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A review by iam
Up in Flames by Eden Finley, Saxon James
3.0
While this was by no means a bad romance, the fact that the one big "outside conflict" that the romantic relationship had to fight being an abusive relationship, that one characters is still in at the beginning of the book, made this a bit too heavy for me. While there is plenty of sass and lightheartedness, the abusive parts were not easy to read.
There is also unresolved trauma outside of the abusive relationship, and the timeline of the romance also felt a bit iffy, though I guess there was nothing overtly wrong with it.
Overall this just felt a bit anxiety inducing to me, especially the added aspect of social media and how the characters dealt with that - or rather, didn't deal with that, which, honestly, probably the best way to go about it.
Content warnings include: being left at the altar, abusive relationship (not the main one), gaslighting, death threats, manipulation, car crash, death of unnamed side characters; mentions of: burning, death of sibling, family abandonment.
There is also unresolved trauma outside of the abusive relationship, and the timeline of the romance also felt a bit iffy, though I guess there was nothing overtly wrong with it.
Overall this just felt a bit anxiety inducing to me, especially the added aspect of social media and how the characters dealt with that - or rather, didn't deal with that, which, honestly, probably the best way to go about it.
Content warnings include: being left at the altar, abusive relationship (not the main one), gaslighting, death threats, manipulation, car crash, death of unnamed side characters; mentions of: burning, death of sibling, family abandonment.