S B's Reviews > Crush on Your Brother's Best Friend

*spoliers* It was like

Watching a train wreck. Eden's behavior at the beginning of the book. You saw it coming, you wanted to look away, but you couldn't.

Everyone tried to warn her. But she was too stubborn and foolish to listen. And it's heartbreaking what it cost her. (She may not have said it was rape, but she didn't enthusiastically consent. And that is rape.)

This author has absolutely no problems dealing with big issues in her books. It's nice that she doesn't shy away from them, but I feel like they aren't very well explored either.

What Marshall did to Eden was horrible. We saw the aftermath. We saw her hide, and we knew that from the first book too. But she didn't really grow. She suppressed. And that kind of trauma isn't going to go away. Also, the author pushed the limits of consensual sex, but didn't even touch pregnancy and STDs. I feel like that's just not practical. Was Eden already on a contraception? Did Marshall use a condom? How was Eden not concerned about this? It just doesn't make sense that there wasn't any thoughts on this from Eden. Or Dylan. I mean, he knew enough to consider the hospital.

There's a lot of heartbreak in this one. It gets a HEA, but not easily.

I gave it only 3 stars because I really feel like the author should have included thoughts on pregnancy/STDs. Even counseling for Eden. It feels disingenuous to leave that out.