Love Is the Better Person – Alyssa Ray
Yes, Love came from a background of privilege, but that doesn’t mean her upbringing was without trauma. After watching her brother be abused by the au pair and her father’s constant infidelity, Love took it upon herself to be the sole protector of her family. This unbreaking dedication to her loved ones carried into adulthood, and resulted in Love being taken advantage by every person in her life. Whether it was her toxic parents utilizing her as a show pony or her twin brother Forty letting her clean up, well, all of his messes, Love was required to be the only steady member of the Quinn family.
In fact, even Love’s first husband let her be his caretaker during a cancer battle only to leave her when he went into remission. So while I don’t condone murder, I can certainly understand how Love was pushed to take drastic action. She’s not evil, she’s just exhausted by frequently being mistreated.
Then there’s Joe Goldberg, an idealistic, superior stalker who put Love on a pedestal, only to reject her like every other person in her life when she showed the darker parts of her personality. In contrast, Love fully accepted Joe for who he was: a manipulative murderer.