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books_and_bakes's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Torture
Minor: Homophobia and Sexual violence
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
ermunleybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Cursing and Homophobia
ladylaurenexplorer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This was really really good. It also has me invested in the other storylines that will be popping up in the next books.
I love King’s pursue meant of Cress. How he knew what he wanted, and was trying to get it before things could fall apart. I also love that they have a shared common interests that made them even more compatible in closer together.
I do truly wish that maybe later on in life, she will have forgiveness in her heart for certain people particularly one person.
Other than that this book is definitely a reread, and I truly loved it!
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug abuse and Violence
Minor: Torture
ednam0dewannabe's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Kidnapping
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, 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
niyahneal'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
2.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia
vicktorea's review against another edition
I know this series can be read as standalone but also links to the other books so maybe I’ll pick up another one!
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
muftiat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
I really liked this book. I wasn't sure I'd been a fan of the reverse age gap considering King was only 18 and I prefer to read about older men, but I also consistently forgot he was 18 because he was written as if he was much older which I believe was intentional.
Gianna Darling is great at delivering hot scenes and great chemistry. The plot was also pretty interesting especially since the main conflict/third act breakup wasn't the typical conflict you'd expect with a student/teacher relationship which is always the school finds out or something along those lines.
I really liked King as character. Cressida was annoying at times but I knew that was due to her upbringing and how repressed she had been that caused her stick her foot in her mouth often. She wasn't so insufferable that I didn't enjoy the story though.
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: 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