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Lola & the Millionaires: Part Two by Kathryn Moon

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cozycactus's review

This is part two of a story and isn't written as a standalone.

The first Lola book works so well because it's a story about Lola and beginning her healing journey:

she starts terrified of alphas and ends trusting and relying on some in the end.

This isn't just about Lola, though. It's also about her individual relationships with six guys. And they're all developing in the same space that a normal romance uses to flesh out a single relationship. Consequently not everything makes it on-page. In this case it leaves the relationships feeling shallow. She starts the story

trusting this pack and ends... Loving the pack? There's not much of a before-and-after,

and it's a bit of a let down after the expectations created by the first book.

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madmadmaddymad's review

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

Sexy! I do love the orgy scenes. Wow. This book had like 50% more sex than the first one. And boy, was it hot!

I also enjoyed the fall of Lola’s walls as one by one she let herself into the pack and into each guy’s bond. She really came so far from the scared little beta who was always beating herself up mentally at the beginning of book one. I like a book where the characters can be sexually and emotionally fulfilled.

Ending was pure cheese, but I do love the Leo/Lola dynamic and I’m so proud of her for being able to come to terms with her life as a beta and her importance to the pack.

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aelin_morgenstern's review

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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elmead's review

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

Steamier than part one but I’m certainly not complaining.

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calicohearts's review

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dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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nose_in_a_book's review

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Moon shines brightest when she is doing character studies and exploring relationships. I wish she would just let her books stand on the quiet emotion of them rather than trying to bloat the plot with high action. Each of the men (minus Cyrus) had their own interesting flaws and soft spots that I would have rather seen explored than adding in an undertone of danger. There was a natural ending to the story when Lola got back from visiting Baby. We didn’t need another 150 pages.

Honestly, we didn’t need Cyrus, the seeming reason that it didn’t end at that point. He felt like a convenient NPC to pull out as a background distraction for whatever character couldn’t have Lola’s attention at the time. Their relationship felt forced in a way none of the others did. He felt woefully underbaked and often slowed the flow. He straight up ruined the beautifully sweet scene

where Caleb bonded with Lola

by pulling her attention immediately back to him in a complete tonal shift that cheapened the depth of the previous scene.

I will also note that while sex is talked about *a lot* in these books, it’s generally not done on page. There is maybe one on-page scene every 75 pages and only one of them in this book is more than Lola and a single partner. I think that is also shown in the way relationships play out in these books too. Lola spends more time talking one on one with her guys than hanging out in groups which also ruins some of the natural flow because then it feels like we haven’t seen a character for a while as she rotates through each of the dudes.

Do I think this book was fun? Yes. Moon knows how to make playful books about rascally men. But I definitely think there are other why choose romances that made for better books, including some of Moon’s own work.

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