#either commit to the age gap or write him like an actual 23 yr old

[s0fter-sin]

has anyone read the demon trappers series? i read it when i was a kid and remembered the love interest of the 17 yr old mc was older and had worked with her dad and called her girl instead of her name and i was trying to remember how old he was. i googled it. he’s 23. why the hell was this guy written like a wholeass 40 yr old man??

#like hes meant to be this super grizzled demon hunter #he cant read hes brash and rough around the edges #the damn book summary says he ‘tries to protect her like a granddad’ #which yikes but?? what?? #either commit to the age gap or write him like an actual 23 yr old #i just remembered it out of nowhere and was like wasnt the romance weird #like being older and going back would make me think of the story differently and do i want that #then i googled it and not only do they get married in the 4th book when she hopefully has turned 18 #but there was a deleted scene on the authors blog of a flashback to when she was 15 and tried hitting on him and he says hes 20 turning 21 #and what did she expect would happen #and this moment is why she hates him in the first book #bc he (rightfully!) shot her down #i didnt read the whole thing so hopefully it was bc he genuinely didnt like her then but he seriously reads like an old man #has this author never met a 23 yr old? #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt