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Beautiful Bastard

Christina Lauren

3.5 AVERAGE


super x la vdd
lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

this was either written in hell or wattpad. theres no other way.
lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Lord have mercy…this book started off with a bang. Literally. Easy read for sure, however, the intern/boss trope makes me feel uneasy & overall seems unrealistic to me and my lifestyle. Will I read the others in the series? Most likely, yes. 



Wow... where to start with this review. I LOVED this book! I rarely give a book five stars, but I just have to with Beautiful Bastard. I love a book that the characters slowly fall in love. I love to feel their every emotion as they discover their true feelings. I also love a book that is full of hotness and makes my blood boil. I very much enjoyed the banter back and forth and there were a lot of places that had me laughing. There were tender moments, frustrating moments, have to fan myself moments, teary moments, witty moments, and loving moments. I went through so many emotions reading this book. At first I was all MMMMMM when Mr. Ryan walked in.
And then I was for most of the book. Then I was when they realized their true feelings for each other. Next, I was like this. And then I was back to In the end, I was Read this book! It is great!


"The look in her eyes told me that under any other circumstances, I would either already be naked with her on top of me, or lying in a pool of my own blood on the rug."

"You know, if you would shut up once in a while you'd be d*mn near perfect." "But I'd be a silent panty ripper, which I think is a lot creepier than the angry-boss panty ripper."


Originally read February 15, 2013
Reread March 24, 2014... This book is still one of my all time favorites!




*2.75*
This book really has no plot or point but it will make you laugh whether you're suppose to or not. It was ridiculous and I often found myself going "Really?" at the characters but it does offer entertainment. Will I be reading the next installment in the series? Yes. I will just have to read it with a grain of salt. This isn't award winning literature. It's strictly here to entertain you for the couple hours it takes to read.

This book took me roughly 4 hours to finish, it was not put down once.
Hey, Bennett, how about letting me in to your bedroom instead?
fast-paced

Boardrooms, elevators, and the sacrifice of many a panty.

I approached this book with an open mind, and it was one of those things where.. I was out of books [I wanted] to read, I kept seeing this book in various feeds, and I figured why not? I kind of just trudged through it. I skimmed a lot of the sex scenes, and the whole Twilight/50SOG fanfic genre is just getting old for me. It's so done it's in overkill now.

There were some aspects of the story that piqued my interest, but all-in-all, it wound up being one of those rare occasions that I didn't immediately track down the sequel. It's been several months now, and I don't remember there being any issue with the writing itself, in retrospect, but I just found the storyline to be a bit tired. I don't think I even remember the plot aside from the new standard of (brooding, business executive/billionaire) guy and (young, financially vulnerable, student/entry level employee) girl hate each other but have an intense want for one another, lots of hate-sex, arbitrary hurdles to their "romance," and an ever building want/need despite the weak issues holding them back... yeah.

I'm not interested in rehashing a successful series in hopes of milking it for all it's worth. Aside from that, it wasn't a *bad* read, it just didn't particularly stand out among the others.

i like smut, what i don't like is emotionless cold smut.