This book is unironically one of the worst books i've ever read. Completely wishy washy with its tone, I don't know if Hoover wanted us to take the subject matter seriously, or find it titillating. The boring prose and writing makes the sex (really mostly rape scenes) clumsy and offputting. The characters are absolutely nothing, Sloan has no real traits, Luke is incredibly frustrating and Asa is unintentionally hilarious (his obsession with coconut cake, "his Jesus on a Stick" and his final words, "I lied. I fucking hate your lasagna"). Just a book that ultimately fails at everything it wants to do. Do not read, do not pass, do not collect 200 coconut cakes.