kb33's review against another edition
DNF at 62%. I put it aside for a day and don’t care to go back to it.
This is so strange. I get the feeling that this used to be a book about police officers, but they used a program to remove the words “police” and “officer” and changed it to private detective, without actually changing any other part of the story, including the red and blue flashing lights on the car... And neither scenario works. If they’re private detectives, not once does anyone ever talk to the police, who are the ones who would need the info to eventually have the stalker charged. And how would a private detective agency financially survive in a small town? If they’re police, they never learned procedures like not fucking up a crime scene.
Tony victim blaming the shit out of Luna in the beginning pissed me off. Not sure he ever redeemed himself there.
Also, hire an editor. Sooo many grammar issues, and sometimes popular sayings are used in a way that tells us that the author doesn’t actually know what they mean.
This is so strange. I get the feeling that this used to be a book about police officers, but they used a program to remove the words “police” and “officer” and changed it to private detective, without actually changing any other part of the story, including the red and blue flashing lights on the car... And neither scenario works. If they’re private detectives, not once does anyone ever talk to the police, who are the ones who would need the info to eventually have the stalker charged. And how would a private detective agency financially survive in a small town? If they’re police, they never learned procedures like not fucking up a crime scene.
Tony victim blaming the shit out of Luna in the beginning pissed me off. Not sure he ever redeemed himself there.
Also, hire an editor. Sooo many grammar issues, and sometimes popular sayings are used in a way that tells us that the author doesn’t actually know what they mean.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Stalking
beckyremillard's review
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
Overall, great story.
Is there a lot of “me tough man, you weak woman”? Absolutely, that’s kind of the premise of the book. However, it’s a book and not real life so the feminism leaves my body when I read characters like this.
I know the author updated this from Tony being a police officer to private security but there were still some parts that seemed to have been missed. Didn’t impact anything overall, just made me reread a couple parts, but I moved on and forgot about it pretty quickly.
Is there a lot of “me tough man, you weak woman”? Absolutely, that’s kind of the premise of the book. However, it’s a book and not real life so the feminism leaves my body when I read characters like this.
I know the author updated this from Tony being a police officer to private security but there were still some parts that seemed to have been missed. Didn’t impact anything overall, just made me reread a couple parts, but I moved on and forgot about it pretty quickly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence
northernsweetie's review
fast-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
3.5
Loved Luna but I felt she was occasionally one dimensional. Her stubbornness gets to repetitive and ends up making you start to almost dislike her. Tony also sometimes borders more controlling and demanding than protective. All together it was a good read! Finished it 2 evenings, it goes fast! Can’t wait to read the rest of the series, this little town has my heart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny
rororoxmysox's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Kidnapping
Moderate: Stalking and Cursing
hanna's review
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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
3.25
I was so ready to love this and I did love it! Until like the 60% mark.
First the positives: The plot was really engaging and I loved there was 🌟 dramaaa 🌟 at the end without it being a third-act break-up. Luna is such a sweet character and I love how supportive all of her friends are of her, especially the girls. I'm so ready to read about Zoe and Sadie getting their HEA, too. And, yes it was a bit much at times, but I love myself a protective MMC (/and/ a protective older brother, just so good) and most of Luna and Tony's scenes were really cute.
(Small spoilers for the negatives)
Now, I just couldn't stand Tony's behaviour anymore at some point. He's always cursing, always shouting and even though I knew, that Luna loved him too, he was overly aggressive & possessive at times. What made me stop reading for a whole day actually, was,
The whole age-gap thing was also okay at first, I'm pretty sure it even said that Tony only really developed feelings for Luna when she was 16 and he was 20 (which, still weird, but okay I'll deal with it)
The last thing might just be because I've been writing a thesis for uni and correcting all my friends' works but a) there were so many grammatical errors. Morgan, please let me be your editor. I'll do it for free b) Tony never spoke in complete sentences, always just "Know you love, babe" "Trust you know that about me, babe", like have you ever heard of a subject noon, my man and c) while I love that Tony is a security guard instead of a police officer in the edited version, there were still some instances where it hadn't been changed and he was called a detective/officer.
This turned out so negatively, oh god, it was still a fun book, I love Luna and, who am I kidding, I'll probably continue reading anyway!
First the positives: The plot was really engaging and I loved there was 🌟 dramaaa 🌟 at the end without it being a third-act break-up. Luna is such a sweet character and I love how supportive all of her friends are of her, especially the girls. I'm so ready to read about Zoe and Sadie getting their HEA, too. And, yes it was a bit much at times, but I love myself a protective MMC (/and/ a protective older brother, just so good) and most of Luna and Tony's scenes were really cute.
(Small spoilers for the negatives)
Now, I just couldn't stand Tony's behaviour anymore at some point. He's always cursing, always shouting and even though I knew, that Luna loved him too, he was overly aggressive & possessive at times. What made me stop reading for a whole day actually, was,
Spoiler
that he installed a tracker on her phone without her knowing and then got upset that she got upset. And then Luna goes and starts defending him in her head!! Like, that's overstepping SO many lines.The whole age-gap thing was also okay at first, I'm pretty sure it even said that Tony only really developed feelings for Luna when she was 16 and he was 20 (which, still weird, but okay I'll deal with it)
Spoiler
but then Luna finds an old picture of her, Tony and her brother, where she's 10/11 and she swears that she can already see that Tony was in love with her — and it makes her happy. Girl please.The last thing might just be because I've been writing a thesis for uni and correcting all my friends' works but a) there were so many grammatical errors. Morgan, please let me be your editor. I'll do it for free b) Tony never spoke in complete sentences, always just "Know you love, babe" "Trust you know that about me, babe", like have you ever heard of a subject noon, my man and c) while I love that Tony is a security guard instead of a police officer in the edited version, there were still some instances where it hadn't been changed and he was called a detective/officer.
This turned out so negatively, oh god, it was still a fun book, I love Luna and, who am I kidding, I'll probably continue reading anyway!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use
Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
The FMC is roofied at a party when she's underage but they don't know it at the time — nothing happens and the MMC takes her home because he thinks she's too drunkaqtbenz's review against another edition
medium-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? Yes
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Vomit, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content
Moderate: Gaslighting and Sexism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
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