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weelasswithabook's review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- 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
CW: death of a sibling, questionable consent, survivors guilt, grief
🌈 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.
🌈 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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol
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