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Justin T

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I gave LJ Shen a second chance and she failed yet again

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-26-25

If there’s one thing I can say about LJ Shen, it’s that she’s consistent. Consistent in creating characters with as much depth as a puddle and stories so badly written I thought maybe a middle schooler wrote them. I’m unashamed in my review. It’s harsh but Jesus H Christ, so was this book. I was told this had an amazing story with a betrayal and an even better grovel; I’m here to say there isn’t any. The MMC just consistently betrays and demeans the FMC. I thought to myself “cool, this will mean the grovel will be good with how much pain he’s causing” and pushed through because I was SURE he’d redeem himself. Nope, nada. The characters have absolutely no personality to speak of. There are so many ridiculous details that I grew a migraine. And I’m a fantasy reader so I’m not opposed to ridiculous storylines, but this was too much for me. I could go on and on about my hate for the author and her writing, but it’d take too much of my time. At the end of the day, I’m mad I gave her a second chance and I wasted a credit on this book. I will absolutely NEVER recommend her books or read anything by her again.

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It’s…okay.

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-24-25

Was told this had a great betrayal and an even better grovel. Nope. It doesn’t. There’s essentially no grovel. The man treats her like shit for a large portion of the book and then humiliates the FMC in a way that deserved the grovel of all grovel…do we get it? Nope. Absolutely NO GROVEL or redemption scene. Even after everything, she just forgives and forgets. There’s no resolution for the reader so you’re left feeling pent up anger with no outlet.

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Wow! 5 stars for me

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-14-25

I can’t believe this book came out on 2018 and I just now (2025) found it. It was a beautiful love story. I love that the author didn’t shorten it down to create a series or add in any extra fluff that didn’t add to the story. It’s about real, complex characters dealing with real and complex life choices. I feel like so many authors write books that have so much potential but end up falling short. This one was so much better than I thought it would be. The details, the depth of the emotions and characters. This is one I’ll recommend to people and I’m adding it to my 5-star list.

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Why’s she so breathy???

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-01-25

Why’s the narrator so breathy? Why does she sound like she’s trying to catch her breath with every word? A normal person would say the following sentence as “a threat was made.” But she sounds like “uhh threa-hhettt was muhhhhhade.” Whyyyyyyyyyy???? And I get that omegas are whiney in nature but JFC this narrator does the job too well and it grates on my ears. It’s so whiney and scratchy.

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Wow!

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-28-25

Wowoweewoo (said in borat voice). I get it now. I get the hype. I devoured this book! So good and enthralling! Only negative critique I have is the FMC was pretty damn annoying for a large part of the book (voice and the actual written character). Even toward the end she was a bit exhausting. Other than that, it was a great story and the male narrator did an amazing job! I cannot wait until the second book comes out because I need to know what comes next! ABSOLUTELY LOVEDDDDD the love triangle and mystery surrounding Blake and Aurora. Like, pretty sure this is a fated mates scenario but also I’m not sure? And I think that’s what is so alluring with the romance in this book. Well done!

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Meh. C- grade.

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-18-25

For a book that has the word “betrayal” in it, I was expecting an actual betrayal and groveling to go with it. Buttttt, that’s not really what happens. To top it off, the angst is mostly just the FMC being super mean and uncommunicative to the one person who’s doing everything to be on her team. She’s nicer to her evil stepsister than she is to the man that’s basically obsessed with her. Not a fan of that. Thennnnnnn, to top THAT off, you have 90% of the book that’s full of story and diologue and the last 10% is when any of this so-called “betrayal” happens and the ending just felt rushed and not at all satisfying.

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What’s up with the male narrator??

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-14-25

Yo, what in the ever loving god would posses someone to make the MMC to have this specific narrator? He’s so high pitched and what I would consider “whiney” and does not match the character of the story in any sense. Moreover, the story, while not horrible, lacked so much depth and complexity. I get that some books are just simple and not to be taken too seriously, but with this specific content and story, I was really confused and expected it to have more depth to it. More depth of the characters, the world building…ANYTHING! It boggled me. It’s not a bad story and I did enjoy it for the most part, but I was just super disappointed because it had so much potential to be amazing.

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MMC narrator wasn’t it

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-03-25

It’s a short little smutty book. Not a bad story for what it is. The duet style narration is also a nice touch. HOWEVER….i couldn’t get fully on board with the MMC narrators voice. I tried and figured I’d get used to it but it never came. I don’t ever take issue with male narrators and am the type that kinda loves them all, but this one wasn’t it. And then the fact that they placed a very blonde white man on the cover but decided to use the voice of a clearly older black man. Hahah.

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It’s getting old and predictable.

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-13-25

What a roller coaster. I’m hoping book 4 has groveling for what he’s put her through. Really kinda hate Knox even more from this book than I ever hated him in the other books.

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Well, that certainly was….something

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-09-25

I get the betrayal and grovel trope. It’s one of my favorites, but this wasn’t it. The grovel isn’t much, if any at all. He breaks her, destroys her soul, and then the littlest amount of “tenderness” or “kindness” he shows to her afterwards, she’s jumps for it. Have some self respect, woman. Make him work for it! But she doesn’t and that’s why I gave this such a low review. It would’ve been so much better if she made the man suffer and work for her affections. She puts out at any chance. Fine, I can kinda work with that seeing as it’s biology for them, but to also just hand over your heart after he broke it!?! wtf!

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