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abrown04's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Read on Kindle.
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual content, and Blood
lakea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, and Alcohol
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol
dilani's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse and Rape
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
fnicholee's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
ronnieroe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Definitely a must read
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Sexual assault
This book mentions past sexual assault and a parent death, mainly focused around a women who was assaulted fall in love with her 4 bullies one being a stepbrother and her finding herself sexually, also mentions Bi sexual relationshipskiwisandtea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, and Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
helenxhan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.25
kind of has wattpad-story vibes sorry
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Fire/Fire injury
things100's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Alcohol
Minor: Pedophilia and Kidnapping
saramackenzi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Don’t even mention the insta love to me. How are we gonna go from bullying to love within a 3 day period?? If it’s gonna have the love in there I need the bullying to last longer.
I kinda feel like this was rushed, as if it just needed a bit more added into it. Like where was the build-up??
Now Briar has a bit of trauma which gave the story a twist, but the way that it’s going is a bit idiotic to me. If you’ve read it you’ll know but like… their choice at the end does not make sense to me.
ALSO there is one line in this book where I LOST it. Let me read this line to you: “I feel like an animal around you. I am a feminist, I believe in women’s rights, and consent, and all of that…” I’m sorry what??? I literally laughed out loud. How very noble of you Samson for believing that women should have rights and be able to consent. Ya know basic rights and all.
Did I read this in 3 hours though…? Yes.
Am I going to read the second book…? Yes, I haven’t gotten a big ole group scene yet.
I’m gonna be honest, I’m not reading for the “plot.”
There was a bit of M/M in this book which I’m assuming will pick up a bit more in the second
Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
cait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.5
I honestly don't even know how to react to this book. It's the first in a reverse harem bully romance duology following 18-year-old Briar as she moves from California to the East Coast to live with her new step-father. She is still dealing with the aftermath of a sexual assault that has her traumatized, so when her new step-brother and his three best friends turn out to be the biggest bullies in school, she decides she has no choice but to stand up to them and fight back. But there's something about the darkness in their hearts that calls out to the darkness in hers and she soon wonders if what she feels for them is hate or lust.
This novel was kind of a mess, but the kind you can't seem to look away from. We have cringey dialogue, inner monologues that make no sense, and realizations that forget to fact check themselves. Briar realizes, at one point, that the boys are not bullies and she has never seen them mistreat anyone ... except they did bully her ... and something happened between them and a student named Micah that resulted in his suicide ... and Jack had his own story he didn't feel comfortable sharing the details of ... and Scarlett had reason to fear that Ash would get her parents' cafe shut down if she crossed him.
Ultimately, I found the relationships underdeveloped, the steamy scenes rather anticlimactic, and the whole situation more strange than sexy. (And I really enjoyed Credence by Penelope Douglas, so that's saying something.) With the abrupt ending and the total lack of understandable motivations for any of the characters - especially the big bad introduced at the end of the story - I do not plan to continue on with the sequel.
There is better smut out there and I would rather read that.
Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent