Purity: A Friends-to-Lovers College Romance

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Honestly, this book just makes me feel seen. Seriously, reading this story was therapeutic because it reflects many of my own experiences being raised in an evangelical home and the journey I found myself on during college to unlearn those toxic beliefs and form my own. I honestly am so happy Skyler wrote this story because so many of us women have been negatively affected by purity culture and it’s lovely seeing Livvy embark on her own path to healing and discovery. 💕

Purity: A Friends-to-Lovers College Romance eBook : Mason Purity: A Friends-to-Lovers College Romance eBook : Mason

My only real complaint is the story pacing feels a little off and the ending is definitely rushed. The giveaway epilogue really needs to be part of the storyline to pull it all together. A Jane Bennet style FMC whose tragic flaw is that she gives too much of herself and doesn't ask for what she wants. Watching her overcome this is SO satisfying! I believe my definition of "kinky" and BookTok's definition have a bit of a... difference of opinion. From puritanical virgin to primal sex kitten, Livvy’s story has allowed me expand the repertoire of smut I’ve consumed into a realm I could have lived without knowing existed. I understand that for this main chracter, she needed to rebel and go outside the scope of her usual life. I understand that, and I can respect that. My issue is that she forced herself to do things that she didn't necessarily seem comfortable with, and I'm not sure I like the message that sends. But, I digress. My issue had nothing to do with her purity contract and her commentary on purity culture. I appreciated the refreshing honesty that purity culture IS toxic.

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You would think, the whole set-up of them being really good friends and him always being protective but no he is so annoying. Now.. if H would NOT had romantic or lust feelings for h for years, or would have been celibate or SUPER discrete about it.. i would have liked him .. maybe. Why does he has to be so open and in everybody face about his manho ways?

Purity: A Friends-to-Lovers College Romance eBook : Mason

Basically she is a Christian girl who realizes that she need a change in the way she is livin her live. So far fine. So she make a to do list with impure things se wants to do within 3 months. What I do know is that, as someone who isn’t particularly religious, this book must be the devil incarnate bc it almost sent me to church. I’m not sure even holy water could cleanse the images eternally burned into my dungeon of a mind. If you can look past how double standards major man-ho H is and how it is brought up SO SO many times .. then it is okay book. h says to H when they are young, that she would date ONLY christian. And ofc H is ruled out. So they both pine for each other. Over the last year h has second thoughts... and decides she can date a NON christian. BookTok did this to me. I'm not sure why it chose to do me this way or what I may have done to warrant this sort of treatment but nonetheless, here I am. Again.I shouldn't be saying this about my book babies, but Purity is by far my favorite of all of them. I wrote this book from the depth of my soul. I had to dive into my religious trauma, bathe in it for a while, and then let my characters speak it out of me in a way that often took me by surprise. And then when they finally had sex, she throw to his face that she loves him and they should had a relationship, and when he said no because it wont work, She just tell him they couldn't be friends anymore! because he broke her heart! And leave the house! ¡Ten minutes after telling him she loved him! Naked! Yes naked!! But when I tell Cole my request, his reaction is not what I expect. He’s furious and over-the-top protective. He won’t touch me, but apparently no one else can either? It doesn’t make any sense. I just felt like I was missing something- because although the writing wasn't necessarily bad, the story was just really surface-level. And when considering the fact that there wasn't really a plot behind this book, that just didn't make sense to me. I can deal with it not being super spicy as long as the story is good. Unfortunately... these two protagonists like the sound of their own voices more than I did.

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I've been in love with Cole Walker since the first day he walked into class and sat beside me. How could I not? Six foot five, gorgeous, and a sweetheart to boot. He's charming enough to get any girl he wants.I didn't appreciate that it switched out one toxic way of thinking for another. It's okay that she chose to have sex before marriage. I make no judgement there. But, with the way that it is discussed, it makes it sound like any person who did grow up in purity culture and still choses to abstain from sex until marriage is somehow less evolved in their faith and still buying in to toxic thought processes. It isn't always about that. Sometimes it is a personal choice not bred from shame but instead a decision for oneself. It doesn't have to have anything to do with your "future spouse". You can make the decision for you and someone who does so should not be shamed and pitied for "buying into a toxic culture". I’ve been in love with Cole Walker since the first day he walked into class and sat beside me. Who could blame me? Six foot five, gorgeous, and a sweetheart to boot. He’s charming enough to get any girl he wants.