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This book is already out on the shelves. Let me know what you think in the comments.

 When I started this book, I was a little thrown off. I didn’t expect such a gritty thriller. It took me a minute to get into it, took me another minute to understand the characters. The author jumps immediately into the action with absolutely no backstory. Which is not a negative thing, for me. I enjoy the splash into cold water, jumping straight into the action and just go with the flow trusting that the author will reveal what needs to be revealed when the time is right. 

Where I’m left a little confused is the question constantly going around and round in my head, is this a thriller or some creepy romance? Or are we making a some sort of statement?

You can’t talk about this book without talking about all the spicy scenes. The spice in this book is absolutely niche. Some might love it, for me, it made me uncomfortable. Actually the entire romance made me uncomfortable. Yes, he lived in the woods and you could assume has a fit body due to his lifestyle. Yes, nobody knows how they are going to grow up and some people are just blessed with great genetics. Yes, the logic that somebody has a nice body and a nice face, does not mean that we should all have sex with them. Maybe this will come off judgey but I feel my initial reaction to someone with an eighth grade level intelligence would not be to rip their clothes off and have animal style sex with them. I felt very uncomfortable that anytime he didn’t know a word for something that Harper was getting all hot and bothered.

What is really sad about it, is there are some really great aspects of this book. This book could have been about a boy getting thrust into the wilderness as a child and having to survive in the cold/the wild. A kind woman gets involved in his discovery and helps him assimilate to society. Would’ve been a really great book. A lot of unique situations happened. That is also what the synopsis is making this book’s genre fall under.

The author went multiple different directions.

I could forgive the first spicey scene, maybe. After the second and third, I was pushed over the edge. I was left too uncomfortable. 

Honestly, this was a three star book already as I was reading.

I will leave you with this, call it a “trigger warning” or a yellow flag … If you are uncomfortable with extremely descriptive words about sex, this book isn’t for you. If you are uncomfortable with Tarzan style sexual fetishes, this book isn’t for you.

Amazon Link – Unwanted By: Mia Sheridan

_{***Thank you to Sourcebooks Bloom Books, NetGalley and of course, the author Mia Sheridan for a  copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Publishing in July 9, 2024.}