JJ

Wasn't sure I'd like it at first since degradation kink is so not my thing, and Cole is a walking red flag, but I like where the author took their relationship. I do feel like it all happened in too short a time span though. The progression of their feelings and their personal growth would've been more believable over a longer period of time.

Really enjoyed the suspense throughout this book with David and Lysander trying to survive, though fair warning, it ends on a cliffhanger. This book is the first in a trilogy.

I love how much of a leftist David is, and how much his rants annoy Lysander.

I do find the premise a bit hard to believe for the simple fact that the 1% relies on the lower classes for slave labor because there's too much they're unwilling to do themselves. They cannot live their lives of convenience without the labor of those they view as less-than. They are very dumb (as Trump and his ilk have proven) but I don't think they're dumb enough to kill off the source of the benefits they enjoy. Force them to live in misery and squalor separately from them, yes. But completely kill off all of them across the entire planet? If they did that, they'd have to decide who among the elite are the new lower class to do all the grunt work.

So. Much. Crying.

It was truly ridiculous how much these boys cried. They also had the emotional maturity of toddlers, so I guess it fits.

The dialogue was also pretty cringe and OTT. Not my cup of tea.