As a longtime fan of Tricia Levenseller, I am so honored to read an arc of hers! This story was built upon feminine rage and is set in a world where the patriarchy is flipped on its head. Not only is there political intrigue but there is tension and spice. Tricia does both of these things so well in YA (minus the spice) so I am so glad I got to read her first adult book that really detailed all of the spice…!

This book is like nothing I have ever read before. It is full of female rage and revenge.
I loved the unique storyline so much and I honestly wish it was longer.
I love the premise of the world being ruled by females, and that the men were there just to satisfy the women and were babe not looked at as having any type of power over the women or themselves.
The ending was wrapped up nicely but I hope we get more.
Please check trigger warnings!

I hate to say it but this was just not for me at all. I’ve enjoyed the author’s earlier work, but this felt more like someone was conducting an exercise than telling a story. An exercise in torture, for both me and the characters, and an object lesson from the author who only wants to rage at men. And this is from someone with no triggers who reads a LOT of questionable romance and enjoys them.

Styled in response to the misogyny of our real world, in this fictional one the FMC comes from a kingdom where women rule, men have no rights, and sexual coercion, rape, grooming, and punishment are the norm. I get it. The real world sucks. But the alternative is not this revenge porn. I just didn’t enjoy it. Some readers might, but it’s not for me.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and MacMillian for the ARC

This was my most anticipated release in 2025, by one of my most favorite authors in her debut into adult fantasy and I’m so happy to announce that not only was I not disappointed, but I LOVEDDDDDD IT! I enjoyed Tricia Levenseller’s YA books and have often thought that she would be absolutely KILLER at writing smut scenes and that together, she would be be unstoppable and yeah, I’m happy to say that I was right! This is everything I wanted it to be and more and I can’t wait for more people to read it so that I can discuss ALLLL my thoughts!

THE PREMISE: Olerra is competing with her cousin to be the crown princess of Amarra when she thinks of the perfect idea to win over the nobles, participate in the oldest tradition of their court, stealing a husband. Samos is the crown prince of Brutus and firmly under the thumb of his father the king, when he is mistaken for his brother and kidnapped by Olerra he is crudely awakened to what it feels like to be a woman in a man’s world. Will their hearts open to each other as plots from each other’s home seek to drive them apart?

MY THOUGHTS:

“She, too, was excited by the prospect of having a man in her life, but she knew it would also be a lot of work. Especially if that man was a Brute.”

First of all, I absolutely loved the world Tricia Levenseller created! We have two drastically different kingdoms at the center of the story, Amarra and Brutus, yet at their core is a very similar dynamic. One gender is held in a higher regard than the other. Brutus is the typical dynamic that often mirrors our own, women are treated as weaker, lesser, and often used as ornaments. Amarra is its antithesis, the goddess from whom the country is named after blessing the women with incredible strength towards men after the former king of the country almost beat to death his wife and daughter. There men are ornamental, living in harems and being consigned to a life solely based on their sex. However even still, I love the nuance that Tricia Levenseller places in the switched gender roles.

“Instead of making the world a better place, your ancestor flipped it,’ Sanos said. ‘Yes, for that is what fury brings.”

Now for the characters, I truly loved how every character that came on screen felt fully fleshed out and mattered towards the plot of the story. Olerra was such a powerful FMC, I loved how witty, strong and capable she is and that she has her own problems that she has to work through that doesn’t detract from her own power at all. She overcomes things despite of the challenges and she is absolutely bad ass character. I loved seeing the character development of Sanos as well, as he learned there is power in letting Olerra lead, that he doesn’t have to break through his own generational trauma all by himself. Ydra as the supporting best friend character had a fierceness and depth to her as well, and I believe from the hints in the epilogue that the next book will center around her and I’m absolutely ECSTATIC about that! I also enjoyed one of the “villains” of the book Glenaerys, in the way that Tricia Levenseller can make me feel bad in a way for a character that has done some very terrible things.

“I forget,” she said. “It is not even a crime in Brutus. How could you have a word for it?” She shook herself. “It is when a person forces sex upon someone who does not want it….It looked like— A guillotine. For a man’s cock.”

What I love most is how this was a complete book in itself. While I can see where the series will continue, I’m left with a sense of completion and not a killer cliffhanger that will leave me feeling entirely bereft as I wait for the next book. In a world of series that are three, five, even sometimes 8 books long, it is a wonderful feeling to have a complete story in one book, with room for growth in future books. Overall, I cannot express how highly I recommend this book!

If you enjoy:
💪🏼Touch Him and Die
💅🏼Strong Female Characters
💪🏼He Falls First and Harder
💅🏼She Wears the Pants, He Wears the Skirt
💪🏼Emotionally Aware Men
💅🏼Fake Marriage
💪🏼She Kidnaps Him
💅🏼Political Intrigue

Then this is the book for you! Thank you so much to Fierce Reads for the ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

4.25/50 rounding up

I love the premise of this book! If you want a fantasy romance that basically says "fuck the patriarchy," this is the book for you. I loved having those roles reversed and getting all the feminine rage vibes. I recommend this book (check those triggers/author's note)

🔥Vibes🔥
Enemies to lovers
Guillotine but for a different head 😅
Third person
"Good Boy"
Political
Kidnapping a husband

Heat Index: 6/10

—feminine revenge... but is it?

—dark fantasy romance (yes, it exists)

—kidnapping romance

The Basics:

In a world wherein the powerful nation of Amarra is run by women (with men taking a subservient role), Princess Olerra wants to ensure she'll get the throne. To do that, she sets out to kidnap and marry the second, softer prince of the rival kingdom of Brutus. Unfortunately, she accidentally kidnaps the one that's good at fighting.

The Review:

I want to cover several things first.

I picked this book as someone who doesn't have a problem with dark romance in principle; nor do I have an issue with kidnapping romances, inherently. They can be good, they can be bad. They can be intentionally silly. I kinda of expected this to fall somewhere in between.

I want to own something. To be honest, I have what is probably a bad habit of not closely researching ARCs before I request them—sometimes, I just read a few lines of the blurb and go "yes, request" (and part of this is because I'm continuously surprised that I get the amount of ARCs that I do). I'd never read Tricia Levenseller before, but I knew she was a popular YA fantasy author recommended by several people I trust, making her adult debut. YA fantasy authors transitioning to adult books intrigues me, and while I can't say I think the "gender flipped kidnapping romance" concept is something I automatically expected would be a home run, that intrigued me as well.

I expected men to be subjugated in this romance, and Levenseller is super upfront about that in her author's note at the beginning of the book, which includes relatively details content warnings (I think she could've had more, though). She's also upfront about how she did not write this as a feminist book, or as a picture of what she thinks a true matriarchal nation would be like.

(I should also say—I personally don't buy into the idea that matriarchy = utopian, though many scholars would a feminist society would be equal, and I agree with THAT. But matriarchal does not inherently feminist.)

Levenseller says that she wrote this book to express feminine rage and anger at the way she'd been treated by men. It's a revenge fantasy (gone... romance? I guess) versus a GOAL. I get that, I believe that.

What is not mentioned in the blurb, or the publisher's note (which has much less detailed and extensive content warnings, though at least it ha some) is that the men of Amarra are enslaved. Subjugation does not always equal slavery, and where this confused me is that Levenseller's note indicates that she wanted to depict men in the state that women have typically been in throughout history.

Women have been and are, in countless historical and contemporary societies, subjugated or otherwise made to be lesser. Our rights have been restricted, we've been treated horribly, the rights of women in industrialized nations are currently under threat and being taken away. But enslaving an entire gender (and essentially, this enslavement does apply to all men, though I was somewhat murky on where noblemen really stood—there are very few, which is why Olerra kidnaps Sanos) is... pretty unique. I don't know if it's unheard of. However, my understanding of history is that enslavement has often applied to a race, a class, etc.

I guess what I'm getting at is though I don't expect this to NOT be dark, I also don't get why slavery had to be a part of this story.

And if you want to say, "But many women through history might as well have been slaves", I mean, we can debate that. Did this fantasy novel need slavery make its point, though? It's something I've noticed quite a bit of in dark fantasy romance—and here, it didn't even sense within the world. It didn't need to be there. You could have had subjugation without slavery, because the idea of a gender being pretty much unilaterally enslaved just... didn't make sense. Take morality out of it if you want; it doesn't make sense.

Nor did the concept of most noblemen (considered worthy of impregnating noble women) being executed due to an uprising. I mean, sure, a gender uprising equivalent for women doesn't come to my mind right now. But most societies have tended to recognize the need for some evenness amongst the population of the sexes because they need to reproduce. Say you killed all the noblemen—wouldn't the more natural move to be changing the rules re: women being able to select non-noble men to reproduce with, versus forcing potential heirs to the throne to risk their lives kidnapping a husband?

Maybe I'm just nitpicking now, but I think it's because the story as a whole doesn't hold up, even when I take my own moral discomfort out of it (which is difficult). Levenseller has a brisk, easy to consume writing style; I get why people like that. But the story and character development just doesn't work. I'm pretty lenient with old school and dark romances—I've read kidnapping romances and loved them, I've read books where there is no way they would work in real life and just accepted it because the character development and engagement worked.

It's just like—Olerra is an asshole to Sanos. She never seems to learn to see him as a full person, though she teases him and says she wants to pleasure him. She says she wants to end slavery and that she's uncomfortable with the things she does to Sanos (but she has to, because society I guess? Okay) but she doesn't actually seem uncomfortable in action, and she's clearly titillated by some of the things she's supposed to be uncomfortable with.

This clearly isn't supposed to be a feminist treatise, but there were a few things that... I do feel like I was supposed see as badass or clever. There are dick guillotines for rapists. Which, cool, but first off I didn't buy that rape would be enough of an issue for this to be a READY PUNISHMENT in a society where women are magically empowered to overtake men. Second, I can't see this as COOL AND EDGY when it reminds me of the punishments being suggested for "predators" today. I put "predators" in quotes, because when the punishment is castration, that's something a bad government (like Amarra's!) can use to torture innocent people. The queen decides you're a rapist? Here comes the dick guillotine.

And I guess the book sort of alludes to this kind of thing, but... when your readers are going RAH RAH DICK GUILLOTINE, I don't know if the point was well-made.

Plus, there's the "men forced to wear skirts" thing. The normalcy of kilts and similar garments for men aside... If women are the ruling gender, what point is being made by having the subjugated gender be forced to wear skirts?

Then there were little things—like, the kingdom of brutal men is named Brutus. Get it?

Plus the concept of gender. I appreciate Levenseller writing a society that has supposedly clear concepts of trans and nonbinary people, but in SUCH a strictly divided society—I don't buy it. I didn't feel like I properly understood what that meant for those people. I mean, I guess I understood how trans women would be treated like they should be (as women), which, great. But trans men and gender fluid people—I feel like this society would encourage them to stay closeted if they were assigned female at birth. And agender people? What of them? Acknowledging the existence of trans and nonbinary people is cool, but you do kind of have to make them fit within your world. Otherwise, it feels like lip service.

It just doesn't work for me. I think it will be quite popular among dark fantasy romance readers, and I don't want to say I don't believe Levenseller believes everything she says in her author's note. But she doesn't hit the mark.

The Sex:

The sex is kind of sparse in this, compared to how much it's discussed. I guess I think the use of dildos to prepare for taking a dick is (because Olerra has essentially no experience) was interesting. Normally, I'd be really happy to have a scene in which the heroine fingers the hero's ass (and it is probably one of the better moments in the book, technically speaking) but first off, I don't buy Olerra would be that good at it based off reading books (and doing it to a man who can't tell her what he likes because he's never done it before)... second, the entire tone of the book made me feel like it was another "and LOOK, men get PENETRATED", and it's like. Who penetrates who has nothing to do with who's more dominant or generally powerful in the relationship, broadly speaking. But to be real, I may have just read too much into that because of my general frustrations with the book.

The Conclusion:

Obviously, I had my issues with this novel. But I also don't think it's marketed correctly. I don't know that "revenge fantasy against one of the leads' gender" works for a romance. Even if Olerra technically doesn't really have a revenge fantasy in mind. To be real, her lack of emotional investment in the entire structure kind of makes it worse.

There's a place for the concept of kidnapping a husband, I think. But that place... should probably be a lot campier.

Thanks to FEIWEL and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and NetGalley for letting me read the arc of What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller.

I gave this book 5 stars.⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I will start out by saying I love Tricia Levenseller’s writing, and this book did not disappoint! Sure has a way with things dark and gritty in some aspects but also letting the love and romance shine.

This book is about Olerra, a Princess and I hopefully soon-to-be Queen of Amarra. And Sanos, soon to be crowned king of Brutus. In Brutus, the men rule over everyone and get away with disgusting crimes towards women. Amarra is ruled by women, and men are the lesser sex that serve the women. Both territories have fought over land between them.

Olerra wants to teach Atalius, the king of Brutus a lesson by taking one of his sons to be her husband. While she chooses a middle son with no real importance, she accidentally takes Sanos, the heir to their kingdom.

I loved both main characters. Olerra was very confident and sure of herself. Not only was she a Princess but the head of Amarra’s army. She knows how to fight better than anyone. And Sanos is quickly shown how his beliefs and the way he’s always lived its dangerous to women. While he fights back and tries to escape Olerra and her plans, he soon realizes Amarra is not as backwards as he once believed.

I highly recommend this book! There is also a little magic in it that always makes things fun!

It truly pains me to give a Tricia Levenseller book 3 stars. She is one of my favorite authors, and I have loved all of her other books and have given them high ratings. What Fury Brings just didn’t hit the mark for me.

For me there was too much violence and graphic degradation of men. I know the book is about a female led society and the men are not treated well. But it was too much for me. Which I’m sure is the point the author was trying to make, since this novel is supposed to mirror our society but reversed. But I just didn’t enjoy reading about it.

I also wasn’t a big fan of the main relationship. It seemed rather abusive given the power imbalance and treatment of men in this book.

I did enjoy the writing style of this book. It was a departure from the way she normally writes, and I really liked it. I also liked the lgbtq rep and how unique this overall story was!

Before reading this novel I recommend checking the trigger warnings! This books gets very dark and is definitely not for everyone.

Thank you for arc of this book.

This is not a simple book to say you did or didn’t enjoy. While I enjoyed for the humor and premise it had, it also has quite a few topics that maybe too much for some people.

It brings out a lot of feelings which may have been the author’s point?

Wow! This was my first Tricia Levenseller book and now one of my new favorite authors and now on my list of auto~ buy!! This book was epically amazing and had me hooked right out the gate! It’s about revenge with damsel in distress reversal, marriage by kidnap, the slow burn was just right, sprinkled with twists and betrayals! It gave me all the emotions and I was sad when it ended! I haven’t stopped thinking about this book and I finished it last week!! I could totally see this book turned into a movie, seriously you all need this one in your life!!!!!!!

Thank you so much NetGalley and Tricia Levenseller for the gifted ARC ebook! I was honored to be able to read this one!! Forever fan!!

I was so excited when I heard that this was her adult debut. I really enjoyed the shadows between us duology and couldn’t wait to read more from her.

It is different from books she’s written in the past. The main character made some questionable remarks/choices, so please check the trigger warnings and take them seriously. Some parts of the book were a bit brutal. It is gender roles reversed story, and rather thought provoking so overall I did enjoy it.

Thank you NETGALLEY for an advanced readers copy of this book.

You are in for a stay up late because you can’t put it down treat with Tricia Levenseller's What Fury Brings! This book is a thrilling, sexy, action-packed fantasy that will keep you hooked from the first page to the last.
At its heart is Olerra, the fierce and formidable top general of a nation entirely ruled by women. Levenseller masterfully crafts Olerra's character, showcasing her as a powerful warrior who has spent her life fiercely guarding a deeply personal secret. This internal struggle adds incredible depth to her already compelling journey.
But Olerra's challenges don't stop there. She's embroiled in a high-stakes political battle for the crown with her cousin, adding layers of intrigue and suspense. To secure her lineage and ensure her future children carry royal blood, Olerra makes an audacious decision: she kidnaps a prince from the country she has been at war with, to be her husband! This bold move sets off a chain of events that is both humorous and exciting, but thought-provoking. I found myself saying huh more than once.
Levenseller's writing is sharp and engaging. What Fury Brings was a surprise for me. Not at all what I thought I was getting into. I found myself rooting for Olerra. Her personality was so straight forward, something you rarely see in romance. It was refreshing. The title is so apropos to this book. If you love strong female leads, political intrigue, and a touch of unexpected romance, this book is an absolute must-read!

DNF at 50%

I had such high hopes for this book. I’ve genuinely enjoyed all of Tricia Levenseller’s previous books, so I was excited, especially hearing this was a “feminine rage” story. Unfortunately, this one just wasn’t for me. From the author’s note and terminology at the beginning, I quickly realized I wasn’t the intended audience. I still gave it a chance, but by the halfway mark, I was deeply uncomfortable and felt disconnected from the story. Rather than being empowering, it felt unsettling and more like a very dark romance. Ultimately, it just wasn’t the story I had hoped for, and I had to DNF.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan/FIEWEL for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Tricia Levenseller makes a triumphant splash into adult romantasy with "What Fury Brings," a book that is everything fans have hoped for and more. This is a fiercely compelling, utterly addictive read that expertly blends a unique, matriarchal world with a sizzling enemies to lovers romance and a powerful undercurrent of female rage. It's truly a five-star masterpiece.

From the moment we meet Olerra, the warrior princess on a mission to secure her throne by "kidnapping" the perfect husband, I was completely hooked. Levenseller has crafted a heroine who is both formidable and layered, embodying strength, ambition, and a surprising depth of vulnerability. Her choice of Sanos, the "docile" prince from an enemy kingdom, sets the stage for a delicious dynamic. What begins as a strategic abduction quickly evolves into a complex dance of wills, as Olerra and Sanos constantly challenge each other's assumptions and prejudices.

The gender reversed power dynamic is brilliantly executed and provides a refreshing twist on classic fantasy tropes. Levenseller doesn't just invert expectations; she explores the nuances of power, societal roles, and the clash of cultures with thoughtful precision. The world of Amarra, with its warrior women and kidnapped husbands, feels both alien and fascinatingly real.

And the romance? It's scorching. The tension between Olerra and Sanos is palpable from their first encounter, building with an exquisite slow burn that culminates in genuinely steamy and satisfying scenes. Their journey from mutual disdain to a fierce, undeniable connection is incredibly well developed, fueled by sharp banter, unexpected tenderness, and a magnetic attraction.

"What Fury Brings" is more than just a romance; it's an empowering exploration of a woman seizing her destiny, embracing her fury, and challenging the very foundations of power. Tricia Levenseller has delivered an adult debut that is bold, sexy, and utterly unforgettable. If you're ready for a romantasy that burns bright and hits hard, do not miss this book.

Thank you to the author and publisher for this ARC of What Fury Brings!

OMG—this book was so good. Tricia Levenseller’s adult debut is everything I could have wanted and more. From the very first chapter, I was completely hooked and rooting for Olerra and Sanos. Their chemistry? Off the charts. Watching Sanos fall head over heels for Olerra, despite their wildly different upbringings and opposing worldviews, was so satisfying and had me grinning like a fool.

Set in a fierce, matriarchal society where queens kidnap husbands to secure political power, this story brings a fresh, high-stakes twist to the enemies-to-lovers trope. Add in forced proximity, a delicious captor/captive dynamic, and a dash of political intrigue, and you’ve got a romantasy that kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time.

Olerra is such a strong, determined FMC—I admired her so much, especially for how she balanced power with vulnerability. And Sanos? A refreshing mix of reluctant royal and emotionally intelligent love interest. I loved the plus-size rep, the thoughtful LGBTQ+ inclusion, and the way Levenseller didn’t shy away from complex emotional and societal dynamics. It all made the romance feel earned and deeply impactful.

There were a few characters I never quite trusted (and with good reason), and the twist near the end? I did not see it coming. It shocked me in the best way.

⚠️ Spice Level: This book contains 3 spicy chapters (17, 21, and 28), with content that leans mature but remains deeply character-driven and empowering.

If you're looking for a unique fantasy romance that blends political scheming, empowered women, emotional depth, and sizzling slow-burn tension, What Fury Brings absolutely delivers. I loved every page.

This book was fascinating. I’ve never read anything quite like it. Part romance novel, part philosophical treatise, I couldn’t put it down. The world created is absolutely not feminist, in that it is the mirror inversion of a toxic patriarchal society, but I do see it as a feminist project, in that it serves as an argument for egalitarianism. And somehow amidst all of that, there is a romance that I actually rooted for. For me, this was a fast and satisfying read. I can’t wait to see what else this author does in the adult space.

this was such a unique book!! It hooked me from the beginning and every time I put it down, I couldn’t wait to pick it back up again!! a world where women rank elite?? sign 👏 me 👏 up 👏 I loved the concept of the plot and the fact that olerra is not the typical character you see in a fantasy. Her thought processes and the decisions she made were questionable but I still enjoyed her as a character.

I liked the romance between sanos and olerra but the only thing that got me was the pacing. I felt like when sanos got a little bit more comfortable, the romance kicked OFF and all of a sudden they were in love? I felt like we spent a lot of time with sanos hating everything and trying to escape, that the romance and last part of the book felt rushed.

thank you netgalley and macmillian/feiwel for this arc in exchange for an honest review <3

I was really looking forward to Tricia Levenseller’s NA book debut, and got very excited when this ARC request was approved. I read (last summer) her Shadows Between Us duology and remember thinking, “Wow, this would be even better if it was NA instead of YA. There’s a lot more I think the author could explore.”

Before starting What Fury Brings, I read the book’s author’s note, watched several videos of her talking about this book and her writing process, even read other ARC reviews. So I knew this was a feminine rage book. I knew it was the author’s idea of a society where women ruled men. But sadly, this book was a miss for me. The degradation of men was brutal, graphic, and consistent throughout the whole book (she never lets up!).

I consider myself an open minded reader, and willing to give anything a try, but this was too much of the author exploring a topic, at the expense of a plot (there virtually was none). (And certainly no romance, or soft moments.)

Overall, it just gave me the ick. Maybe I’m just not the target audience, as a happily married woman of almost 15 years. It was hard to read about men who were basically slaves, humiliated in every single way. (The cover art is a silver armband, which is basically the book’s version of a slave collar. Yikes!)

A good friend of mine helped me process this book, and shared that The Barbie Movie is a great example of “rage against the patriarchy” done well. Yes, there’ve been mistakes in the past, but we (as women) don’t have to imitate what they did to make a point. I think Levenseller was trying to get there with this book, but never quite did.

For me, it’s a classic case of be careful of sprayed edges and beautiful end papers. This book is marked beautifully, just what’s on the inside may not hit for the masses.

All opinions are my own. Huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC.

Thank you netgalley for this arc!
3.5 stars
Definitely check trigger warning!!

I absolutely loved both the daughter of the pirate king, and the shadows between us series. So I was very excited to get this, especially knowing it’s her first debut into adult fantasy.
I honestly do not know how I feel about this one, to be completely honest. I have not read anything else like it and is definitely a one of a kind book, that gets you thinking. I loved the concept of this book. Where men get a taste of their own medicine. In Amarra women are the superior gender, they are the rulers and basically use their power to oppress men. It was a fast and entertaining read. I also enjoyed how inclusive it was to the lgbtq community.
There are some things I did not enjoy. The relationship dynamic between the two main characters is absusive, and definitely has a significant power imbalance. Even knowing that the power imbalance and oppression of these men and LITTLE BOYS is the whole point of this book, it still felt extremely icky. I feel like this book is going to be loved or hated, or people will be confused on how to feel about it. And i’m definitely in the confused category.
In our current political environment, I was definitely excited about the concept for this book. In the future when women are put on the same pedestal that men are currently on, that we as women never use our own power for evil like done in this book.

First let me start by saying thank you to NetGalley, author Tricia Levenseller and Macmillan publishing.In exchange for this E-ARC of What Fury Brings, I promised to give an honest review.
2/5 Stars⭐️⭐️

The story had an interesting premise that pulled me in, with a society that women had the power/ruled and the men stayed home and raised the kids. Our FMC is a princess in line for the crown and she is a badass general and even steals a prince to become her husband from a rival kingdom and all of this sounded interesting but kind of went down hill from there.

I guess I expected women to be better than men and our FMC does try to be but there are a lot of characters that are just disgusting and the behavior made me uncomfortable. There is so much in this book I just felt wrong reading and felt I could have dnf’d it a few times.

What I will say is to take the authors note in the beginning of this book seriously as she does not hold back on the fury she feels towards men. She takes it past feminism and makes it about revenge, it is not a “light” book in any way. The way men are treated in the book went past revenge in a lot of ways in my eyes and it just wasn’t for me.