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A review by mrose21
Dear Ava by Ilsa Madden-Mills
4.0
3.5 stars
Trigger warning for sexual assault/the r word & also substance abuse
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I find books with assault like this super difficult to read. Its quite triggering for myself and so I always put the book down multiple times before I can finish it.
I will add, although there is SA mentioned its not something you read happen. Theres a few flash backs to the night it was said happened but you don't thankfully have to read it happen - hope that makes sense.
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If I take away the main elephant in the room I will say that even though this is a high school set romance at least the majority of it is. It never felt like it. It had moments where they were immature but it was sprinkled in enough in no way did it detract from their romance.
Knox is a tough guy and at first I thought their father was going to be abusive but that wasn't the case and he was a pretty good character. Knox himself was a bit back and forth. One moment he was into her next he wasn't and it was aggressively so. That did annoy me after a while. It was just loads of bumps.
Ava was easier to read in my opinion. She was sulky moody and closed off at the start and then slowly opened up to Knox and became more relaxed with her friends too. The whole leaving thing just felt odd. I didn't see the point in that but whatever its a happy ending so does it matter? Nope.
The romance was good. It was hot and heavy but I still managed to read this in a night. Would recommend for those that are Ok with the triggers mention and perhaps enjoy a darker romance.
Trigger warning for sexual assault/the r word & also substance abuse
****
I find books with assault like this super difficult to read. Its quite triggering for myself and so I always put the book down multiple times before I can finish it.
I will add, although there is SA mentioned its not something you read happen. Theres a few flash backs to the night it was said happened but you don't thankfully have to read it happen - hope that makes sense.
***
If I take away the main elephant in the room I will say that even though this is a high school set romance at least the majority of it is. It never felt like it. It had moments where they were immature but it was sprinkled in enough in no way did it detract from their romance.
Knox is a tough guy and at first I thought their father was going to be abusive but that wasn't the case and he was a pretty good character. Knox himself was a bit back and forth. One moment he was into her next he wasn't and it was aggressively so. That did annoy me after a while. It was just loads of bumps.
Ava was easier to read in my opinion. She was sulky moody and closed off at the start and then slowly opened up to Knox and became more relaxed with her friends too. The whole leaving thing just felt odd. I didn't see the point in that but whatever its a happy ending so does it matter? Nope.
The romance was good. It was hot and heavy but I still managed to read this in a night. Would recommend for those that are Ok with the triggers mention and perhaps enjoy a darker romance.