“I begin to mentally undress her, and not in a sexual way. Ě few paragraphs later he starts looking at her scars and he’s like “Are scarred, too? How much of her body is actually affected?” And I get that it might be a genuine curiosity to see her and wonder how much of her body is affected by the burns, bUT YOU CAN’T JUST ASK SOMEONE THAT OR BLATANTLY FANTASIZE ABOUT UNDRESSING THEM JUST TO SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY ABOUT THEIR DISEASE OR SCARS!!! I literally don’t understand this.IT’S CHAPTER 2 AND YOU’RE ALREADY DICTATING HOW SHE SHOULD DRESS? OH MY FUCKING GOD I WANT TO TEAR THIS BOOK APART ğURTHERMORE, (I’ll stop using caps now bc I feel like I’m wearing it out but please do bear in mind that I’m furious) he literally says “if we’re just going to sit here and stare at each other, it’d be nice if she were showing a little cleavage, instead of wearing this long-sleeved shirt that leaves everything to the imagination.WHAT THE FUCK? HOW IS THAT SEXY OR ROMANTIC FOR A GUY TO BE FANTASIZING ABOUT UNDRESSING A GIRL IN HIS HEAD BARELY TWO MINUTES AFTER THEY MEET? LITERALLY THE ENTIRE FIRST CHAPTER IN BEN’S PERSPECTIVE IS TALKING ABOUT HER BOOBS AND WHAT COLOR UNDERWEAR SHE IS WEARING.Even worse, in this one, the MC has disfiguring scars, which just worsens the fact that Hoover would exploit trauma and burn victims to establish a character trait. I’m tired of every colleen hoover being about a girl with self-confidence issues.STOP TOUCHING HER AND CALLING HER LADYBUG AND BABY. Homeboy (Ben) eavesdrops on a conversation Fallon has with her father in a restaurant, then when she says she hasn’t had a boyfriend, he SLIPS INTO THE BOOTH NEXT TO HER AND PRETENDS TO BE HER BOYFRIEND? WTF THE FUCK? GO SIT BACK AT YOUR OWN TABLE.You could just say you find hygiene important instead of belittling an actual mental illness for a hyperbole. ğallon describes herself as being “obsessive-compulsive” about hygiene.

Therefore, here’s my list of complaints in word format:

Since I was on the plane when I began reading this, I was unable to snapchat vlog how much I hated it. In the aftermath of this apology, I have edited my review for a less hostile tone (and to cut out my overuse of the word 'literally' lol). I'm incredibly grateful for this and you can see my follow-up response in the link above. The ebook and the next printing of November 9 (if one will happen) will have a major edit to update the scene where Ben is touching Fallon without her consent.

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