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sami_leigh's review
DNF 50%
I held out for the plot to gain interest and the characters to develop but gave up. If this were the first Devney Perry I’d read I wouldn’t have read more of her work; I promise other series of hers are better.
🚩 This honestly reads like the relationship before the FMC gets out, goes to therapy, grows as a person and meets someone who deserves her. It reads like a verbally and psychologically abusive relationship but is billed as a HEA.
🚩 MMC was likely aiming to be protective/possessive/broody but was a walking red flag. He bullies the FMC from day one and 50% into the book she is yet to make a decision in their relationship. Examples: Due to misperception he bullies her from the moment she arrives in town. When ‘apologising’ for his behaviour he decides they are dating, despite her protest. He forces her to introduce her child to him then repeatedly uses the child to get his way, getting her to ‘side’ with him. He ignores instructions the FMC makes to parent her child, making those decisions himself. She constantly asked him to listen, he talks over her, ignores her, then calls her irrational and uses sex to distract her from the issue. He yells at her four year old daughter for no reason, then gaslights the FMC until she forgives him.
🚩 FMC constantly notes that she ain’t good enough for the MMC, calling herself weak for not standing up to him when he bullies her but continuing anyway.
🚩 MMC gets mad every time the FMC, or other characters, mention that he’s only with her for the house. But he basically moved himself in and built a shed for himself after one date so…
I held out for the plot to gain interest and the characters to develop but gave up. If this were the first Devney Perry I’d read I wouldn’t have read more of her work; I promise other series of hers are better.
🚩 This honestly reads like the relationship before the FMC gets out, goes to therapy, grows as a person and meets someone who deserves her. It reads like a verbally and psychologically abusive relationship but is billed as a HEA.
🚩 MMC was likely aiming to be protective/possessive/broody but was a walking red flag. He bullies the FMC from day one and 50% into the book she is yet to make a decision in their relationship. Examples: Due to misperception he bullies her from the moment she arrives in town. When ‘apologising’ for his behaviour he decides they are dating, despite her protest. He forces her to introduce her child to him then repeatedly uses the child to get his way, getting her to ‘side’ with him. He ignores instructions the FMC makes to parent her child, making those decisions himself. She constantly asked him to listen, he talks over her, ignores her, then calls her irrational and uses sex to distract her from the issue. He yells at her four year old daughter for no reason, then gaslights the FMC until she forgives him.
🚩 FMC constantly notes that she ain’t good enough for the MMC, calling herself weak for not standing up to him when he bullies her but continuing anyway.
🚩 MMC gets mad every time the FMC, or other characters, mention that he’s only with her for the house. But he basically moved himself in and built a shed for himself after one date so…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
sophiegrubben's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.25
a horror story disguised as a romance.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment
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