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Culpa mía 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

im_s_morgan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved the movie so I thought might as well read the books. Yes I know I watched the movie first. There are some parts where I can recognize that we’re in the movie. I would say this was a good book to movie adaptation. 

Although this book was good I still had a few things I didn’t like. Like Nick needs to stop calling her “little sister”, “freckles” is okay but little sister is just weird. At the beginning Noah was annoying but got better throughout the story. Noah’s mom needs to stop pushing her to do things, give a girl time to adjust. I did have to put the book down for bit because some parts were too slow but after getting over that hump I finished the book like nothing. 

Other than that I loved this book and I don’t see what’s wrong with Nick and Noah being together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

sha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

this book and the Amazon prime movie adaptation of it are my guilty pleasures 🫶🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

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

chloe110803's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Blood