i'm not even the annoying puritan type that needs everything to be morally correct in my yaoi or whatever. this was just genuinely bad on every level. maybe some of ray's internal musings about his own morality were compelling at times, and i did like that the story acknowledged the son as the neglected child he was rather than an evil supervillain, but...wow. go girl, give us nothing.
fugly, boring top. i'd seriously take an old man or the ml's kid or fuck even the mc's brother as the top over this genuinely hideous (to me) man. mildly interesting bottom but he's god's favorite child apparently so he sucked up all the interesting bits the others could've had, and that's not even much.
lots of potential, with none of it met. i'd say this really is the pinnacle of "potential man". could've been an actually dark and fascinating read but i swear there's nothing about this that even justifies all the mediocre and unrealized plot you have to trudge through for quite literally 0 pay off. i mean, i seem to be alone in finding the art not very appealing, so if you're into this artstyle i Guess??? you could find joy in it. and i read the first few smut scenes, but they weren’t my thing so i skipped the rest.
jeez, and i usually love size difference, age gap, toxic/abusive dynamics...the whole works. this was supposed to be my moment for real.
i'm a freak and i don't like this. just remember that. even this freak who almost exclusively reads mindless slop and deranged smut on the weekends thinks this was ass.
this was awful