Not for me

I love novellas. Total comfort reads. This was not a comfort read. The sexualization and treatment of the the women felt like a poor imitation of Jackie Collins through a Sonny Corinthos lense.

As a prequel, it felt incomplete at only 45 pages. There needed to be more info outside of the gilded cage that felt way too mature for high schoolers. Content reads very mid-20s, not 15. The way Clara is described in the little black dress is too much. I did appreciate the punch out scene.

If this is dark romance, I'll stay to the light side.