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nikkiswiftielibrary's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Wait wait you ended the book like that?!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault
sierrat's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
jessanicolesingh's review against another edition
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Let me start by saying this series begins very similar to Fifty Shades of Grey, a workplace romance with a control obsessed billionaire, HEAPS of steam, and themes of surviving sexual abuse trauma. Looking at other people’s reviews, the feedback is completely split; half felt like it was an exact copy of FSOG, and a poor one at that, while the other half LOVED it because it scratched the same itch and said it was the better of the two 🤷♀️ Me personally, I gobbled it up happily!
The relationship between the main characters is quite the ride. They spend almost the entire series fighting and making up, a new miscommunication each time they see each other, giving some serious whiplash. Though they have a decidedly toxic relationship, I found myself still yearning for a HEA. Additionally, I found the scenes with their therapist most significant. Though you shouldn’t take a billionaire romance novel too seriously, there were some very insightful and valuable takeaways. It was quite an unexpected aspect that I think will stick with me the most.
The first three books were written in standard single POV, whereas the last two advanced to dual. This lent a hand to adding initial mystery and slight mistrust towards the MMC, and then evolved into well deserved understanding of his perception and devastation in the later books.
Overall, I really enjoyed the characters as well as the plot, but sometimes the author’s writing style was a bit too wordy and redundant.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, and Gaslighting
Minor: Suicide
sistershelves_fasya's review against another edition
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- 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
3.25
There's not much happening in this book except fighting, sex, another drama, fighting, sex, and so on. Feels like a filler book.
I don't remember if there is a POV from Gideon in the previous books since I read it a long time ago, but I like it.
I should've not even bothered with this series anymore but I bother enough to want to read the final book.
I don't remember if there is a POV from Gideon in the previous books since I read it a long time ago, but I like it.
I should've not even bothered with this series anymore but I bother enough to want to read the final book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child abuse and Rape
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