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A review by the_rabble
The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Excellent frame and premise, delivery suffered. I'm hoping this was a case of "rough first book in the series."
Our girl is not a rake- there's no jaunty charming of potential love interests. She just kind of unapologetically emotionally abuses people and expects them to be cool with it.
The frame of activism and her friends keeps you interested and the sex scenes are random af but interesting. Her flavor of feminism is very second wave retro and pretty cheesy (actually Adam is a little more interesting re: feminism flavor but we never dig into "provider" toxicity.)
Good idea, rough execution. Felt like a lot of TRAUMA exploration combined with pregnancy anxiety. While we "strong female charactered" one protagonist, the other is a pretty solid charming soft boy who acts fairly normal but is a little weird about sex.
2 POVs, 3rd person past tense, very spicy, "STRONG WOMAN" writer meets soft boy architect.
Our girl is not a rake- there's no jaunty charming of potential love interests. She just kind of unapologetically emotionally abuses people and expects them to be cool with it.
The frame of activism and her friends keeps you interested and the sex scenes are random af but interesting. Her flavor of feminism is very second wave retro and pretty cheesy (actually Adam is a little more interesting re: feminism flavor but we never dig into "provider" toxicity.)
Good idea, rough execution. Felt like a lot of TRAUMA exploration combined with pregnancy anxiety. While we "strong female charactered" one protagonist, the other is a pretty solid charming soft boy who acts fairly normal but is a little weird about sex.
2 POVs, 3rd person past tense, very spicy, "STRONG WOMAN" writer meets soft boy architect.