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- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
πΆοΈ 1/5
Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Car accident
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Incest
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
π§ This book was tagged as having two narrators so I thought it would be dual narration with both POVs (my fave). But it's actually all from the FMC's POV, with only the final chapter from MMC's POV. I was disappointed because I like Zachary Webber and would've liked more of the MMC's POV.
πΆοΈ 3.5/5 There were a few steamy scenes.
π³οΈβπβ Not a lot in terms of representation. There was diversity (ethnicity, sexuality) in the side characters but we barely see those people.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Genocide, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
Did not finish book. Stopped at 62%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
πΆοΈ 4.5/5 The spice was spicing for sure. There was kink and power play, there was dubcon, there was a 3some. Chapters 2 and 17 stuck out as particularly exciting. (Only reason πΆοΈ isn't a 5/5 is because there was still a lot of plot (not a bad thing). 5/5 would be like, this is all smut no plot.)
π³οΈβπβ Representation: both MCs are brown skinned but ethnicity isn't named. FMC is not straight. Kink well-repped.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Vomit, Trafficking, Stalking, and Death of parent
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
πΆοΈ 4.5/5 two explicit scenes plus a teaser,
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Incest and Injury/Injury detail
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
π§ Single POV, female narrator. I liked her.
πΆοΈ 1.5/5, mostly closed door. This was disappointing for me; FMC spends a lot of mental energy thinking about her breast reconstruction and lack of nipples, and to have most of that fulfillment she finds with MMC just skipped over was a missed opportunity, I think. There is a little bit shown on page but it's like, looking and light touching, not the real passionate stuff.
π³οΈβπβ BRCA survivor FMC, her mom survived cancer, one of FMC's two bffs dates women, and mental health rep kinda more generally.
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria
Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Sexual harassment
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.75
π§ Mary Jane Wells narrated. The story was dual POV but MJW was the only narrator. As always, she did a lovely job with the voices and acting.
πΆοΈ 4/5 for a handful of explicit scenes
π³οΈβπβ Not much diversity in the story... There's a bit of class diversity in her one friend who's a veterinarian. Nothing I heard indicated diversity in color or queerness or ability.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
π§ This was dual POV, and dual narration. Both narrators were skilled. I'm a fan of the male narrator more generally, I always enjoy his delivery. When they were texting each other, the voices were duet style, but in the majority of the text it was just each narrator reading all the parts in their chapter. So I was a little disappointed it wasn't full duet.
πΆοΈ 2/5 There's really only one sex scene and it's depicted rather circumspectly. One of the few things I think this book could do better on.
π³οΈβπβ I think the book is great at depicting a variety of life circumstances (traumatic/neglectful childhood, loss of a parent, someone incarcerated) but there wasn't much traditional (POC, lgbtqia+) diversity. FMC's foster parents are both women? We never see them on page though, just referenced as background.
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent