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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
DNF at 60% I just couldn’t do it anymore. I can see what the author was trying to do and I think if it was pulled off it would’ve been brilliant, but this just read as such cringe I couldn’t do it anymore
so...this was not for me at all. I think part of it is I see a difference between alpha male hotness and total controlling sociopaths and so at some point, this ceased being hot and started being...um...Natalie, you are a weak weak chick and I hate weak chicks i mean he tracks her down at the airport and they go on to anal sex because she wants it because he just does her body so right, even though he lies and is so distant and controlling and makes her feel like shit so yeah, weak.
Definite hot moments, the ones that weren't completely ruined by the characters. It almost felt disjointed though, like the scenes were more a way to write all these fantasy sex scenes vs things that felt more organic. I don't know.
Definite hot moments, the ones that weren't completely ruined by the characters. It almost felt disjointed though, like the scenes were more a way to write all these fantasy sex scenes vs things that felt more organic. I don't know.
No rating. I’ve tried reading and listening and couldn’t get through it. Just not for me.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
I really enjoyed the first 60% but after that it just felt emotionally repetitive until the end.
I'm usually not too fond of first-person new adult billionaire hero romances. But I have to say that I enjoyed The Professional. I figured I would because the author is Kresley Cole, and I love her books!
Even though this book is a contemporary romance, it had a historical/regency feel to it. The hero actually compromised the heroine into a relationship!
And even though the hero was uber-rich, it didn't feel like the same cliched trope because this guy was a top enforcer for the Russian mob! The heroine's father was actually the head of the mob. The hero, Savastyan, was actually a leader in his own right, but chose to serve the heroine's father because he was like a father to him also.
Now I've read other BDSM romances, but this one felt very true and accurate to the genre. The sexiness level of this book was off the charts!
This is the first of what I'm guessing will be a trilogy because Savastyan has two younger brothers, one of which you meet in this book. And I can't wait!
Even though this book is a contemporary romance, it had a historical/regency feel to it. The hero actually compromised the heroine into a relationship!
And even though the hero was uber-rich, it didn't feel like the same cliched trope because this guy was a top enforcer for the Russian mob! The heroine's father was actually the head of the mob. The hero, Savastyan, was actually a leader in his own right, but chose to serve the heroine's father because he was like a father to him also.
Now I've read other BDSM romances, but this one felt very true and accurate to the genre. The sexiness level of this book was off the charts!
This is the first of what I'm guessing will be a trilogy because Savastyan has two younger brothers, one of which you meet in this book. And I can't wait!
I'm famously fussy around writing and was pleasantly surprised when I could read this without rolling my eyes excessively. Of course, I have my issues with the book and some with the writing (as I said, I'm pretty finnicky), but overall, anytime I find a writer who's decent it's a happy day.
The book was quite... hot, although a little outside of my realm of expertise, since I tend to stick to contemporary romances more so than dark, or in this case I guess, mafia? romances. But it was pretty hot.
My highlight for this book was the heroine, I thought she was downright hilarious, which is truly, TRULY, a feat in the genre. The main love interest was less interesting, but the spice made up for that I guess.
The main lowlight, and I've noticed this in the other books in this series, is the... how to put it? overuse of excamation points and dialogue descriptors. It very much did not help me stay immersed in the story and actually kind of took me out of it. I guess in my head an exclamation point is just like, really loud and not sexy at all? Maybe it's on me...
Anyway, I will say I had serious fun with the heroine's inner thoughts, which I'm very happy about, but outside of that, the book is a very pleasant 3.5/5 on the Richter scale of hotness.
On a personal level, I think I'm discoversing that Russia just does not feel that sexy to me. Like everything else, I stay blaming that on actually being eastern-european and the whole 'eastern bloc' deal. Kinda dampens the hotness factor of the whole Russian thing for me. Although I am also italian and I do not feel the same about Italian-centered romances, so then what's that about? A question for my future therapist, I guess.
The book was quite... hot, although a little outside of my realm of expertise, since I tend to stick to contemporary romances more so than dark, or in this case I guess, mafia? romances. But it was pretty hot.
My highlight for this book was the heroine, I thought she was downright hilarious, which is truly, TRULY, a feat in the genre. The main love interest was less interesting, but the spice made up for that I guess.
The main lowlight, and I've noticed this in the other books in this series, is the... how to put it? overuse of excamation points and dialogue descriptors. It very much did not help me stay immersed in the story and actually kind of took me out of it. I guess in my head an exclamation point is just like, really loud and not sexy at all? Maybe it's on me...
Anyway, I will say I had serious fun with the heroine's inner thoughts, which I'm very happy about, but outside of that, the book is a very pleasant 3.5/5 on the Richter scale of hotness.
On a personal level, I think I'm discoversing that Russia just does not feel that sexy to me. Like everything else, I stay blaming that on actually being eastern-european and the whole 'eastern bloc' deal. Kinda dampens the hotness factor of the whole Russian thing for me. Although I am also italian and I do not feel the same about Italian-centered romances, so then what's that about? A question for my future therapist, I guess.
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No plot... lots of BDSM..... did not like the ending.....
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No plot... lots of BDSM..... did not like the ending.....