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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A little bit too long for a story line…..,which was dragging all the way to the end
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
Listened in audio… it was good- I didn’t like roe at first but he grows on you!
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
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
Der erste Band der Forbidden Love Reihe von L.J. Shen hat mir wirklich gut gefallen.
Ich liebe das Thema "Verbotene Liebe" sehr, da es besonders viel Aufregung und Spannung mitbringt. Auch hier war es toll umgesetzt, auch wenn es für mich etwas länger hätte "verboten" bleiben können.
Ich finde es gut, dass L.J. Shen mit dieser Reihe mehr in Richtung RomCom geht. Man ist nur so durch das Buch geflogen und es war durchweg lustig. Obwohl im Buch auch traurige und schlimme Dinge vorkamen, die der ganzen Geschichte aber mehr Tiefe gegeben haben.
Einer der lustigsten Charaktere war Dylan und ich freue mich schon auf ihren Band und bin gespannt wie es für sie weitergeht.
Cal war aber auch eine sehr interessante sympathische Protagonistin, die definitiv auch besonders war mit ihrer tollpatschigen liebenswürdigen Art. Auch wenn sie sehr lange gebraucht hat, um zu ihren Gefühlen zu stehen.
Row daneben war einfach wundervoll. Ich habe seine Grumpy/Arschloch Art geliebt und die kleinen Streitereien. Und wie besessen er von Cal war. Definitiv Bookboyfriend Material.
Auch wirklich süß zwischendrin zu lesen waren die Chatverläufe. Und das Ende sowieso.
Ich kann das Buch auf jeden Fall weiterempfehlen und hatte viel Spaß beim Lesen.
Vielen Dank an LYX für die Bereitstellung eines Rezensionsexemplars über Netgalley. Meine Meinung wurde hierdurch nicht beeinflusst.
Ich liebe das Thema "Verbotene Liebe" sehr, da es besonders viel Aufregung und Spannung mitbringt. Auch hier war es toll umgesetzt, auch wenn es für mich etwas länger hätte "verboten" bleiben können.
Ich finde es gut, dass L.J. Shen mit dieser Reihe mehr in Richtung RomCom geht. Man ist nur so durch das Buch geflogen und es war durchweg lustig. Obwohl im Buch auch traurige und schlimme Dinge vorkamen, die der ganzen Geschichte aber mehr Tiefe gegeben haben.
Einer der lustigsten Charaktere war Dylan und ich freue mich schon auf ihren Band und bin gespannt wie es für sie weitergeht.
Cal war aber auch eine sehr interessante sympathische Protagonistin, die definitiv auch besonders war mit ihrer tollpatschigen liebenswürdigen Art. Auch wenn sie sehr lange gebraucht hat, um zu ihren Gefühlen zu stehen.
Row daneben war einfach wundervoll. Ich habe seine Grumpy/Arschloch Art geliebt und die kleinen Streitereien. Und wie besessen er von Cal war. Definitiv Bookboyfriend Material.
Auch wirklich süß zwischendrin zu lesen waren die Chatverläufe. Und das Ende sowieso.
Ich kann das Buch auf jeden Fall weiterempfehlen und hatte viel Spaß beim Lesen.
Vielen Dank an LYX für die Bereitstellung eines Rezensionsexemplars über Netgalley. Meine Meinung wurde hierdurch nicht beeinflusst.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
This is so sweet and funny, easy to read and follow. I loved Row’s grumpy-sunshine energy and the way he falls first. The angst is heartwarming and the witty banter is hilarious. I love the sarcasm from Dylan and the reconnection between friends. The 90’s music references had me listening to old song long forgotten.
I have a whole list of things I did not enjoy while reading this book. What I did enjoy though is Shen's writing style, which I loved in the Dark Prince Road series (which she co-wrote with PS Huntington), and shines especially through the character's banter, snappy dialogues, fun similes, and laugh-out-loud moments. The plot was also somewhat consistent for a contemporary romance novel, and went a little beyond the main characters' relationship, which I appreciated.
Now onto the negative stuff. Row's personality was an exaggeration of everything that is usually passable in grumpy MCs, and that spoiled his relationship with everyone else in the book, in my opinion. It also made his relationship with Calla hard to believe, which is a shame because that scene in the beginning (the infamous car hood scene) showed a personality that could have developed into something way more palatable. The author has taken the grumpy/sunshine trope and torn it apart - how Cal could take his shit and still keep a smile on her face is beyond me, and absolutely unrealistic.
Cal's anxiety is also oddly explained - we are told throughout the story that she went through some kind of ordeal in high school, and suffers from severe PTSD as a consequence, whenever she is around strange men. When we are finally told what really happened, it turns out
Finally, I hated the ending.
What saved the day was definitely the writing and entertaining dialogues (and really hot scenes too). I'll try other books by the same author for sure, as it could easily be a miss for me bc I did not click with the characters.
Now onto the negative stuff. Row's personality was an exaggeration of everything that is usually passable in grumpy MCs, and that spoiled his relationship with everyone else in the book, in my opinion. It also made his relationship with Calla hard to believe, which is a shame because that scene in the beginning (the infamous car hood scene) showed a personality that could have developed into something way more palatable. The author has taken the grumpy/sunshine trope and torn it apart - how Cal could take his shit and still keep a smile on her face is beyond me, and absolutely unrealistic.
Cal's anxiety is also oddly explained - we are told throughout the story that she went through some kind of ordeal in high school, and suffers from severe PTSD as a consequence, whenever she is around strange men. When we are finally told what really happened, it turns out
Spoiler
she was assaulted by a group of women, who bullied her so much they almost killed her, after breaking her ankle. She even acknowledges that it does not really make sense for her to be uncomfortable around men while her tormentors were women, but explains it away with something her therapist said about women being the ones who saved her in the end - which sounds like a feeble rationalization to me. I don't know why that particular bit annoyed me, but I do not understand why the author did not just include a man in the group of bullies?Finally, I hated the ending.
Spoiler
This big moment in her mother's kitchen, where Calla has an epiphany and "realizes" that she has loved Row all these years? Eye roll. Stupidest scene ever.What saved the day was definitely the writing and entertaining dialogues (and really hot scenes too). I'll try other books by the same author for sure, as it could easily be a miss for me bc I did not click with the characters.
i kinda have no thoughts about this book it’s weird…i enjoyed it but that’s it..!