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banrions's review
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Welll. Ok. Um. This is one of those cases where I knew pretty immediately that this was not really for me. This is not a kink that I knew much about or am really interested in, but I found myself invested and curious in the story anyway, and just read it all the way through. Objectively, it’s a decently well written story with some interesting characters, bdsm elements (well, no bdsm focus, let’s be real), and a topic not often or hardly ever? Written about. I’m not one to kinkshame, so just because this is not my bag, I’m not gonna rate a book lower for the hell of it. I also can’t really find it in myself to justify rating it higher, because as I said, the majority of the specific overall type of kink (lifestyle D/s, basically?) that are displayed here is just not really my thing. That said, there were some fun sex scenes and it was a different and interesting read. I will admit to being caught slightly off guard about the end where a sexual assault happens and the reactions of Pilar and the way people treated Suzy felt… kinda victim blamey? To me? And I didn’t love it. But overall not a bad read if this is your thing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
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