u/Particular_Chance899

So, I'm almost finished with {Saint Celine} and oh! My! God! This has to be the WORST FMC I have ever read.

For context, I love kick-ass FMCs with self-preservation instincts. Jade from {Stronger Series} and Lana from {Mind F*ck Series} were chef's kiss. I also love morally grey, selfish FMCs like the chick from {Limerence by HC Dolores}, who is ambitious. Hell, I love flawed FMC's too like Piya from {5000 Nights of Obsession} or Gianna from {The Maddest Obsession}.

You get the gist. I don't discriminate as long as the writer can convince me of the FMCs' choices and actions.

But never have I read such an irredeemable character as Celine. I'm at 80% of the book, and I want to throw my Kindle across the room.

Here's the sequence of events:

>!Katherine befriends the FMC Celine, who is of similar age and also her housekeeper's daughter. They meet when they are only 11 or 12. Kathleen recognizes Celine's ambition and gets her admitted to her prep school, She gives Celine all her expensive clothes, her graduation present: a car, even gets her parents to pay for Celine's education and lies to everyone about her background so she can fit in with the rich kids. !<

>!How does our fearless FMC reward Katherine? Celine steals the first guy Katherine likes and here is the kicker. Celine didn't even like the guy, yet she took him just because she could. Can you say 'pick me' energy? !<

>!That wasn't enough. She plagiarized, YES PLAGIARIZED, a paper Katherine worked really hard on, put her name on it, and used it to secure herself an internship. When Katherine threatened to expose her, SHE KILLED HER BEST FRIEND. Like WTF! I have read many selfish FMCs, but never with so many irredeemable qualities. I hate 'pick me' girls and FMCs who violate the girl code (reminds me of crazy fake friends from middle and high school). !<

Reading about such a vindictive FMC and expecting us to root for her made no sense. Yes, characters should be flawed, but there have to be SOME redeeming qualities that make us want to keep reading.

I know some people think we are harder on FMCs than MMCs, but if an MMC did those awful things to his best friend, I wouldn't finish the book either. The characters need to be somewhat loyal to their core crew (even if they are killers or monsters) and this FMC violated every girl code.

Am I alone in feeling this way?

Did anyone else find this FMC's qualities redeemable?

Does this book get any better? The only way this will be an HEA for me is if someone takes the FMC out.

I'm making a new request because my last one wasn't specific enough and didn't yield the results I needed. I'm going to be super specific this time:

Please none of the following:

❌️ No Sharing / RH

❌️ No domestic violence

❌️ No BDSM / no whipping / I don't even like it if the MMC slaps FMC

❌️ No prior non-con or MMCs with a non-con fetish / I don't want previous SA of the FMC and I don't want the MMC to have done it to someone else

❌️ No CNC / role-playing

❌️ Spineless FMCs that give in after their first encounter

❌️ No Rina Kent / Shantel Tessier / Death's Doll / Eris Belmont / Sam Mariano / Zoe Blake / Lilith Vale

Here's what I am looking for:

✅ M/F Romance

✅ Non-con between the MMC & FMC. Blackmail/non-con is also fine.

✅ She wards off his advances for most of the book. He's so in love with her that he can't stop himself.

✅ HEA

Please give me your favorite non-con recs. I want MMC to be in love with MMC and be jealous/possessive. I want HER to fight him instead of melting at his feet.

Authors I have already read: Drethi A, Mia Knight/ Dinah Harper, Nenia Campbell, EH Lee, Gemma Weir, and Kate Raven.

These are the books I always recommend for this trope: {Unapologetic Obsession by Drethi A}, {Quarantined by Drethi Anis}, {Lust by Drethi Anis}, {Corrupt Idol by Dinah Harper}, {Lacrima by EH Lee} 

Please give me something new!

I saw someone do this in their post and I'm copying them. They started their post with what they DON'T want so you can't miss it.

Please none of the following:

❌️ No Sharing / RH

❌️ No domestic violence / I don't even like it if the MMC slaps FMC

❌️ No prior non-con or MMCs with a non-con fetish / don't want previous SA of the FMC and I don't want the MMC to have done it to someone else

❌️ No CNC / role-playing

❌️ Spineless FMCs that give in after their first encounter

❌️ No Rina Kent / Shantel Tessier / Death's Doll / Eris Belmont / Sam Mariano

Here's what I am looking for:

✅ M/F Romance

✅ Non-con between the MMC & FMC. Blackmail/non-con is also fine like in {Quid Pro Quo by Nenia Campbell}

✅ She wards off his advances for most of the book. He's so in love with her that he can't stop himself. Think Milo from {Quarantined by Drethi Anis}, Tristan from {Lust by Drethi Anis}, Jesse from {Corrupt Idol by Dinah Harper}, or my recent favorite {Lacrima by EH Lee} 

✅ HEA

Please give me your favorite non-con recs. I want MMC to be in love with MMC and be jealous/possessive. I want HER to fight him instead of melting at his feet. I prefer if she fights him 80-90% of the book.

Books I have already read: everything by Drethi A, Mia Knight/ Dinah Harper, Nenia Campbell, EH Lee, and Kate Raven.

Please give me something new!

UPDATE: I'm eternally grateful for this community. I received so many new recs, and I am going to stary with {Cry Little Sister}. I love those who recc'd {Lust} and {Corrupt Idol}. That was exactly the vibes I was going for, except with incest. Thank you again, everyone.

As the title suggests, I'm looking for an OTT brother obsessed with his sister. Blood relation (half- or full-siblings) is a must. I've already read the following:

{Hale by K Webster}

{Chasing Moon}

{Forbidden}

{Flowers in the Attic}

I prefer M/F. Non-con is a huge plus, but it's okay as long as he is the one doing the chasing. I'd prefer that the FMC be unaware of his feelings or not give in until later in the book.