So clearly there is something wrong with me but that’s for my therapist to dissect. This book has been on my tbr for years and I was so scared of it cause everyone said it was really bad and filled with incest. In legality terms maybe, in blood terms… no. Yes there’s some pretty taboo themes and questionable choices at times but I think we all need to remember that this isn’t reality. We are stepping into another world where things may not be as black and white as the pages of the book. This book is set up really well and as with most of this author’s works it has substance (as opposed to what all those one stat reviewers say). There is a plot and it’s actually pretty heartbreaking most of the time. I think the people reviewing low either bypass the trigger warnings or think they can handle more than they actually can. I liked the relationships Tiernan formed with Jake, Noah, and Kaleb. I think each of them had such distinct personalities that it almost felt like reading multiple books at once with one overarching plot. Almost like Devil’s Night but with the same fmc of course. I was in such a reading slump the past few weeks but I read this book super fast, and when I wasn’t reading I was thinking about what was gonna happen next. I don’t recommend reading before you’ve read the trigger warnings, I didn’t read them but I also haven’t been triggered by a book in the past and I’ve read much worse than this. Again that’s a problem for my therapist that I will not likely address. All the love, always <3

read this in 2023 on my way to work and back, read it in such a short amount of time. The writing style was easy to read which made me finish this book quickly which that's why I gave it 1/5, a lot of books slow my reading down due to sale of the writing and the pace but not this one other that I hated it. it was basically a family fucking each other, she started thinking her 'uncle' was hot (they aren't related I think) I still see it as some what incest-y. She was young I think 17 didn't turn 18 and they all had eyes for her already, she kept saying she will be turning 18 soon so it's excuse me ?. They acted like cave men and that was said multiple times due to them living in the woods secluded from everyone else, walking around shirtless and bhave very possive towards like she's property which gave me the ick like how is that hot?.Again she's the youngest and they are sharing her, first uncle, then a threesome with both brothers, then she chooses to be with the worst brother who SA'd her and I just don't like him what so ever. The fact that people consider this romance is wild, what is romance about this?. It's inappropriate as the 'uncle' you should never touch a 17 year old let alone some who calls you 'uncle', she kept calling him uncle while they were getting together and while they were flirting. The man she choose is mute therefore a lot of people excuse he's behaviour by saying he doesn't know how to communicate and he's trauma, I'm sorry just because your mute and traumatised does not mean you get to treat people like shit and SA them no thank you.