Book safety, content warnings, and tropes & tags down below.

*le sigh*
I was honestly expecting to give this book 5 stars for a long time, and somehow we ended somewhere between 2 and 3 stars. To be fair, I’m in a semi-slump, and I’m probably a bit harsh, so definitely keep that in mind while reading this review.

However. I was ecstatic early on when reading this book because of some really awesome conversations between the MCs when it comes to consent and power exchange relationships. It was so refreshing to see this taken seriously and it was dealt with very well. That, coupled with a unique premise/start of a book and some pretty good mental health rep (anxiety, panic disorder), I was over the moon. Unfortunately this book suffers from the skip-really-important-shit-and-tell-you-it-happened-after syndrome, which angers me to no fucking end. One of the MCs in this is a virgin as well as being completely new to kink, which only makes the fact that his first blowie and his first spanking is skipped even worse. I also can’t forget that one MC talked quite enthusiastically about his wish to be a cockwarmer, which just didn’t happen and was never mentioned again. You know, I honest to god don’t even care much about spice, but my metaphorical balls are blue as shit.

Therapy is another one of those important things that were alluded to a bunch but never went anywhere. I fully expected to get some on-page therapy, as both MCs attended together. It ended up being mentioned very late like an afterthought. After a book full of very serious anxiety and panic disorders, as well as plenty of details of a childhood full of neglect, this felt like a huge miss. Instead, the book spent fucking ages detailing a business decision/deal that literally no one cares about. I wanted to DNF at 90% because I was awfully bored. I finished out of spite. The epilogue is supposed to be the sweetest moments of the entire book, just pure happiness, and I skimmed the hell out of it. I’m sure it actually was sweet and full of happiness, but I was all out of patience at that point.

Hope you don’t read bad reviews, Miss Author. It’s extra disappointing when it starts out really good and just goes downhill, so I’m being extra harsh.

Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Car accident
Mental health
Age play
Daddy kink
Age gap
Virgin MC
Kink exploration
Size difference

⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Childhood trauma (detailed, past)
Neglect (detailed, past)
Child endangerment (detailed, past)
Alcoholism (parents)
Anxiety disorder
Car accident (detailed, on page)
Heart condition
Panic attacks
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Sex in ‘Little space’
Words like ‘slut’ or ‘cockslut’ used during sex
PTSD

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: Almost, but handled fast and well.
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual POV
Genre: Contemporary romance, M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles