Reviews

Tempting Olivia by Clare Ashton

delulucat's review

funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

5.0

momodesu's review

4.5

I enjoyed Tempting Olivia even more than the first book in the series, Meeting Millie, which I liked quite a bit. Some of that was because the majority of the core characters had already been introduced, so there was less need for background and character development and more time to devote to the story itself. I liked Olivia before, but getting to see her story develop was great, and Kate? Oh, Kate. She was so lovely. There is a third act breakup in this one, which I'm not always the biggest fan of, but it made sense in this story and I think it was necessary given the context. I won't be doing any spoiling here, but I'm REALLY looking forward to the hinted third installment of this series.

The writing style differentiating between the two women's point of views was particularly well done. The only real complaint I had was that, although the issues I had with punctuation in Meeting Millie were largely resolved in the first half of the book, it got a bit worse as it went on—including a couple of pretty glaring grammatical errors. It could have used a(nother?) pass through a proofreader.

grey_skiess's review

emotional medium-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

4.25

This book was so cute and heartwarming but also sad in a realistic way. I loved the plot and storyline and laughed out loud so many times. I would've loved it even more but the writing sometimes took me out of the storyline and I found that rather irritating. I'm interested to see what the next couple might be in the 3rd oxford romances because I have a good idea and I think it would really cute. 

biene2513's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

anyawolfy's review

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

st422z's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

dynamogk's review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

00leah00's review

slow-paced

2.5

becky_mercer93's review

Every sentence felt like the author had picked up a thesaurus and was trying to fit as many "interesting" words into it as possible. I don't mind flowery descriptions but this went too far. Shame because the characters seemed interesting.

tessaract's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.5