both guys seem like interesting people, individually. Together, for me, they just didn't work, and it felt like a lot of the time both their character arcs and their relationship stagnated instead of developing. I just wanted to push them as far apart as possible and then excitedly watch each of them go on his own journey. Not the feeling I want to get from a romance novel, especially when the starting dynamic the story promised looked so potentially interesting.
I guess it's quite possible this is another case of "it's not you, dear book, it's me."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping
vicky1318's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
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