3.5 stars, because I have mixed feelings about this book. 
 On the one hand, it's a rather complex exploration of a sexual assault survivor claiming her sexuality that includes a lot of hot sex scenes. On the other hand, she characterizes her struggles with sex after sexual assault as her being "broken" and basically gets "cured" by a good man (who has struggles of his own). 
 As books go on this theme this is one of the best I have read, in terms of it's complexity, which isn't saying much really. I honestly feel that this theme is better off as literary fiction as opposed to romance, but damn do romance writers love it. Cured by love, or cured by sex with the right person is a huge theme in so many romances and I would really like it to end. Trauma doesn't work this way. 
 The main character seems to not really have any trauma symptoms outside of the impact on her sex life, which feels unrealistic. 
 Despite this, I did really enjoy the dynamic of these two characters. I liked watching their relationship build. I liked each of them individually. I cared about them and their own growth arcs, and I rooted for them as a couple. This book holds a lot of humor and hotness and I liked that, especially given the central theme. As fantasy arcs for survivors go, this had some satisfying pieces to it. That it felt like it could hold that much complexity and still honor the hard stuff shows how very talented this writer is. 
 Trigger Warnings: (view spoiler)[ detailed description of sexual assault and the way victims get targeted and blamed, detailed description of child witnessing intimate partner violence in the past, detailed description of child physical and emotional abuse in the past, detailed description of adult child survivor of child abuse still locked in abusive dynamics with his abuser, references to intimate partner violence in the present, coercive control tactics by abusive parent, physical fight with rapist's defender, trauma symptoms, sexual assault cure storyline. (hide spoiler)]