200 Monas
A tightrope act between high-concept smut and feminist critique ... Saenz doesn’t waste a moment ... Transcends the typical provocations of spicy-pepper-emoji BookTok romance, opting for tense, nasty and perfectly overimaginative prose designed to actually test one’s sensibilities ... Frustratingly, these blistering passages stand in stark contrast to much of the story we’re originally promised, which is too often mired in wooden teen sex comedy dialogue ... I found this strain of humor to be 200 Monas’ biggest stumbling block.
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Opens like a firecracker ... Saenz deserves commendation for her sex writing, which is honest, funny, real, detailed, anatomically correct, and sex positive ... Saenz ups the ante over and over.
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Sharp-witted ... A wild, fun, and moving page-turner.
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