Stefa

I loved this story and would give it 5/5 if not for the sex scenes - the humiliation kink and all of that was not what was wrong with them but the utter lack of intimacy and the way of writing that either lacked emotions or the emotions that were portrayed weren't convincing, I felt as if I was reading a manual instead of a sex scene between 2 characters :(

This was really great. And I would kill for a book from Calder's perspective

The world building was nonexistent, relationship between Wyn and Danny was shallowly portrayed, and there were a few big editing shortcomings. It had potential but felt written hastily and underdeveloped. Generally had a feel of mediocre fan fiction. I have it 3 stars instead of 2 because I didn't really hate it, I enjoyed some moments, even cried some but it was still very disappointing, worth reading only because I don't have any better options rn. I hope other books in this series will be better.

It's one of the best books I've read and also one of my favorites.
The only minus for me was that at the beginning their days in Qi-Katai seemed too long, otherwise I loved everything.

This book got 1 star because of how it made me feel which is so damn frustrated. You soo can tell that this book is written by a white straight woman... The action of main character mostly - being weak minded and just simply blank...the only thing characteristic for him is that he likes music. Seriously I felt as if I read mediocre Wattpad novel in terms of characters development.
Apart from that there were these small things that indicated that author doesn't know the lgbtq community well, and what's it like to be a gay man. Like pushing main characters to give a closeted guy a chance. It's not easy to date someone who is not out, but a guy who pretend you don't exist and have no real prospects of coming out or changing his behavior soon and hangs out with homophobic guys is on an entirely different level. It's totally okay if someone doesn't want to date a closeted guy and yet author thinks they (closeted guys) should be given a chance because maybe they don't have it easy. Relationship it's not a thing you have to have to feel good, on the contrary you shouldn't be in a relationship just to feel good. If someone is this closeted and surrounded by homophobia by their choice they are not ready for a relationship. And NO ONE should be encouraged to be in a relationship with this kind of person. And that, besides main character persona, annoyed me the most.
I'm really disappointed by this book, I thought it would give me a good time but I wasn't even able to finish it as it just felt as a waste of time and nerves.