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emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This is the worst polyamorous fictions I have ever read. The way it it handled throughout the story is appalling. Ellis is an even worse Daddy in thus book than the last, his immaturity and inability to process his emotions in a healthy way is all taken out on Quinn as well as Amory. Ellis becomes the primary person pushing for a polyamorous relationship between the three of them yet he is constantly taking out his jealousy on the others, moreso Quinn. This is extremely problematic considering their established power dynamic, his incessant need to gaslight Quinn, and the fact that Quinn has a lot of trauma and insecurity around rejection which he regularly exploits, realizes is hurting Quinn, and then does the bare minimum to repair. Then does it all over again. Ellis blatantly abuses his role as a Daddy and this book sets a horrible example for a healthy power dynamic/kink relationship let alone polyamorous.
<First Ellis as a Daddy takes Quinn his boy to a kink club without any real discussion about it and immediately wants him to start playing with his friend’s boy while Quinn doesn’t seem interested. They recognize Amory, an actor they had one conversation about having a threesome with there and immediately invite him to their hotel. At no point do they really talk as a couple or as a group about boundaries or if this is just a one night stand or wanting more beforehand. They have sex and its good, but jealous tension is already starting and they do nothing to deal with it. Like in the previous book, Ellis is a remarkably immature and lacking Daddy. He is unable to deal with his emotions in a healthy way so he routinely takes them out on Quinn, and every time they argue he pulls the “daddy card,” invalidates/gaslights Quinn, and then turns it into a sexual punishment rather than actually dealing with blatant issues as partners of mutual respect. They like having sex all together, and Ellis has sex with Amory while Quinn was asleep, but when Ellis comes hime to find Amory and Quinn having sex without him he looses it. Hes jealous, but frames it as “daddy says no.” So ELLIS is allowed to have sex with either of them whenever, but they are not. Ellis is extremely territorial over Quinn, but also wants Amory. Ellis pushes Amory too far (like he did with Quinn in the first book) and Amory leaves Ellis and Quinn which hurts Quinn deeply. This is all framed as Amory’s fault when it was much more Ellis. When Quinn and Ellis talk about it Ellis admits that “it was never going to work, I was so jealous.” They agree that they shouldn’t be with other people. Ellis sees how much Quinn is hurting, becoming withdrawn, not interested in sex, using his friends as buffers around Ellis. Instead of trying to break through to his partner he starts spending time daily with Amory without telling Quinn until one day just inviting him in. Quinn is understandably upset, Ellis just expects him to be fine with it, having had seemingly zero discussion about it since deciding to close their relationship when Amory left. When Quinn doesn’t immediately want to be a triad again Ellis tells Quinn he’s in love with Amory and makes the executive decision to keep seeing Amory despite being fully aware that Quinn consented to that begrudgingly. Eventually Quinn is able to forgive Amory but feels like a 3rd wheel since his partner has been dating Amory for awhile, Amory decides to stop dating Ellis and only date Quinn for awhile. Ellis begrudgingly accepts that for a day before his jealousy overwhelms him, he explodes on Quinn and declares that Quinn and Amory can date but not have sex until they are ready to all date and have sex together. Eventually they smooth things out but there’s no healthy discussion about boundaries, insecurities, and trust. They each just randomly demand things they need the other two to adhere to, which is not how relationships or discussions around sex should work.>
Very toxic, a great manual on both What Not To Look For in a Daddy as well as The Worst Way to Start a Polyamorus Relationship With Your Partner
<First Ellis as a Daddy takes Quinn his boy to a kink club without any real discussion about it and immediately wants him to start playing with his friend’s boy while Quinn doesn’t seem interested. They recognize Amory, an actor they had one conversation about having a threesome with there and immediately invite him to their hotel. At no point do they really talk as a couple or as a group about boundaries or if this is just a one night stand or wanting more beforehand. They have sex and its good, but jealous tension is already starting and they do nothing to deal with it. Like in the previous book, Ellis is a remarkably immature and lacking Daddy. He is unable to deal with his emotions in a healthy way so he routinely takes them out on Quinn, and every time they argue he pulls the “daddy card,” invalidates/gaslights Quinn, and then turns it into a sexual punishment rather than actually dealing with blatant issues as partners of mutual respect. They like having sex all together, and Ellis has sex with Amory while Quinn was asleep, but when Ellis comes hime to find Amory and Quinn having sex without him he looses it. Hes jealous, but frames it as “daddy says no.” So ELLIS is allowed to have sex with either of them whenever, but they are not. Ellis is extremely territorial over Quinn, but also wants Amory. Ellis pushes Amory too far (like he did with Quinn in the first book) and Amory leaves Ellis and Quinn which hurts Quinn deeply. This is all framed as Amory’s fault when it was much more Ellis. When Quinn and Ellis talk about it Ellis admits that “it was never going to work, I was so jealous.” They agree that they shouldn’t be with other people. Ellis sees how much Quinn is hurting, becoming withdrawn, not interested in sex, using his friends as buffers around Ellis. Instead of trying to break through to his partner he starts spending time daily with Amory without telling Quinn until one day just inviting him in. Quinn is understandably upset, Ellis just expects him to be fine with it, having had seemingly zero discussion about it since deciding to close their relationship when Amory left. When Quinn doesn’t immediately want to be a triad again Ellis tells Quinn he’s in love with Amory and makes the executive decision to keep seeing Amory despite being fully aware that Quinn consented to that begrudgingly. Eventually Quinn is able to forgive Amory but feels like a 3rd wheel since his partner has been dating Amory for awhile, Amory decides to stop dating Ellis and only date Quinn for awhile. Ellis begrudgingly accepts that for a day before his jealousy overwhelms him, he explodes on Quinn and declares that Quinn and Amory can date but not have sex until they are ready to all date and have sex together. Eventually they smooth things out but there’s no healthy discussion about boundaries, insecurities, and trust. They each just randomly demand things they need the other two to adhere to, which is not how relationships or discussions around sex should work.>
Very toxic, a great manual on both What Not To Look For in a Daddy as well as The Worst Way to Start a Polyamorus Relationship With Your Partner
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
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