Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - Let Me Love You

This is the story of a women named Jo, who falls in love with a famous rapper, Everette AKA Big South. Jo is a jeweler who works for an Asian American man (Peter Park) who has been beaten up by his wife off-screen in the first chapter. He was beaten to the point where he described as having a bloody nose and black eye. I don't think domestic violence is funny, this was the first issue I had with the story.

A lot later on in the book the female love interest, Jo, says that her daughter would be better off "without a porn star mother". Jo is not a porn star, she's just comparing herself to a porn star, but I don't like the insinuation that porn stars would be terrible parents or that they don't deserve to be parents. I didn't like this part of the story.

There's a character who's nickname is a slur for Asian people for some reason. I don't understand the reasoning at all. I absolutely hate this.

The romance was okay, the spicy parts were okay. I would have rated this higher if the issues I mentioned above were handled properly or if they weren't included in the book all together.

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emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

I loved this! I was laughing and crying the whole way through this book. Hope we see them in the future books. On to the next one!

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