coral reviewed The Boss by Abigail Barnette
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3 stars
Mara Wilson was right: this series is better in every way than the Christian Grey books.
The protagonist does some idiotic and annoying things, sure, but overall she's funny, mostly likable, and not totally spineless. The writing is 100% better. The sex scenes are better, too. There's way less chance of someone ending up in the hospital because they are "inspired by" these than it seemed like there was with the Shades of Grey series—like, I'm pretty sure Abigail Barnette actually read a book on BDSM before writing these, probably more than one; she is a far more authoritative source than EL James.
And, most importantly, consent is a real concept to everyone in the series. It matters.