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A review by bookshelf1792
Out of Bounds by R.S. Grey
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
Someone’s flair on Reddit is DNF and DNF often. When it’s not working it’s time to move on.
This started out great with a promising storyline and characters but quickly turned toxic. I got a little icked out by the coach/player and age gap in this one because of the way it was handled. Ultimately, Brie is extremely immature and I got the major ick. Erik is so far super one dimensional and has no quality besides washboard abs that are making me like him. The hot/cold toxic nature of their relationship is something I strongly dislike so I’m setting this aside for something I will like.
Ok I went back to skim and I got to the yoga scene and WHAT WAS THAT. now I’m just angry? There was barely consent, that came out of LEFT FIELD, and he was back to being a huge asshole after?! Ok I’m really done reading this book now. chatterbookbabe said it best “There is a scene that takes place in this book that is more risqué than anything else R. S. Grey has written previously. I usually have no problem with that type of scene. It felt wrong here, for multiple reasons. One being Erik is such a dick to Brie afterwards. That is never explained. The whole thing was sprung on her last minute. She hadn't even been intimate with him yet. I could go on, but it made no sense to me. Then to have him be cruel to her afterward made it worse”
This started out great with a promising storyline and characters but quickly turned toxic. I got a little icked out by the coach/player and age gap in this one because of the way it was handled. Ultimately, Brie is extremely immature and I got the major ick. Erik is so far super one dimensional and has no quality besides washboard abs that are making me like him. The hot/cold toxic nature of their relationship is something I strongly dislike so I’m setting this aside for something I will like.
Ok I went back to skim and I got to the yoga scene and WHAT WAS THAT. now I’m just angry? There was barely consent, that came out of LEFT FIELD, and he was back to being a huge asshole after?! Ok I’m really done reading this book now. chatterbookbabe said it best “There is a scene that takes place in this book that is more risqué than anything else R. S. Grey has written previously. I usually have no problem with that type of scene. It felt wrong here, for multiple reasons. One being Erik is such a dick to Brie afterwards. That is never explained. The whole thing was sprung on her last minute. She hadn't even been intimate with him yet. I could go on, but it made no sense to me. Then to have him be cruel to her afterward made it worse”