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Passion
by Lisa Valdez
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I have never been more grossed out by descriptions of sex and yet less able to look away. If Lisa Valdez is not the pen name of a cis het man, I hope she has had therapy since 2005, because the misogyny in this goes deeper than Mark’s [redacted]. I never want to read the words boiling, gaping, torrent, moisture or roiling in relation to sex again and suggest some basic human anatomy lessons as a sidecar to this book given the current state of sex education.
On the other hand I have never laughed harder at dirty talk, so there’s that.
The female characters in this book were completely one dimensional and the men were gross. This is not a book you read for the romance, which oddly happens in the last half. The first fifty percent is absolutely bananas, squelchy, bad-idea sex, and it was really fun to read.
On the other hand I have never laughed harder at dirty talk, so there’s that.
The female characters in this book were completely one dimensional and the men were gross. This is not a book you read for the romance, which oddly happens in the last half. The first fifty percent is absolutely bananas, squelchy, bad-idea sex, and it was really fun to read.
Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pregnancy