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natttbuggg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Death
Minor: Alcoholism
forgottencupoftea's review
- 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
1.5
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death
ascstefany'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
2.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Cursing
bookgrrl's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Grief
stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Sexual content
Moderate: Grief, Death, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
ga_bby4's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Moderate: Death
janana_mafuna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death
sydmac's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death
weelasswithabook's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
🌈 Representation 🌈
⭐ Tropes ⭐
- Age gap
- Love triangle
- Taboo
🌶️ Spice 🌶️
- MFM scene
I'm going to preface this by saying I'm not a huge fan of love triangles. But this one worked for me. A sort of high stakes love triangle.
We have 3 grieving characters, suffering from a shared loss. A father and son (Alistair and Nash) who no longer have a relationship due to the death of Nash's brother, and a heroine (Zara), who is reeling from the loss of her sister.
The plot definitely confused me for a bit, I'm going to be perfectly honest. The dad trying to heal his relationship with his son by hiring a fake girlfriend who HE is in love my believe for that to play out properly. Super messy situation.
Anyway, Zara comes to live with the two of them who end up sharing her in the end. She ends up making a choice at the end so we have an HEA without anyone having their heartbroken.
Part of me feels like I can't understand why any of them loved each other, aside from the physical chemistry. But then I think of the shared loss being a huge factor in the way they all come together. Healing one another through their shared grief.
I really enjoyed the fact that Nash and Alistair were two completely different heroes. This allowed for the two halves of the love triangle to be truly independent from one another. Alistair was much softer and emotionally invested, while Nash was more passionate and volatile. So Zara had balance when she was in the midst of the triangle. She was being provided what she needed from the heroes, one could fulfill getting the anger and frustration out, one could fulfill the more emotional (but still physical) aspect.
Overall I genuinely did enjoy the book, I just felt at times like I was confused to how we got to the point that we were at.
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol
thefantasybookaddict's review
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Sexual violence
Minor: Toxic relationship