This was so fucking good! A genuinely compelling story AND 100% consensual, intimate smut that doesn’t overwhelm the plot. There are lots of very dark themes (TW for like… everything) but at the center of it all is the complicated, desperate, unshakable love between Chris and Max. In a story that is so steeped in violence, they manage to be an absolute green flag couple. Nathan and Shawn give us an older, established gay couple, too. It’s so good. SO GOOD. I would’ve loved side stories but I’m okay with how it ended, too.
But seriously so many TWs. Violence, murder, drug use, child abuse, human experimentation, brainwashing, gaslighting, sexual assault, rape, even a little incest thrown in for funsies. Every scene with Ethan made me ill. A few scenes in particular will stick with me in the worst way, like the boy stumbling down the sidewalk and Tom’s “help me” flashback. JFC. If you know, you know.
Translation can be rough until the officials start, but hang in there. The official is currently on T*ppyt**n if you have the means to support the author.
This was so fucking good! A genuinely compelling story AND 100% consensual, intimate smut that doesn’t overwhelm the plot. There are lots of very dark themes (TW for like… everything) but at the center of it all is the complicated, desperate, unshakable love between Chris and Max. In a story that is so steeped in violence, they manage to be an absolute green flag couple. Nathan and Shawn give us an older, established gay couple, too. It’s so good. SO GOOD. I would’ve loved side stories but I’m okay with how it ended, too.
But seriously so many TWs. Violence, murder, drug use, child abuse, human experimentation, brainwashing, gaslighting, sexual assault, rape, even a little incest thrown in for funsies. Every scene with Ethan made me ill. A few scenes in particular will stick with me in the worst way, like the boy stumbling down the sidewalk and Tom’s “help me” flashback. JFC. If you know, you know.
Translation can be rough until the officials start, but hang in there. The official is currently on T*ppyt**n if you have the means to support the author.