amanda_mh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Alcohol
nessabali's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
taysaraadam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming and Sexual assault
dianaschmidty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse
az_makro's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
+ promising sequels
+ lots of “devil’s-tango”
+ likeable characters
- no peak of tension
- expensive as shit, I mean come on nearly 18€ for a paperback?
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The “plot twist” of the half-brother? Yeah, I could smell that shit pages away, before it was revealed to the characters and reader.Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, Grief, and Toxic relationship
mingostudio's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I actually started out the series by thinking I might enjoy it, the first maybe a third of it was very fast paced and I liked the characters and I feel like we were on a roll. But unfortunately as soon as they brought in two characters it seemed like everything went downhill VERY QUICKLY.
Connor and Ryke are the most UNNECESSARY characters, they came out of nowhere and just decided to implant themselves for no reason into these two characters lives. It was annoying having to listen to them trail around after the main characters everywhere, but furthermore it was annoying to be LILY’s HEAD for the entire book. She was a very stupid character who was incredibly naïve, and couldn’t do anything for herself or Loren. (I refuse to call him Lo because that is disgusting). she was just always whining and needy and could never think of anything but yourself. And if you say that Loren had the same problem… I disagree because every time that she was crying or whining about something he would be there to help her. I actually liked Loren, but the book didn’t give him a chance to redeem himself sooooo no thank you.
The plot was also very bad. I understand the way that the authors were going, I think they actually had a REALLY GOOD idea with dealing with addiction and how to get over it… I just think they had a TERRIBLE execution. For starters, the characters were too awful to read about that you didn’t even want to understand. it’s one thing having dislikable characters, but another thing just not wanting to listen to them and therefore not wanted to read the book and THEREFORE not getting the message that the authors are trying to get. Another thing is the plot was very sporadic like one day they were fake dating, now they’re real dating, now they’re fighting, now they’re having sex, like i get it was an unhealthy relationship but reading this book was HECTIC.
there wasn’t even a plot twist, and idk about y’all but the little secret released at the end about ryke didn’t even faze me. i was expecting it 😫.
And lastly, there was QUITE a bit of verbal manipulation and slut shaming in this book that the authors almost accepted in order to weave into the plot.
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[for example when ryke was blaming lilly for not having a heart bc she didn’t do anything about loren… like okay she was weak but you can’t force her into doing something by twisting and manipulating her. speak to her like a human pls and ty. and if i’m saying this, you know it was a problem bc i hate her.]overall it was very poorly written (did i mention it reads like WATTPAD) and idk why it got so much hype. not to mention that I just realized yesterday that this five book series is completely about this one couple, and not shifting couples which I thought it was, which means there are FOUR MORE books about these two annoying characters and I definitely DO NOT intend to read them.
⚠️ TW:
Spoiler
[alcohol dependency, sex dependency, infidelity, sexual harassment, & drug abuse]Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual assault
the main point of the book is a guy who has an alcohol dependency and a girl who has a sex dependency. huge triggers just fyiforcoballoway's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction