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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was such a slog, not to mention super cheesey / cliched, etc. Should have DNF... anyway, way too much profanity and had to skip an explicit sex scene. Not reading this author again.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5, but I'm going to roll it up to 4 because I really did like the characters, but the plotting here is slooowwwwww, and not in the good slow burn kind of way. The mystery surrounding the person in Pet's photograph was interesting, but while it did a lot for Pet as a character and was kind of sweet, it didn't do much for the "Matthias and Pet as a couple" fake-dating plot. The "why is the one Duchess stealing Palace bric-a-brac an open secret" side plot didn't really have a resolution - it would have really been fun to have Pet and Matthias following that character around and maybe even help her out.
Now, when Pet and Matthias <i>did</i> actually push the fake-dating-to-real-dating plot forward, it was amazingly good. Them getting stuck together in the closet after Operation Put the Foul-Mouthed Parrot back was a fantastic scene where they just have to talk to each other and it reveals so much about each of them.
(Although I did have to put this book under the "Sex Scene Logistics (?)" category of the HB Reading Embrace because he's holding her up in the air against a wall/door while going down on her (???) and that is some serious Ye Olde Schoole Romance Novele shit there and I don't care how massive this dude is, Pet is an actual adult human woman and I didn't buy that part )
Now, when Pet and Matthias <i>did</i> actually push the fake-dating-to-real-dating plot forward, it was amazingly good. Them getting stuck together in the closet after Operation Put the Foul-Mouthed Parrot back was a fantastic scene where they just have to talk to each other and it reveals so much about each of them.
(Although I did have to put this book under the "Sex Scene Logistics (?)" category of the HB Reading Embrace because