Yvon

5 stars bcz i dont have anything to complain about

Honestly, i would've given this 2 stars for the suspense and the plot twist at the very end, but no.

During the whole book i hated everyone. The MC is a disrespectful homewrecker, the love interest is a cheating husband, and Verity was portrayed as the most detestable human being on earth. The characterization is also lacking, i dont even know what they look like.

Also the romance has misogynistic undertones. 2 women sexually obsessed w a man fighting over his attention? “He fucked me like I was his virgin”??

Rating is low cuz there are several things that dont make sense to me:
1. What does freddy even like about laura? The make out sessions and thats it?
2. Whats the reason behind laura breaking up besides being cruel? Like, for real. She already fools around with everyone so why the need for break ups?
3. The teen pregnancy thing ruined the book for me. Especially the way it happened. Doodle might be a victim but i do not feel bad for her at all. She even said sth like “seeing u w a person as toxic as laura made it seem ok for me to have sex w this married man” Just no. That's immature and disgusting.
4. I understand doodle's dad being pro-choice but he's kind of too relaxed about this whole situation?? Dude, theres a creep out there who got involved w ur daughter

Beautiful and diverse characters. Wonderful plot. This book made me feel seen and not alone.

Dnf at chapter 1.

Like most classics I've read before: boring. Maybe the genre is not for me and i should give up on it