DID NOT FINISH!!!
Well, my first DNF of the year.
Trigger warnings for this book are SEXUAL conversations, BRUTAL murder, and DRUG usage.
I felt peer pressured to read CC. I bought it, and began it yesterday, got 7 chapters in, and DETESTED it.
As a Christian, I hated that they used "GD" in the chapters. I hated the drug usage, and I didn't like the fact that the romance was between FAMILY, not even step family, BLOOD family.
BEWARE of this book if you can't tolerate these topics.
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