Queen B’s Decree: I’ve been sitting on this review for a while. While I mostly enjoyed So Wrong, I had issues with Hunter and was hoping for a redemption arc in So Real.
That did not happen. Hunter is manipulative, narcissistic, selfish, and purposefully cruel. And then has the audacity to act as if she’s the victim.
I felt like I was reading a psychological text describing abusive relationships throughout So Real. She has continually abused Greedy (the only good character) but then gets sad when he no longer wants to be around her. She’s abused Greedy so much that he apologizes for his very valid reaction, because he hurt her fee fees.
And don’t get me started on the BDSM and M/M. They felt so out of place, like they were just added for shock value.
So Real truly made me reflect on what I love about the why choose genre. And what I love is the togetherness, the family, the equality of all the members. It’s not when Person A decides she wants to have multiple people and forces the others to accept her choices. Most contemporary why choose stories include a lot of communication and a willingness for a poly relationship. What happens here is Hunter deciding she wants to be with whomever she wants and you either accept it or you’re judging her and wrong.
At the end of the day, I think I have to just accept that not all books are for me, despite still being obsessively in love with Abby’s Boys of Lake Chapel series. No one can compare to you, Stats Daddy.
Book: So Real by Abby Millsaps
Series: Boys of South Chapel #2
Genre: College, New Adult
Hotness: hot salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: why choose