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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Adictivo, con muchos paralelismos a "50 sombras de Grey" pero en versión mejorada. Los personajes están mucho mejor y parecen más reales, ella tiene mucha más personalidad y él es más real y se le puede comprender. Tengo ganas de que salga la segunda parte de la trilogía.
Spoilers, though it's really just a lot of sex and drama. For mature audiences only... haha
I'm going to do what everyone else does when they review this book. I am going to compare it to Fifty Shades of Grey. Why? Because it's uncanny how similar the two stories are. There is a rich, handsome, possessive man who falls for a self-conscious woman (thought beautiful). Both have dark pasts that involve sexual abuse (foreshadowed in the most obvious of ways, might I add,) and they cannot keep their hands off of each other. Gideon (the male) has a personal driver, owns several business, and meets Eva in his office. There is note writing, jealousy, ex-lovers, and plenty of arguing topped with passionate love making, of course.
Honestly, I wouldn't have minded another story like Fifty Shades, but this didn't quite cut it. At first I thought that Bared to You was better written; more interesting. It became more frustrating as I read. Here's why:
Gideon claims to be a dominant, and that Eva is submissive. It didn't really seem that way. In a section about 100 pages to the end, Gideon finally just says it "I am dominant and you're submissive, you just don't know it." Zzzzz. It seemed like they were playing off of this new BDSM literature craze, yet just couldn't "run it home." I didn't buy it from either of them.
The fighting. Uggh. I can take the make-up/break-up stuff for only so long. It seemed like every chapter, they were having a full-on, obsessive, jealously-related argument and that someone was storming out. Day seemed to use the breaking up and fighting as the fire under her most intimate scenes. The crying would suddenly turn to a heated make-up or Eva getting thrown up against the wall. It loses its appeal quickly - happy people can be passionate too.
Both of them are too insecure to be sizzling hot.
When Gideon finally opens up to Eva about his abusive past, she can barely stand having a serious conversation. Instead of looking at him and empathizing, she starts squirming: making flirtatious remarks, evading the topic, and....surprise, having sex with him. It's so strange. And after talking about sexual abuse? Maybe Day is trying to illustrate how they turn to sex (the thing that scarred them) as a method of comfort; they clearly do. But how am I supposed to feel interested in their stories, when their connection sucks so badly?
I'm bummed, because I was interested in this book initially; I wanted to see how it developed, and I can always appreciate a hot story, haha. Oh well.
I'm going to do what everyone else does when they review this book. I am going to compare it to Fifty Shades of Grey. Why? Because it's uncanny how similar the two stories are. There is a rich, handsome, possessive man who falls for a self-conscious woman (thought beautiful). Both have dark pasts that involve sexual abuse (foreshadowed in the most obvious of ways, might I add,) and they cannot keep their hands off of each other. Gideon (the male) has a personal driver, owns several business, and meets Eva in his office. There is note writing, jealousy, ex-lovers, and plenty of arguing topped with passionate love making, of course.
Honestly, I wouldn't have minded another story like Fifty Shades, but this didn't quite cut it. At first I thought that Bared to You was better written; more interesting. It became more frustrating as I read. Here's why:
Gideon claims to be a dominant, and that Eva is submissive. It didn't really seem that way. In a section about 100 pages to the end, Gideon finally just says it "I am dominant and you're submissive, you just don't know it." Zzzzz. It seemed like they were playing off of this new BDSM literature craze, yet just couldn't "run it home." I didn't buy it from either of them.
The fighting. Uggh. I can take the make-up/break-up stuff for only so long. It seemed like every chapter, they were having a full-on, obsessive, jealously-related argument and that someone was storming out. Day seemed to use the breaking up and fighting as the fire under her most intimate scenes. The crying would suddenly turn to a heated make-up or Eva getting thrown up against the wall. It loses its appeal quickly - happy people can be passionate too.
Both of them are too insecure to be sizzling hot.
When Gideon finally opens up to Eva about his abusive past, she can barely stand having a serious conversation. Instead of looking at him and empathizing, she starts squirming: making flirtatious remarks, evading the topic, and....surprise, having sex with him. It's so strange. And after talking about sexual abuse? Maybe Day is trying to illustrate how they turn to sex (the thing that scarred them) as a method of comfort; they clearly do. But how am I supposed to feel interested in their stories, when their connection sucks so badly?
I'm bummed, because I was interested in this book initially; I wanted to see how it developed, and I can always appreciate a hot story, haha. Oh well.
I fell in love with these wonderfully flawed lover from the beginning. If there were ever two people who shouldn't be together because of the trauma in their backgrounds, then it's these two. But despite everything you can see and feel the attraction and building love ( and obsession at times) that these two have for each other. There is nothing that will stand in the way of their love and being together no matter how quickly it happens or what obstacles are put in their way. So glad I started reading this when the next book was already out!
Well, I loaned all 5 ebooks through libby weeks ago and skimmed them all. Then I started to read this first book last night - 7/15/2023. DNF'ed today 7/16/23 at page 215. Then I skimmed/stopped to read other portions of the book. This is a trauma porn soap opera type of a book. And there are 4 others! Like I said above, I've read/skimmed those, too, and it seems NOTHING happens at all. And I feel like the timeline is very short across all the books. In the first week of knowing/dating in this book (a bit over 50% into it), Eva suggests couples therapy (suggested by her BFF Cary). Did she/they not watch How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days?! LMAO. Anyway, this series is not for me.
3.5* rounded up. This wasn't perfect. In fact the relationship between Gideon and Eva could only really be described as toxic. They both have dark pasts and neither of them is very open or good at communication. But that aside, I actually really like this story. Obviously the fact that this is likened to 50 Shades can't really be overlooked. I can't speak to them, because I haven't read 50SOG in their entirety. But what I did read wasn't good. This was good.
No means no. A fact which overrides any other opinion I might've had.
Unbearably bad. I actually yelled at the book several times, often with "that's creepy!" And "eww" and "that's not romance that's rape" and "why can't you see how fucked ip this is?!"
If you decide to read this and you’re my friend don’t judge me