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Beautiful Bastard

Christina Lauren

3.5 AVERAGE


This is my first Christina Lauren book and Sigh.. I hate myself for waiting so long.
This book was funny, cute and oh so very freaking hot! Lord did I love Chloe! She was so sassy and very savage. Queen B! Can she be real so I can be her friend? I absolutely loved her personality and the way she was. Bennett was just a beautiful bastard. Such an asshole, but God I loved it. Every minute of it. I could honestly watch Chloe and Bennett go at it for hours (I'm talking about their arguments here

3.5

I give it 3 1/2 stars, I felt things happened a little to fast for me. in the first chapter they are already getting it on. I was like really I don't even know the characters yet. I thought it was ok.

I typically love me a slow burn but this one got me good. Not even 10 pages in there's already spice happening and the tensions between the two main characters are phenomenal. Also love how it switches between their POV as well. Love that! The power dynamic is litty and I took a massive chance on it not knowing what I was gonna get into but I finished it within two days! Couldn't put it down!

DNF- this book was a repetitive mess of bad smut. I hate him but I’ll let him fuck me in a public hallway and repeatedly rip off my expensive underwear. I needed more actual plot. This was a twilight fan fiction originally and it shows. I usually love Christina Lauren books but this was not it.

4 stars

Quick and easy read, enemies to lovers is always a favorite.

(Aunt Marsha, don't read this one)

A MUST READ
The entire series is amazing. Two independent and strong-willed individuals coming together in a business environment is bound to get messy... and extremely dirty. Nothing wrong with that!
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

You can definitely tell that it’s an early work of Christina, Lauren, and fanfiction. Their charming style
is there somewhat but there was way too many spice chapters in this book. 

2-2.5 stars — this is the first Christina Lauren book that I wasn’t in love with from the get go. The two main characters just seem to dislike each other so much at the beginning and to go from that and being at each other’s throats to ripping off each other’s clothing in the span of a chapter (...a few pages really) just doesn’t seem possible to me. Not to mention that they kind of treat each other like crap throughout the whole book. I finished it because I wanted to know what happened between the two of them and there’s some redemption at the end. But overall, just a big nope from me. Also, the plot was basically non existent. Just lots of steamy smut scenes (which I’m okay with) and some story mixed in. It just needed more of a plot. Probably won’t read on with the series, and I think I’ll just stick to their standalone books from now on.
emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated