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Also ALSO the scene people hold issue with I’ve seen in other books with no pushback (bc it was clear nonverbal communication but whatever). I think there’s an instinct people have to punish women of colour in books. It’s almost gleeful the way people do it.

Lots of reviews on this book are punitive and also have a very limited view of sexuality and consent imo. Like you have to start somewhere messy to get somewhere good, and there is something to be said about non-verbal cues being important in romance. I think the more romance I read the more annoyed I get with punitive readers.

The thing about this book is I’m kind of obsessed with the push and pull of their dynamic. Of a romance starting with sex, then hate sex, then working backwards to regard the ways they’ve misunderstood each other.

She’s so heinous and I fear I’m a bit turned on by that? Much to consider