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ashlikes's review
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, Medical content, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, Blood, and Grief
mjulis's review
emotional
hopeful
medium-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
5.0
“He wanted Charlie in a way he’d never wanted anybody. To touch him, yes, to sink their bodies together, to submit to him. But also just to be with him. To crack himself open and show Charlie the mess inside so Mason wouldn’t be alone with it anymore.”
Thank you to Gay Romance Reviews for the ARC, I’ve never felt more honoured in my lifetime!
Obviously I CANNOT be normal about this book because it feels like MV just entered my brain and wrote this just to hurt my feelings and rip my heart out and then cradle me in a soft, magical cloud of cotton wool. Pick one Marina!!! (I’m just kidding please never change)
As the author notes, there’s on-page depictions of abuse, grooming and trauma so please go into this prepared. It’s hard to explain what made this so exquisite for me but it’s really up there with Rat Park & I will now go stare at a wall indefinitely <3
Thank you to Gay Romance Reviews for the ARC, I’ve never felt more honoured in my lifetime!
Obviously I CANNOT be normal about this book because it feels like MV just entered my brain and wrote this just to hurt my feelings and rip my heart out and then cradle me in a soft, magical cloud of cotton wool. Pick one Marina!!! (I’m just kidding please never change)
As the author notes, there’s on-page depictions of abuse, grooming and trauma so please go into this prepared. It’s hard to explain what made this so exquisite for me but it’s really up there with Rat Park & I will now go stare at a wall indefinitely <3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Gaslighting
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