We’ve got the nerd genius (Kai), the brave ringleader (Nox), the brooding artist (Jett), and the happy-go-lucky optimist (Ruin). On the romance side: It’s a reverse harem setup but unfortunately all the characters except maybe Lily are flat. And let’s definitely forget about how serious levels of violence are committed with many witnesses, and not only is Lily seemingly fine with this, but apparently the police are too. Let’s forget about how everyone at this college talks and behaves like they’re auditioning for Mean Girls. Let’s forget about the girl being in a mental hospital yet no one ever told her what she was committed for, which is ludicrous. It’s like fanfiction mixed with self-insert wish fulfillment. Add extra ew factor bc they watched her grow up from 6-13 but are immediately attracted to her now that she’s older. We’ve got such #deep lines as “My heart swelled almost as much as my dick” and “Art was pure feeling, and anyone who didn’t get that could suck my balls.” And ofc the typical YA male MCs with their white knighty insta-love for Lily, even though her only discernible personality traits are ‘frogs’ and ‘blonde’. “Dick-sickle”? “Douche-nozzle”? Except with a few sex scenes interspersed I have no idea why it’s not in the teen section. And technically it is those things, but the execution is terrible. But then I remember it’s marketed as a supernatural ADULT romance, which I usually love. I’m hesitant to give this a bad rating because I wonder if I wasn’t the target audience. Mild spoilers but not much worse than the blurb itself.
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