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
iigraciejohnsonii's review against another edition
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Stalking
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Sexual violence
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
amodernhobbitslibrary's review
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Tony’s character felt a little off. What started as a sweet, loved her my whole life kind of thing - quickly became possessive losing all the sweetness that had helped round out his character. Don’t get me wrong I love a protective, possessive man but he still needs that little bit of sweetness to balance it out.
Luna on the other hand felt incredibly relatable, I can’t imagine a more insecure strong willed girl than Luna.
I did catch the plot twist before it happened, it went from being slightly mysterious to blatantly obvious in a heartbeat. But in the end I still enjoyed the book. I’m glad we still get to see the MCs from other books & and it was fun to see how some of their stories were set up / played out.
Now on to the 3rd book!
Luna on the other hand felt incredibly relatable, I can’t imagine a more insecure strong willed girl than Luna.
I did catch the plot twist before it happened, it went from being slightly mysterious to blatantly obvious in a heartbeat. But in the end I still enjoyed the book. I’m glad we still get to see the MCs from other books & and it was fun to see how some of their stories were set up / played out.
Now on to the 3rd book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking
Moderate: Kidnapping
stephmcoakley's review
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Stalking
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 drunkjasminemilktea's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping
aqtbenz'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
sydneys_bookshelf's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
to begin, ACAB and that includes your brothers best friend.
that said, tony is hot. i’m thankful that his words exist on paper. i’m glad he wasn’t a creep and was not okay with being with Luna while she was underaged. so glad we do NOT sexualize high schooler’s in this house!
that said, tony is hot. i’m thankful that his words exist on paper. i’m glad he wasn’t a creep and was not okay with being with Luna while she was underaged. so glad we do NOT sexualize high schooler’s in this house!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Stalking
Moderate: Vomit