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À contre-sens by Mercedes Ron

6 reviews

adrix04's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Blood, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

sebradley29's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

saukittome's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Infertility, and Medical content

convertingtobooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“ʜɪꜱ ʟɪᴘꜱ ᴋɪꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴍɪɴᴇ, ɢᴇɴᴛʟʏ ʙᴜᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ɢʀᴏᴡɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴜꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ʟɪꜰᴇᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪᴅ ᴏꜰ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ, ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡᴇ ꜱᴏᴜɢʜᴛ, ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴜꜱ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴜꜱ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴜꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ… ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ.”

This book had me captivated right from the very beginning, I absolutely flew through this book. 

This book follows Nick and Noah, both individuals have gone through some sort of trauma during their childhood and now have found themselves step brother and sister due to their parents getting married. Nicks father is rich, and Noah and her mother Rafaela have come from a less privileged background. Noah has to learn how to adapt to her new life and deal with everything she knows being practically burnt to the ground, whilst also fighting new feelings that are bubbling under the surface for her angsty, moody step brother Nick. 

I absolutely adored this book, the characters were so loveable and funny! The tension between these two was EVERYTHING. Nicks character development was honourable! He really grew, in the little space of two months, to be someone Noah truly needed and deserved. I love the both of them. 

Genre: YA Fiction, Romance 
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 
Spice: 🌶️ (it is pretty fade to black apart from one instance) 

Tropes:
🩷Enemies to lovers
🩷Forced proximity 
🩷Forbidden Romance
🩷Stepbrother 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Gun violence

romanceschmomance's review against another edition

3.5

Yes, you bet that I picked this book up immediately after I finished watching the movie, Culpa Mia. Let's just say that I devoured both.

Overall, I quite enjoyed this book, the writing was a little juvenile and akin to other well-known new adult romance novels that popped up around 2017. However, there's a bit of a suspense and some darker tones. 

There's no doubt that Noah and Nick are bsolutely gone for each other. Nick didn't quite come across as his age, I mean... They were playing 'Truth or Dare' at his 22nd birthday party. To me, his character felt like he was still in high school. 

Knowing that this is a trilogy, I'm curious to see what/whom the antagonist will be. I have a couple guesses stemming for certain characters and situations that could possibly leave them apart. 

I'm hooked and I can't wait until the next one comes out because I'm eager to see where this story goes. 

Thank you to Bloom books for the review copy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

muriaethewen's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse