TW: question of consent

This was a decent read. I might be a bit generous with how much I enjoyed it simply because of the hatred I had for Raiden. After Raiden, Duke was sort of what I needed to make me smile again.

While I’m still not super happy with the manwhore trope, it’s definitely not shoved down our throats as much in this one.

I appreciated the commentary that a drunk person cannot consent to sex. I do want to mention, however that the commentary seemed out of place if we’re supposed to like the heroine. I know that I’m being picky. Duke wasn’t drunk. But the fact that Willow thought he was drunk and only felt bad after the sex? Nope. I’d call that out in a male character. Women characters should be held to the same standards.

Taking that out of the book, however would leave me with likable characters and a good enough story to entertain me for a few minutes. I do wish this one would have been a little longer. We really weren’t given enough time to see Willow and Duke interact.

My three stars are basically all for Duke. He was a good friend to Charlie in Raiden’s book. He has always been the one character in this series who just seemed likable. And he managed to be the only “manwhore” out of this entire series who also had a personality.