The Unrequited

"I wanted to DNF so badly...<br/><br/>Could not wait for this underwhelming, uninteresting book to end..."

"Loved this book. The characters were quirky but they fit and overall it was an amazing story of accepting all of someone and loving all of someone. They weren’t perfect people but they fit with one another. It has been my favorite read this year. "

"<br/><br/> I am on stalker lane with a significant book hangover. Saffron Ken’t writing is always so flawless and flows effortlessly from page to page. <br/><br/>I love books with a ton of Gray with taboo, and this book delivered that plus more. Let start by saying this book is going to be hard for me to write a review. I cried about 40% of this book because it was just so raw and emotional. <br/><br/> I fell in love with Layla from the very beginning, a toured soul brushed off by her family because of past action from lashing out because of her emotional pain. The girl is crazy, witty, obsessed, and a stalker. She put several smiles on my face. Now add Thomas, Poet, professor Alpha asshole, one of the best dirty talkers, tortured, and in a loveless marriage. Let me tell you when these two together will set anyone on fire. <br/><br/>I felt their pain and every single one of their emotions. It was well worth being on their journey. I love the taboo, forbidden factor in this book. All though not for everyone, it is for me. The book checked off all my boxes, and I highly recommend this book."

"<img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/SRrOYXNffvPtrE742h/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47aelck1vujx5704n4cnjturh28rn9jok1isi7psx9&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g"/> Hi God. It's me again. <p> I tried, I really tried. I read two of her books in the spam of three days and I never thought I'd say this but she made me wish I was<i> illiterate. </i><p> I didn't think anyone could ruin my favorite trope for me. I thought teacher-student was the easiest thing to NOT mess up. I am not going to be completely ungrateful, after reading two of her books that had EXACTLY the same recipe, I sort of knew what to expect. <p> She starts really well, her writing flows ok, she gets you interested and compared to her heroine in Medicine Man, Layla was bearable. Layla only mentioned she likes Lana Del Ray 10 times and not 300. Baby steps, you know? I was <i>proud</i>. Thomas was a dick. You know me, I love a toxic man. Things were going well. She brings you all the way to the top, 50% with an intriguing plot, an easy writing, two characters with good tension between them and then...<p>she pushes you into the deepest layer of the 7th hell. <img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/Lopx9eUi34rbq/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47wr73bml3a9ysogv9ao97emibnr6swzn9d64xatfx&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g"/> <p> Let me start with how ambitious her female characters are. Real relatable girls, who not only love harry potter and lana del ray but also know exactly what they want in life. It's refreshing, authentic. Willow's biggest dream in Medicine Man was to (and I quote) <i> "one day suck his cock no matter what" </i> and I think that's beautiful. <p> Layla, on the other hand, would do anything <i>"for him to MAKE HER A GROWN UP"</i>. Implying that she is a <b>child</b> and her teacher needs to have s*x with said child to make her grow up. <img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/BDR1mBATNNgeQ/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e470j4ok1ovtlmj9d1x042ard5i7999wnfhs6nspdzx&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g"/> <p> Layla is also such an insightful young lady. After her Professor asked her why was she such a c*ck-hungry girl? She recognizes his talents and thinks to herself: <b>"HE IS SUCH A POET".<b> <p> I am not joking. You can't make this **** up. I can't forget to mention that she also got a tattoo for her professor and the tattoo would burn in his absence, because that is 100% how tattoos work and our girl has super-powers. X-men should hire this bitch. <p> You're going to tell me, hold on, Julia, now you're just being nit-picky. Ok... Let's talk about the real stuff. 70% of the book, Layla was so unbelievably whiny, desperate, needy and kept coming back to his toxic ass so many f*cking times that if I had a daughter like her, I'd drown her. <p>Also, what is it with Saffron and the child fixation? Thomas says in one of his inner dialogues <i>"Laya IS A CHILD."</i> Every single one of her characters talks and behaves like a child and this is a kink <b> I WILL SHAME. </b><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/CycIvRahkUp0Y/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47nx9fzml84hymrlw618xjop4ce5dl5d10xdn3bl99&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g"/> Because it's not a kink, it's a felony. <p> I don't have time for this, so here are the most absurd honorable mentions: <p> She asks a MAN, OUT LOUD, right before she is about to bl*w him if he knows about the "white stuff" she is going to make come out of him. <i>"You know the stuff that's salty and slippery?". </i>No, Layla. A 30 year old man has no memory of what comes out of his ***** when he **********.<p> <img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/xT0BKmtQGLbumr5RCM/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47yizzqn3zhsgkvp2rmocsvwovr4y392zgci604jet&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g"/> <p> Thomas was married with a kid. <p>Now he is divorced with two kids, since he is raising Layla. <p> Tight, little, stretch, winking and hole were words that were used in the same sentence constantly and that made me wanna k!ll myself. <p> Again, the most lucid character in this book was a secondary one, who had the decency to say: <i>"Congratulations, Professor Abrams. You're both an incompetent teacher and a pathetic human being"</i> and the book should have ended there. <p>I could go on forever, but I will not. This is probably my last saffron book, I will read another one once I run out of content to make people laugh.<p> <i>Follow me on instagram if you want live reactions of books I read: <b>@entirelybonkerz </b><p><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/COAg7vjpWW8Ja/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e478codtfeyjfykfliasxcmy1euqxuyfwxfrwnk59uf&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g/>"