The only reason for the one star is because you can't leave 0, although negative would be more fitting.
The audacity of the author to charge $5.99 each is beyond laughable. The utter ignorance with which a person who died by suicide is spoken about is beyond the pale. The lack of adequate research into such a sensitive subject. The blatant disregard of the importance of mental health. The sheer ignorance of taking on such a subject and not doing it the justice it deserves is shameful.
This trilogy could be told in one book; each of these is barely the length of a novella. There’s no character development, and the storyline itself is a disaster. This should be labeled erotica, and even that’s a stretch considering how cringe-worthy the steamy scenes are. There are so many plot holes that even they have plot holes.
It seemed as though there was a list of ideas, and instead of weeding through them to decide which to use, they were all just tossed in with no rhyme or reason.
BDSM, Club, sharing (it’s implied there’s a reason Sebasian is doing it, to get some answers, but of course nothing ever comes of that) Random daddy talk is tossed around like confetti, and they can’t keep their hands off one another even though they are in a life-or-death situation.
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Then there’s the storyline. She was set on revenge. She blamed Sebastian for the man she loved unaliving himself. There was never really any indication Miles had any feelings for her, and not just that, but she was completely wishy-washy when it came to her vengeance. There really wasn’t anything that made me believe that her vengeance was justified. It didn’t even seem as though she and Miles shared anything other than friendship.
She was like a completely different person than the one we were originally introduced to in Nero’s book. For how protective Nero was of her, why in the world would he even go along with her half-cocked vengeance plot? None of these characters show any sort of development throughout any of the books. They are said to be one way, although nothing they say or do backs it up.
Avery and Sebastian did things that were unforgivable. He had her locked up in a mental institution, and not just that, but it’s one where his sister spent years being mistreated. Then there was Avery, who searched for something to use to destroy Sebastian and ended up taking it to the media. In reality, she didn’t have the full story of the events she had broadcast all over the world. How do you come back from that? There was barely even an apology from either of them for any of the wrongdoings. It was just all forgiven in the blink of an eye, and of course, an earth-shattering "O."
As though there wasn't enough drama, there’s a plane crash. They are in the middle of nowhere in freezing temperatures. *eye roll* Don’t worry, Sebastian has a cabin they can walk to. Avery is injured, and they both act like children, stubborn for the sake of it. Toss in more steamy scenes, and not one deep conversation even hints at the fact that either of them has grown in any way.
Now. My biggest issue is the lack of tact and utter ignorance with which very serious subject matter is depicted. Not once is anything brought up about mental illness, and more is that there is BLAME placed on the person. It was clearly not something that the author did due diligence on researching before adding it to this book. Instead, it was handled with ignorance, no empathy, and not an ounce of tact.
If you are going to tackle heavy topics, keep in mind that the odds are high that someone out there will feel some sort of connection to that topic. Don’t disrespect those who have faced devastation and traumatic events by not doing the topics justice.