really 4.5 stars rounded up to 5
This book has a kink of mine that is very hard to find. I like the man forcing the woman sweetly. I'm not even sure if I can explain properly, but I'll try. Just like all sub-genres, there are several levels of dub-con. I get off on a lot of them, I've got a diverse palette lol. One that is hard to find is when the man is honestly in love with the woman (not creeper love, mind you) but the woman for some odd reason has closed herself off to a relationship, whether because of fear of rejection or hurt, or unconsciously due to relationship history problems. So if the man has any hope of ever getting the love of his life, he has to force himself on her. Yes, technically that's rape, and I'm not trying to romanticize rape, it's an awful thing. But this is fiction and kinks aren't easily explainable.
Bottom line is I adored this book, but I hate that it ended so abruptly. A final chapter showing us her on Tuesday, going back to her regular routine, but now as a girlfriend and how it changes her outlook would've been perfect. Also, there were numerous formatting errors and simple typos, but nothing that killed the story for me. Annoying though, yeah.
Oh boy, I've never been so careful not to put a spoiler in a review.
If there is another one with these two (three) people in it again, I'd read it in a heartbeat.