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A review by sass_sass
The Heir of Shadows by Candice Wright
4.0
Surprising?
I'm not sure about this book exactly. I feel like I've been tricked. The first quarter was good with resolving some issues from book 3, but then it got kind of slow...and sort of boring. But the the last quarter of the book shook things up again and it almost felt like the heroine, Ava, was messing with my mind. In the end, I find myself confused yet eager to see what could possibly happen next.
It's hard for me to read books about recent assault survivors who fall in love again. I'm not sure why it makes me uncomfortable, because people fall in love all the time, but it just feels weird. There's this fine line where I just want the woman to control everything and it makes me feel apprehensive toward any dudes trying to get some lovin'. I'm probably not explaining this well. Sorry. But this book allows for the passage of time which helps somewhat.
I could probably write an essay on the treatment of assault survivors, but instead I'll just say that there are a lot of mistakes made by the men in this book and in the series in general, which is the intent, just to show how women are still being treated poorly by men. Instead of making assumptions on what women want, why not just ask? So, I'm loving all this misogyny and the female characters pointing it out constantly, yet still choosing to live in this MC world. Contradictions make my brain hurt, but I like that. At least the men apologize and seem to want to change.
I loved this book and Ava discovering what love and pleasure should feel like when it's on her terms with 3 hot dudes. So, all in all it's another win for me and I'll be reading the next book now.
I'm not sure about this book exactly. I feel like I've been tricked. The first quarter was good with resolving some issues from book 3, but then it got kind of slow...and sort of boring. But the the last quarter of the book shook things up again and it almost felt like the heroine, Ava, was messing with my mind. In the end, I find myself confused yet eager to see what could possibly happen next.
It's hard for me to read books about recent assault survivors who fall in love again. I'm not sure why it makes me uncomfortable, because people fall in love all the time, but it just feels weird. There's this fine line where I just want the woman to control everything and it makes me feel apprehensive toward any dudes trying to get some lovin'. I'm probably not explaining this well. Sorry. But this book allows for the passage of time which helps somewhat.
I could probably write an essay on the treatment of assault survivors, but instead I'll just say that there are a lot of mistakes made by the men in this book and in the series in general, which is the intent, just to show how women are still being treated poorly by men. Instead of making assumptions on what women want, why not just ask? So, I'm loving all this misogyny and the female characters pointing it out constantly, yet still choosing to live in this MC world. Contradictions make my brain hurt, but I like that. At least the men apologize and seem to want to change.
I loved this book and Ava discovering what love and pleasure should feel like when it's on her terms with 3 hot dudes. So, all in all it's another win for me and I'll be reading the next book now.