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A review by jamies_shelves
The Coveted by Laura Thalassa
2.0
2.5 stars.
I started off liking this book a lot more than the first one, and I was pretty into it. Then I got to page 70ish and that changed.
I AM SICK OF AUTHORS WRITING SEXUAL HARASSMENT/ASSAULT/RAPE INTO A BOOK, BUT ACTING AS IF THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS AND HAVING THE CHARACTERS IGNORE IT!!!
Gabrielle literally woke up in the middle of the night to a naked man on top of her, attempting to sway her into having sex with him. She had to kick him off of her and she screams. But she isn't shaken by it, and her roommates reaction is 'wow his man bits were huge' and 'Oliver will be so jealous' and when Gabrielle is like yo what the fuck, she says 'sorry I had to give you a hard time.' WHAT?!?!? WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU? NAY, WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU?!? Then Oliver proceeds to start sleeping in their room because he was indeed jealous and wants to be there next time to see the good looking naked man. I repeat, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? And then she keeps saying how much she loves her friends and how awesome they are. No. Just NO.
Also at the end the devil says that they spent the whole night he kidnapped her 'making love' and it's too bad she can't remember it.... WHAT?!?!? And then it's just never mentioned again??? And it's not at all mentioned that that would be rape??? For a third time, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?
Now that I finished that part of the rant I'll say that Gabrielle is officially an idiot and she was really annoying the whole book, as was basically everyone else. The only person who semi redeemed themselves was Andre, but he also was a jackass at some moments. He does get some points though for being the only one concerned about the naked men showing up in her room in the middle of the night. But of course his concern was written to look a bit like male jealously, or at least that how Gabrielle viewed it because she's a moron.
Every time the devil appeared I couldn't really take him seriously because I just kept thinking about Lucifer from the show and I was like nah this aint the devil. But that's my own thing. He was actually written decently well.
I still might continue on with this series because I love vampire and supernatural school stories. Also these stories are short and easy reads. But damn I hope they get better.
Oh and on the positive side, at least the cover actually kind of looks like her this time...
I started off liking this book a lot more than the first one, and I was pretty into it. Then I got to page 70ish and that changed.
I AM SICK OF AUTHORS WRITING SEXUAL HARASSMENT/ASSAULT/RAPE INTO A BOOK, BUT ACTING AS IF THAT'S NOT WHAT IT WAS AND HAVING THE CHARACTERS IGNORE IT!!!
Gabrielle literally woke up in the middle of the night to a naked man on top of her, attempting to sway her into having sex with him. She had to kick him off of her and she screams. But she isn't shaken by it, and her roommates reaction is 'wow his man bits were huge' and 'Oliver will be so jealous' and when Gabrielle is like yo what the fuck, she says 'sorry I had to give you a hard time.' WHAT?!?!? WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU? NAY, WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU?!? Then Oliver proceeds to start sleeping in their room because he was indeed jealous and wants to be there next time to see the good looking naked man. I repeat, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? And then she keeps saying how much she loves her friends and how awesome they are. No. Just NO.
Also at the end the devil says that they spent the whole night he kidnapped her 'making love' and it's too bad she can't remember it.... WHAT?!?!? And then it's just never mentioned again??? And it's not at all mentioned that that would be rape??? For a third time, WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?
Now that I finished that part of the rant I'll say that Gabrielle is officially an idiot and she was really annoying the whole book, as was basically everyone else. The only person who semi redeemed themselves was Andre, but he also was a jackass at some moments. He does get some points though for being the only one concerned about the naked men showing up in her room in the middle of the night. But of course his concern was written to look a bit like male jealously, or at least that how Gabrielle viewed it because she's a moron.
Every time the devil appeared I couldn't really take him seriously because I just kept thinking about Lucifer from the show and I was like nah this aint the devil. But that's my own thing. He was actually written decently well.
I still might continue on with this series because I love vampire and supernatural school stories. Also these stories are short and easy reads. But damn I hope they get better.
Oh and on the positive side, at least the cover actually kind of looks like her this time...