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A review by kthrine
Bared to You by Sylvia Day
2.0
This entire book spans at most 3 weeks. It’s definitely a case of falling obsessively in love immediately.
There are SO MANY RED FLAGS in this relationship. As long as you don’t think ANYTHING these characters do is healthy you’re fine. Eva says no multiple times and Gideon doesn’t listen. Fucking YIKES.
The author throws in a few moments of potentially healthy aspects but then in the next sentence chucks it out the window. Therapy? Good! Healthy! These characters need it on a weekly basis, both alone and as a couple. Eva seems to think that because she already went to therapy she only needs couples therapy and not to go alone anymore. No. She needs therapy. And she needs to keep working on herself and her issues, of which there are many.
They “break up” for 4 days (which is roughly 1/3 of their actual relationship time frame) and make up. It’s this fight, have sex, make up, fight, have sex, make up cycle that doesn’t do it for me as far as relationships go. The sex scenes are good and interesting but their relationship seems fairly light and superficial even given the fact that they are sharing private things about themselves. They don’t seem to be learning anything about how to be in a relationship from learning about each other. Just an all consuming “need” for one another.
It’s fine. I ready it quickly, I’ll probably read more in the series but I’m not in any rush to do so.
There are SO MANY RED FLAGS in this relationship. As long as you don’t think ANYTHING these characters do is healthy you’re fine. Eva says no multiple times and Gideon doesn’t listen. Fucking YIKES.
The author throws in a few moments of potentially healthy aspects but then in the next sentence chucks it out the window. Therapy? Good! Healthy! These characters need it on a weekly basis, both alone and as a couple. Eva seems to think that because she already went to therapy she only needs couples therapy and not to go alone anymore. No. She needs therapy. And she needs to keep working on herself and her issues, of which there are many.
They “break up” for 4 days (which is roughly 1/3 of their actual relationship time frame) and make up. It’s this fight, have sex, make up, fight, have sex, make up cycle that doesn’t do it for me as far as relationships go. The sex scenes are good and interesting but their relationship seems fairly light and superficial even given the fact that they are sharing private things about themselves. They don’t seem to be learning anything about how to be in a relationship from learning about each other. Just an all consuming “need” for one another.
It’s fine. I ready it quickly, I’ll probably read more in the series but I’m not in any rush to do so.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse and Rape
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicide