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The Fortress by S.A. Jones
4.0

This book was fascinating. It was kind of weird and definitely out of my comfort zone, but I wound up loving it and would highly recommend to anyone interested in dystopians that deal with sexism or the dynamics of consent.

One thing I really loved was that the discussion of consent wasn't black and white. It was really nuanced, where characters could say yes but feel violated by the sex, or characters thinking that if it's technically not rape then there's no moral issue. There was a lot of real discussion and growth and I adored it.

I did struggle a bit with the depiction of sex. It was incredibly graphic and made me uncomfortable, but I also feel like that was kind of the point. It just wasn't my favorite thing.

On a whole, this was fantastic and I can't recommend it enough.