A review by cherrygray
Throttled by Lauren Asher

adventurous funny lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

originally: 4/5(it’s a glorified four. more like a 3) 
reread: 2.5/5

  • there was a lot of underlying misogyny—from maya and the other characters—which was a letdown.
  • santiago was a hot/cold character who pissed me off bc he overestimated maya’s naivety despite her only being a year younger than him. he acted really fucking entitled and selfish the entire time but had some cute/humorous moments to cover up his asshole-ness
  • there was a lot wrong with noah, but he had really good (tadbit rushed and poorly represented) development.
  • the spice wasn’t bad, but it was all smooshed in the second third of the book and it was just innuendos after that (which i didn’t mind but the sex was a bit excessive).
  • i don’t have any interest to read any of the other books in this series, it just didn’t feel like one of those books; yk?
  • the ending felt rushed and unsatisfactory compared to the rest of the book 
  • i loved mayas development and how she stopped taking shit from her brother (aka she stood up for herself one time after her brothers’ 30’000 atrocities)
  • kinda bland but it was a fun read. 
  •  i remember thinking (in the beginning) how i was thinking abt how slow the book was, only to be super rushed to finish
  • the way the chapters cut off kinda threw me for a loop but it was bareable ig?
  • THE DANCING SCENE !!!!!!!
  • but the misogyny was NOT it 👎👎👎
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