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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
skullqueen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
-Taboo Romance
-Bikers
-main male lead is fierce about his woman
Bad points
-horrible biker lingo and bikers are obsessed with Elvis??? It’s pretty cliché.
-The female lead flip flopped a lot.
I feel like she didn’t give her brother enough of a chance. Then again maybe that’s messed up cause of the situation she was in but he went to jail for her, bought her a house, and made sure they could find her. Not saying he is brother of the year… she also was like I am never taking money from a man again but then caved immediately.
Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, and Kidnapping
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
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
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
zoschox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
ashleycmms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness
Age gap student teacher relationship: 18 year old and 26 year old