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<b>Leslie</b>. FMC. 18. Virgin. Daddy issues. Mommy issues. Had no spine, then grew a spine, then got a surgery to remove it. “My core”. “My sex”. 3⭐️

<b>Mason</b>. MMC. 18. Hockey star. Big man on campus. Manwhore. J/P/A. Sadly, he never capitalized on stepbrother dirty talk. A forgettable yandere in a past life. 3⭐️

<b>Summary of Events</b>

The day Mason’s dad gets married is the day Mason sees he’s future wife—only she’s his stepsister.

The day Leslie’s mom gets married is the day she sees her stepbrother—only he’s her nightmare.

At 18, both Mason and Leslie may not like each other as stepsiblings, but with one summer between them, they’ll be off to separate colleges and separate lives in hockey and dance respectively. But Mason’s not the type to let his ache for his stepsister slip away. And when Leslie’s too spineless against her mother to say no to staying in the house while mommy dearest and her rich husband fly off, well…

Here we go with Mason starting shit and Leslie coming in clutch. For every antic Mason did, Leslie would ramp
It up. Of course, there’s some moments of sexual tension between them, but it comes to a head when Mason let’s his on-off girlfriend and best friend strip Leslie naked and have her be nonconsensually photographed.

So Leslie leaves. Not just leaves the house. No. She clears out her room, stays with a friend, and Mason is left realizing he fucked up.

And we love 💃🏾 to see it 🤸🏾‍♀️

And then…the story goes downhill 🙃

Leslie is in NYC for university when, to her surprise, Mason ditched Harvard to join her. He regrets chasing her away and decides pursuing her is his only path. Already, for some reason, he’s big man on campus as a freshman with really no ties to the university.

All right.

Of course, of COURSE, Leslie is distraught! Distraught enough to speak about her core and her sex and not really say or do anything to keep Mason away but instead body betraying everywhere.

Of course.

And of COURSE the stepsiblings are paired on a project about female desire! Of course! 

Mason decides Leslie isn’t folding quick enough, so he drugs her. Mhm. Okay. Love that. And Leslie folds like a bitch in heat. Didn’t like that. And of course, she spills how she’s into her future man being into cuckholding.

…

Well. Okay then?

Something something she wakes up sober and mad something something body betrayal something something—

Okay, so we get to Mason sharing Leslie with Emory (his best friend) for a…blowjob. 

Sigh.

Something something mUh CoRe something something muH sEX something something of course their professor will conveniently give wisdom on the situation something something—

Oh.

That’s it.

<b>End of Summary</b>

This is really a 2⭐️ book. But I have pity on Mason. He could’ve been a great yandere in a manga. So that’s where the extra ⭐️ came from.

<b>HOW MY RATING COULD HAVE INCREASED</b>

1️⃣ <b>Aging up the characters, honestly.</b> I mentally did it and imagined them both as in their third year of university, to give more credence why Mason is oh so popular, and then pretended Mason transferred, which makes him seem even more chaotic. It would also make me believe the “Daddy” situation too and would’ve added a little more interest in Leslie being a virgin. Being 18 and a virgin? Oh wow. So bold. So brave. So inspiring.

2️⃣ <b>Fleshed out cast</b>. We barely got much from Bea or from Leslie’s other newfound friend. Everyone was pretty much one-note. Needed a lot more.

3️⃣ <b>More parental lore</b>. Why did Leslie want to make her mom happy? Don’t tell me, SHOW me. Show me Leslie adoring her mom. Show me Leslie’s mother before she met her new husband. Show me Leslie emotionally supporting her mom. Give some depth to it. So how Mason was abandoned by his father. Add weight to it. Then it makes sense <i>why</i> Leslie’s stupid enough not to leave sooner and why Mason and his father have such s relationship.

4️⃣ <b>Longer impact and aftermath</b>. This was another case of an author wanting badly to skip the important stuff to get to the sex stuff. No. Show me more scenes developing of Leslie and Mason’s pranks and mounting tension. Show me more scenes of Leslie catching interest in a guy and Mason getting pissed. Give me more stepsiblings tension. Show me how distraught Leslie is after being drugged and yanked around. Stop going on about her sex and her core. Give me her emotional turmoil. Don’t do this cheap shit where “oh wow this professor knows EXACTLY what to say so see there’s the solution!” Make things actual obstacles that require thoughtful resolution.

5️⃣ <b>Cuckholding</b>. Do it. Go all in. Have Emory fuck Leslie through penetrative sex. I want to see Leslie have a good time with Emory. Have Mason get jealous. Have him fuck her afterwards, IDGAF. But could’ve had some really good cuckholding. What a shame.

This is a 2⭐️ stepsiblings read but assigned 3⭐️ because Mason’s characterization skeleton would make for a basic yandere. I like yanderes.

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