Jo Watson’s Reviews > Elf Against the Wall > Status Update

Straight up sexual assault. This book needs trigger warnings. “Suddenly his hand shot out, grabbing my neck, holding me in place so he could force his other hand between my legs”. That doesn’t sound like a set up from a rom-com that sounds like something you say to a trauma counselor.

“My heart was thump-tha-thump in my chest”. I get the meaning but I really feel like this line slipped past the author and editor.

I just feel like this author is not for the new too era. Even in books where degradation is a kink that they explore there are better ways to do it. Nobody in the story is upset about the right thing. It almost seems like the parents like the guy more when he talks about their daughter performing o*** s** than when he is “letting” his niceness come out.

This is so similar to the first book just with less mystery.

Page 149 and they even repeat the invoking of Susan B. Anthony as the female relatives drool over the MMC who is so rude that a self respecting woman would never fall for that kind of bad boy schtick. It’s just derogatory.

The only reason I’m going to finish this book is because it’s close to the end of the year and I don’t like leaving things unfinished. Will not finish the series

On page 96. So far this is too similar to the last book.