A review by se_wigget
Ace of Hearts by Lucy Mason

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a drama/romance with a heteroromantic ace protagonist. It can be difficult to get through, especially because of her abusive sociopath father. Stalking, kidnapping, and... abuse that's typical of narcissists and sociopaths. You know: Lying, projecting, slandering, gaslighting (or gaslighting attempts--there comes a point when you don'tfall for that anymore). Triggering? Yes!

I rather feel like reading something... escapist and whimsical now that I've finished reading this.

Page 48: Fuck your internalized capitalist heteropatriarchy. There's nothing unethical about an asexual marrying a friend because of the insurance benefits/financial benefits of marriage. What’s unethical is the system. Insurance companies are predatory. And education should be free, whether or not you're an athlete who got a scholarship.

I don't know why they keep saying "halfway across the United States." Pennsylvania to Misery is at most a third. And maybe this is just me being literal-minded.
Also, would that really be only a 12 hour drive? Maybe it depends on how far east in Pennsylvania and how far west in Misery. Maybe they're in western Pennsylvania, at the border with Ohio, and go to NE Misery, in which case it's extremely NOT halfway across the U. S. This is a huge country.
It took my mother 12 hours just to drive from NW Indiana (1 hour east of Chicago) to Bigotville, the Twilight Zone (Topeka, Kansas).
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