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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
I dont. I dont understand how something with such a high fucking rating can have, hands down, some of the worst flow ive ever seen in a book.
There were sentences that went on for PARAGRAPHS.
PARAGRAPHS.
And Jesus H Huxstable Christ that heroine was annoying.
I, at one point, stopped reading and just counted the amount of times she said ”Ho boy! in 30 pages.
The answer is so many I felt my brain shrink.
No but seriously the answer is 17. THATS OVER ONCE EVERY OTHER PAGE.
This shit was weak. What is wrong with you people?
EDITED TO ADD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME THAT I FREAKING FINISHED THIS BOOK
There were sentences that went on for PARAGRAPHS.
PARAGRAPHS.
And Jesus H Huxstable Christ that heroine was annoying.
I, at one point, stopped reading and just counted the amount of times she said ”Ho boy! in 30 pages.
The answer is so many I felt my brain shrink.
No but seriously the answer is 17. THATS OVER ONCE EVERY OTHER PAGE.
This shit was weak. What is wrong with you people?
EDITED TO ADD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME THAT I FREAKING FINISHED THIS BOOK
That one really kept my attention. It had adventure, romance, drama....lotsa drama and for me, a new book boyfriend.....Love me some Frey Drakkar! Nice world building and good characters to follow up on.
I’m mostly disappointed because I picked this up thinking it would be sexy trash, but it’s mostly just trash. SIGH.
I really wanted to finish this book because everyone I follow seems to love it but UGH I don't hate myself that much to suffer through another half of this.
First of all the writing. I don't want to say it was bad because everyone writes differently but I really did not like it. So repetitive.
Then there's the story. So much potential, but barely anything happened in the first 55% of the book. Also, I didn't buy the whole "I'm going to another universe because I want adventure"
The heroine felt way too childish at times (considering she was 30-years-old) and I hated how everyone was making all the decisions for her and then she just went along with them like "oh well". She kept asking for permission from her husband and it annoyed the hell out of me.
Also, I like an alpha male as much as the next gal, but there is a line between being an alpha male and being controlling and obsessive and a jerk. And it is not a fine-line. At all. And the hero in this book crossed it more than a few times.
I could mention all the scenes that had me rolling my eyes out but that would mean giving even more time to this book so no thanks
First of all the writing. I don't want to say it was bad because everyone writes differently but I really did not like it. So repetitive.
Then there's the story. So much potential, but barely anything happened in the first 55% of the book. Also, I didn't buy the whole "I'm going to another universe because I want adventure"
The heroine felt way too childish at times (considering she was 30-years-old) and I hated how everyone was making all the decisions for her and then she just went along with them like "oh well". She kept asking for permission from her husband and it annoyed the hell out of me.
Also, I like an alpha male as much as the next gal, but there is a line between being an alpha male and being controlling and obsessive and a jerk. And it is not a fine-line. At all. And the hero in this book crossed it more than a few times.
I could mention all the scenes that had me rolling my eyes out but that would mean giving even more time to this book so no thanks
Should have given it 2 stars. I wanted to like it but the borderline rape/coercion and control themes made it anything but sexy.....
I should have DNF'd this book.
I loathed Frey. I can't remember the last time I hated the love interest this much.
Okay so Finnie gets transferred to this world and is forced to marry him. He immediately treats her terribly and leaves her alone in a filthy cabin in the freezing cold for 6 weeks. Fine, whoever her twin was must have done something really bad...Nope. Actually the only thing the twin did was be gay and flee to a whole different ass world to have her freedom!! And they make a point to say "oh well he is normally fine with gay people, he's just upset he's marrying her and she doesn't want him" Well then he clearly has no empathy at all. Then throughout the story, they villainize this other twin and don't try to see things from her POV whatsoever. He claims the twin commited treason! And tells her parents that if she comes back, she'll be executed. The twin's parents and friends completely write the twin off. There are barely any comments about missing her and they accept that she's gone forever without a second thought.
Alright, then his biggest crime is early in the story. He binds Finnie to this world without giving her feelings a single thought. Fine, it's early in the story. He's obviously going to be remorseful as soon as he gets to know her. He'll confess out of guilt and they'll break the bind...Nope. There is no shred of remorse from him. He cuts her off from her entire future, feels no guilt, and he actively keeps her from finding out from the other witches.
Throughout the story, he makes horrible sexist comments. He tells her if they have daughters, they won't be taught to fight or won't be allowed to wear pants. He explains to her that he's royalty and he can fool around with whoever and as a woman she just has to deal with it. He declares himself above servants and the rest of society. Then he is a total asshole and has the woman he was fooling around with serve them all dinner to flaunt it in front of Finnie. The story makes it to be her fault and he never apologizes for his actions. Oh! And her mom gives her a speech that is basically "if you don't put out, he'll go elsewhere".
His next crime - He switches her birth control for a placebo to get her pregnant without her consent! It made me want to throw up. And when she's pregnant, he tries to control her and limit all her activities. They also make a point to say that they will have to keep having kids until they have a son to take the throne. Finnie is from our world, where is her feminism?! Why isn't she pushing for society changes?!
So he finally gets exposed for all of this - Finnie screams at him but as she's yelling a battle breaks out and he "dies". When they are reunited, she apologizes to him profusely. I was livid, screaming at her to run for the hills. Then in the end, he brings one of her friends from the other world to visit and somehow, that makes up for everything. I just hate him from the depths of my soul.
The only nice thing I have to say is the concept is interesting. I wish we alternated stories between the twins. I would have liked to learn how the twin's experience was going on earth.
The other books focus on different couples but I'm scarred from this book and I will not be continuing.
I loathed Frey. I can't remember the last time I hated the love interest this much.
Okay so Finnie gets transferred to this world and is forced to marry him. He immediately treats her terribly and leaves her alone in a filthy cabin in the freezing cold for 6 weeks. Fine, whoever her twin was must have done something really bad...Nope. Actually the only thing the twin did was be gay and flee to a whole different ass world to have her freedom!! And they make a point to say "oh well he is normally fine with gay people, he's just upset he's marrying her and she doesn't want him" Well then he clearly has no empathy at all. Then throughout the story, they villainize this other twin and don't try to see things from her POV whatsoever. He claims the twin commited treason! And tells her parents that if she comes back, she'll be executed. The twin's parents and friends completely write the twin off. There are barely any comments about missing her and they accept that she's gone forever without a second thought.
Alright, then his biggest crime is early in the story. He binds Finnie to this world without giving her feelings a single thought. Fine, it's early in the story. He's obviously going to be remorseful as soon as he gets to know her. He'll confess out of guilt and they'll break the bind...Nope. There is no shred of remorse from him. He cuts her off from her entire future, feels no guilt, and he actively keeps her from finding out from the other witches.
Throughout the story, he makes horrible sexist comments. He tells her if they have daughters, they won't be taught to fight or won't be allowed to wear pants. He explains to her that he's royalty and he can fool around with whoever and as a woman she just has to deal with it. He declares himself above servants and the rest of society. Then he is a total asshole and has the woman he was fooling around with serve them all dinner to flaunt it in front of Finnie. The story makes it to be her fault and he never apologizes for his actions. Oh! And her mom gives her a speech that is basically "if you don't put out, he'll go elsewhere".
His next crime - He switches her birth control for a placebo to get her pregnant without her consent! It made me want to throw up. And when she's pregnant, he tries to control her and limit all her activities. They also make a point to say that they will have to keep having kids until they have a son to take the throne. Finnie is from our world, where is her feminism?! Why isn't she pushing for society changes?!
So he finally gets exposed for all of this - Finnie screams at him but as she's yelling a battle breaks out and he "dies". When they are reunited, she apologizes to him profusely. I was livid, screaming at her to run for the hills. Then in the end, he brings one of her friends from the other world to visit and somehow, that makes up for everything. I just hate him from the depths of my soul.
The only nice thing I have to say is the concept is interesting. I wish we alternated stories between the twins. I would have liked to learn how the twin's experience was going on earth.
The other books focus on different couples but I'm scarred from this book and I will not be continuing.
Wow, did I forget to review this back in december 2015? It's now March 2016 and I'm currently reading book 2 in this series, so I came back here to refresh my memory on what I thought with book 1, but it just said Review to come. Ugh, why?! Mel, why do you do these things to yourself? I really can't remember what I thought about it now. All I remember is I liked this book, but I wasn't in love with it. I had a few problems with Frey as a main character, and I'm not really into alpha males (unless you count Jamie Frasier from Outlander and now Dax Lahn from book 2 of this series, then I'm SO into them.)
But anyways, good book, not great. Preferring the sequel, that I'm currently reading and LOVING. Am impressed with Kristen Ashley's writing style though. Not perfect but entertaining and flow's very well.
But anyways, good book, not great. Preferring the sequel, that I'm currently reading and LOVING. Am impressed with Kristen Ashley's writing style though. Not perfect but entertaining and flow's very well.