midknytowl's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident and Cancer
cluckieduck's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Ms. Sloane writes great smut - Forbidden romance, 15 year age gap (23F & 38M) - this is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 and has a decent plot to support it.
My only complaint is that Joseph isn’t the greatest representation of a good Dom.
Noemi is brand new to the scene from a VERY vanilla background. There’s no good communication ahead of time between the two on boundaries, safe words, etc. (Joseph even apologizes at one point for not doing so, but does he ever bring it up again and rectify things? No!) and it puts Noemi in some very uncomfortable situations. She’s fine after the fact and says she has no complaints, but the whole “wait means ignore” cue didn’t sit quite right with me. It’s very much in dub-con territory, which I don’t think was the intention.Â
My only complaint is that Joseph isn’t the greatest representation of a good Dom.
Noemi is brand new to the scene from a VERY vanilla background. There’s no good communication ahead of time between the two on boundaries, safe words, etc. (Joseph even apologizes at one point for not doing so, but does he ever bring it up again and rectify things? No!) and it puts Noemi in some very uncomfortable situations. She’s fine after the fact and says she has no complaints, but the whole “wait means ignore” cue didn’t sit quite right with me. It’s very much in dub-con territory, which I don’t think was the intention.Â
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Car accident, Bullying, and Toxic relationship
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