Untitled Beauty: Episode One in the Somewhere In-Between Series: (A Dystopian/Paranormal Romance Series)

Untitled Beauty: Episode One in the Somewhere In-Between Series: (A Dystopian/Paranormal Romance Series)

C.E. Wilson

  • 4.3 out of 5
  • 150 ratings
  • 166 pages
  • R
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Overall Content Rating: Restricted R

This dystopian novel follows a young woman ranked low in a beauty-based caste system who is treated as property, abused, and caught between captors and people trying to help her escape. Parents should expect sustained depictions of human trafficking and slavery, physical and emotional abuse, implied sexual abuse, and degrading treatment—not romanticized, and often upsetting. Language includes moderate profanity and occasional very strong words in arguments. Violence is a major part of the story, with injuries and blood shown repeatedly. There are no detailed explicit sex scenes in the samples and reviews, but sexual themes, insults, and abuse are integral to the plot; sensitive readers may want to skip this title.

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Crude Moderate

12

Aside from general profanity, dialogue includes harsh put-downs and a homophobic slur during male character conflict.

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Specific words
  • stupid: 8
  • idiot: 2
  • fag: 1
  • suck: 1

Profanity Moderate

19

Characters use mild to strong swearing and insults in tense dialogue, including name-calling during abuse, arguments, and escapes. It appears throughout but is not on every page.

Amazon reviews mentioning profanity

Specific words
  • damn: 5
  • hell: 5
  • shit: 5
  • bitch: 3
  • bastard: 1

Sex Moderate

5

Sexual content is present mainly as demeaning language, references to porn use, and a dystopian trafficking plot with physical and sexual abuse described or implied rather than explicit sexual acts on the page. Reviewers warn this can be triggering.

Amazon reviews mentioning sex

Specific words
  • porn: 2
  • slut: 2
  • whore: 1

Violence Heavy

26

Physical harm is frequent and often distressing: whipping, punching, kicking, shock punishment, cutting, bleeding injuries, broken glass, and characters left injured or frightened. Reviewers describe brutal, traumatizing scenes tied to slavery and trafficking.

Amazon reviews mentioning violence

Specific words
  • blood: 15
  • bleed: 6
  • kick: 3
  • smash: 2

About this book

Eleven. A name. A title. A sentence passed. If you aren’t beautiful, you're less than a person, and you only have so many chances to qualify as a human being. In her seventeen years, Eleven has seen the best and worst in humanity. She’s been passed around and abused by the bad. She’s hoped and dreamed for the good. And she’s despaired for the hand she’s been dealt. Now she’s been purchased by a wealthy man who has the ability to improve her life and help her become a Beauty – if she can put up with his erratic and controlling personality for long enough, that is. Complicating things is the appearance of a stunningly beautiful young man with amethyst eyes who treats Eleven to the rarest form of attention for a Potential: kindness. Does Eleven trust her powerful owner to help her escape this life of servitude and enslavement, or does she gamble everything on the enigmatic young man who seems to offer her more than she could ever imagine possible? Untitled Beauty is a YA dystopian novel that forces readers to ask if we're really so far away from a society where only beauty matters. Author C.E. Wilson has watched every episode of The Twilight Zone and it shows in her writing. Buy Untitled Beauty today to read a romance where love that isn't skin deep is forbidden unless you're beautiful. Read more