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A review by sueread2030
Muted by S.E. Green
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I am on a binge read of S.E Green books cause I finally found another RH author I can vibe with
3.5🌟stars: good but not great
⚜ rating 🌟🌟🌟🔅
⚜Genre: Contemporary Romance
⚜Theme: RH Thriller Romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adults
⚜Characters: Susu (Suzannah), Vavcs, Chester, Theo
⚜Representation: mental disorder (selective mutism)
⚜Pace: medium
⚜TW: child abandonment, stalking, murder, kidnapping, violence,
⚜ tropes: Why-choose, falsely accused, grovel
⚜ POV: multiple first-person
⚜ spice 🌶🌶🌶🌶
⚜standalone: yes
⚜Ending: HEA
⚜Book read: KU
Suzannah suffers tremendous trauma as a child, so she goes into the mentality of selective mutism (please read about it. This is not a light matter). She works as a book accountant and pianist at Chester's bar and develops a crush on the three guys working there.
Susu (as they call her) has a dark secret, someone is after her.
misunderstanding happens that leads to Susu being harmed. The guys grovel for a bit and all is well
I was feeling discomfort at the way Selective Mutism was handled. I personally worked with a student who had that and I had to read a lot on the matter and contact a therapist to know the correct way to approach such a student. I cannot tell you why this situation bothered me but something felt off.
Susu forgave Chester easily. I think we needed more work on the grovel.
I liked that Susu is not that perfect character. She made a mistake and owned it, but it was a stupid mistake and it shouldn't have been done in the first place.
Though the book is over 500 pages, I still felt that it was rushed.
but it was a good read
3.5🌟stars: good but not great
⚜ rating 🌟🌟🌟🔅
⚜Genre: Contemporary Romance
⚜Theme: RH Thriller Romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adults
⚜Characters: Susu (Suzannah), Vavcs, Chester, Theo
⚜Representation: mental disorder (selective mutism)
⚜Pace: medium
⚜TW: child abandonment, stalking, murder, kidnapping, violence,
⚜ tropes: Why-choose, falsely accused, grovel
⚜ POV: multiple first-person
⚜ spice 🌶🌶🌶🌶
⚜standalone: yes
⚜Ending: HEA
⚜Book read: KU
Suzannah suffers tremendous trauma as a child, so she goes into the mentality of selective mutism (please read about it. This is not a light matter). She works as a book accountant and pianist at Chester's bar and develops a crush on the three guys working there.
Susu (as they call her) has a dark secret, someone is after her.
misunderstanding happens that leads to Susu being harmed. The guys grovel for a bit and all is well
I was feeling discomfort at the way Selective Mutism was handled. I personally worked with a student who had that and I had to read a lot on the matter and contact a therapist to know the correct way to approach such a student. I cannot tell you why this situation bothered me but something felt off.
Susu forgave Chester easily. I think we needed more work on the grovel.
I liked that Susu is not that perfect character. She made a mistake and owned it, but it was a stupid mistake and it shouldn't have been done in the first place.
Though the book is over 500 pages, I still felt that it was rushed.
but it was a good read