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petit_biblio's review
3.5
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Rape, Kidnapping, and Stalking
shaykay'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Rape
Minor: Cancer and Sexual assault
drishthings'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape
kelciilou's review against another edition
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
cocpop_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
You definitely have to be able to separate fiction from reality if you don’t normally read teacher/student relationships. And this is my only book where that is present, with the student being in high school. This is a taboo romance.
That being said, I loved the growth you see with Cressida. This is a character you have to be patient with, because her life did a total 180 and having to leave her prejudices behind was a struggle for her.
They do not make men like King Kyle Garro. Truly, I don’t think many of my book men are as in tune with their emotions as King is. I loved his confidence, and that although he was younger, he was the one guiding Cressida through their relationship and her coming into her own.
4/5 on the spicy scale. This is more spicy because of the taboo relationship, and because King knows how to talk dirty.
Moderate: Torture and Violence
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
lotte5322's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder
zabeishumanish'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
4.25
Interestingly this is the first romance I've read in a while that is single perspective. We only ever hear Queenie's narrator voice.
I did have to skip some portions of the book because a few of the student-teacher romance aspects felt morally gross. But for the most part, this was a damn good younger male lover type of book.
The thing I hated the most was that the rival MC, the actually illegal bad guys, were Mexican, and that was their only defining trait. So that bit of blatant racism is pretty shitty.
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Cancer, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization
kmg173'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Rape