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cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
1.0
At least in first one I liked the girl, I can't say that here in middle I give up caring about anything I just wanted to be over.
book_concierge's review against another edition
1.0
ZERO stars
Digital audiobook read by Anna Fields
Book # 2 in the Chicago Stars romance series.
From the book jacketIt’s Gracie Snow’s job as a new motion picture production assistant to get the legendary ex-football player, Bobby Tom Denton, back to his Texas hometown to begin shooting his first movie. Good luck with that. A head-spinning battle of the sexes – with Beauty waging war against Brains – except this male beauty has a fine intelligence, and brainy Gracie isn’t nearly as ordinary as she thinks.
My reactions:
No. Just No.
Phillips frequently states that Bobby Tom is a gentleman, with fine manners. HA!
A “gentleman” does NOT play mind games for his own amusement to trick a virgin into succumbing to him so that he can then drop her like a hot potato when the fun is over. (Even if eventually, he will fall in love with her and propose, his intention from the outset is to just use her.) And if one scumbag isn't enough, Phillips gives us a second. Past hurt does not give a man a free get-out-jail card to blackmail a woman into having sex (of course, he has secretly admired her for decades and would never “really” hurt her). There is nothing remotely romantic or appealing about these scenarios. Shame on Phillips for propagating such a misogynistic message.
Anna Fields does a reasonably good job of narrating the audiobook. She handles the many characters with skill and kept up a good pace. Too bad she had such dreadful material to perform.
Digital audiobook read by Anna Fields
Book # 2 in the Chicago Stars romance series.
From the book jacketIt’s Gracie Snow’s job as a new motion picture production assistant to get the legendary ex-football player, Bobby Tom Denton, back to his Texas hometown to begin shooting his first movie. Good luck with that. A head-spinning battle of the sexes – with Beauty waging war against Brains – except this male beauty has a fine intelligence, and brainy Gracie isn’t nearly as ordinary as she thinks.
My reactions:
No. Just No.
Phillips frequently states that Bobby Tom is a gentleman, with fine manners. HA!
A “gentleman” does NOT play mind games for his own amusement to trick a virgin into succumbing to him so that he can then drop her like a hot potato when the fun is over. (Even if eventually, he will fall in love with her and propose, his intention from the outset is to just use her.) And if one scumbag isn't enough, Phillips gives us a second. Past hurt does not give a man a free get-out-jail card to blackmail a woman into having sex (of course, he has secretly admired her for decades and would never “really” hurt her). There is nothing remotely romantic or appealing about these scenarios. Shame on Phillips for propagating such a misogynistic message.
Anna Fields does a reasonably good job of narrating the audiobook. She handles the many characters with skill and kept up a good pace. Too bad she had such dreadful material to perform.
lutheranjulia's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
minxreads's review against another edition
Had to skim read. I just knew from the beginning it wasn’t for me but still pushed through it. Anyway, I didn’t like the plot, the characters or anything about this book. The hero seems like a man child and heroine is naive in an annoying way, there’s no oomph factor about her.
Plus, story ends without any epilogue too.
Ending: HFN
Plus, story ends without any epilogue too.
Ending: HFN
alexandra4's review against another edition
2.0
Una trama predecible, pero al menos entretenida. Me molestó un poco la manera tan abrupta en que los personajes cambiaban su manera de pensar o sentir (creo que la historia daba para desarrollarse mejor).
amlibera's review against another edition
3.0
Old school, alpha male romance novel- lots of details that aren't really my jam like the Texas setting and the football culture. But there was a fun nostalgic feeling reading it.
jackiehorne's review against another edition
4.0
Great depiction of the alpha male as charming, rather than arrogant. But still blind to his own privilege and the feelings of others. Gracie is a bit of a blank slate, a good placeholder for readers who yearn to be the real love interest of a larger-than-life celebrity.
420blazeit's review against another edition
2.0
the reason this has two stars is bc ik SEP can do better than the asshole that bobby tom is and the absolute noodle-backboned woman that gracie snow is. i had a lot of problems with this book, and i genuinely almost dnfed bc bobby tom was SUCH AN ASS. he didn't deserve gracie and the slightest, and i have no effing clue how and WHY she fell in love with him. it just all goes back to bobby tom's original point that she doesn't have any other experience and therefore doesn't know what else is out there, thereFORE she should not be with him just because he is her first... Aren't they in their 30s?? pls grow up. anyway, the romance regarding bobby toms mom and way sawyer was more interesting than the main characters, but it was also weirdly... rapey?? like idk it just felt very overdone and less enemies to lovers and more enemies to they became lovers because felt she owed him something bc he was being creepy. anyway, here's to the next book being BETTER and not having bobby tom's sorry ass in it.
urbnfanni's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-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? Yes
4.25