dnf-ing at 14%, I only started reading this because I heard there was a scene in it that could make this book my cruel summer book pick for my Taylor Swift song/book spreadsheet (apparently the couple have a secret relationship or something like that) HOWEVER. I don't really need or want to read a romance book between a girl who got r*ped  and a guy who is friend of the r*pist and said guy also accused her of lying about it??? tbf it actually isn't as bad as it sounds cause he was like 14 when it happened and didn't really understand and just went along with it pbut like still that is actually still very bad??????  the bar is just so low that's why it's not as bad???? also if this book wasn't pitched as a romance maybe I could have enjoyed it (like of this was meant to like explore this guy overcoming his prejudice and really looking into himself and that being the primary focus of the book) I could have really enjoyed this but also wtf.

the only reason why he ends up realising that maybe he's wrong and she did tell the truth is cause he sees that she has a kid from the r*pe and he's like damn she's a good mother and didn't abort the kid which means that she's a good person (I'm afriad that if I kept reading there also might be more pro-life propaganda 🙄🙄) and before that he has that thought process of maybe she isn't lying he FIRST thinks that she got knocked up by someone else then accused his friend so that she could get money for it???? tf?? and then she doesn't wanna be his friend again cause obviously, and she's like he only wants to talk to me to appease his guilt and her mum is like "honey.. you should accept his apology instead of beinghung up on this and being sad, it's a bad example for your daughter" um girl???????

maybe this is realistic or whatever but if I reads romance I've got to actually like both of the characters as wile this is definitely WAY better than it would have been and made the love interest Ia total total dick, it doesn't matter cause this story didn't really need to get made in the first place, not personally the things and to escape into a romance ://// no thank you