K_B_Bloom
This story needs trigger warnings!!! There is constant rape of the male lead, heavy abuse, forced mating and forced pregnancy. Although i can appreciate a super dark ABO and twisted prostitution stories I only feel frustrated reading this. I think the bad things happening to the male lead could be avoided if he actually behaved like someone who has been through what he has been through. Just bc you are used to abuse doesn’t mean you stop caring abt the consequences of your actions and start living like a naive idiot. A strong character learns from past mistakes. It‘s painful to read bc the constant bad decisions feel like a cover up for plot devices being thrown in ML’s path to keep his fate extra miserable. And his friends look away when it counts, i don‘t get it, they are always there to console him but never really to prevent shit from happening. Sometimes all they need to do is talk to him but they don’t! I dunno, i bet the author had other intentions but at around chapter 50 I now feel like everybody (even the good guys by not doing anything) messed up so bad that it’s unfixable - some things just remain unforgivable no matter what. especially when we‘re talking trauma. if certain things are fixed or looked over it would feel wrong. But the story slowly deconstructs its own main character and LIs to deliver plot. I honestly hoped this was abt overcoming fate but the flow of the story is so ambivalent that i don‘t see it happening - honestly ML acts like he wants to be taken advantage of so i don‘t even care anymore if he reunites with his rapist 😪 i don‘t want to read a story i stopped caring about, just for the thrill of reading what happens next. I tried to like this story but i give up. Sorry this review is so long but i just had the urge to warn some people who read the beginning in hope for a wholesome ending... To the author i‘d like to say this is a good start for a dark Abo, i’ve read far far worse. please don‘t take this as discouragement. I think you tried to deliver a self destructing but strong character and everyone has their own opinion on which behaviour is believable or not. it’s also really hard to choose every detail right when incorporating it into a romance plot with big twists.
When I first got on web novel, this was the first book I read and I love it! This is a story I can relate to and see that it revolves around Will and his problems with Abuse and Rape. As a person who has gone through physical and verbal abuse, along with Sexual assault. This story has lifted my spirits so much UwU Will is the me I wish and know I can be in life and I'm glad like him, I have friends who are Family to me who see me not for my past, but for my present self
I really gotta say I do not know how to feel about this novel. I honestly just searched for something exciting with a bit of BL and explicit content in it and stumbled upon this one. While sometimes some things are a bit hard to imagine and abstract I really gotta say I genuinely like the characters, the pacing as well as the world built around them. I was really not expecting that and was well more than surprised! The timeskip I felt like was well implemented and the character progression of Will actually surprised me how well it was carried out. Thank you, it was a great read!