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emilyhei's review
5.0
After a year away Jasmine Quinn decides to return home to the men she loves. Zane and Seth have always protected Jasmine, they found her as a teenage runaway and vowed never to let any harm come to her. When they see Jasmine they realize she has grown up, and Jasmine doesn't want them to see her as her protectors but as the woman she has become.
I loved this book, it was beautifully written and really went to great depths to showcase the fears Seth and Zane were feeling about sharing their love with another.
I loved this book, it was beautifully written and really went to great depths to showcase the fears Seth and Zane were feeling about sharing their love with another.
islandbookwyrm's review
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
ghostbusterwhit's review
1.0
Yikes. There were a lot of parts of this book that just made me cringe, and after a certain number of those it's just hard to have any fun.
The writing seemed to treat the main female character as the protagonist but the perspective would often just float away to the male leads for no apparent reason.
The three leads were interesting, but the character of Carmen was really awfully written. She's a Mexican-American housekeeper, cook, and surrogate mother who uses a handful of Spanish words over and over and over while seemingly having no life outside this creepy little family. She frets over everyone and just keeps saying that the female character, Jasmine, is like her own child. It's painful that this character has been given nothing besides her job, which is service to these white people.
There's a scene with surprise and nonconsensual sex/bondage that just all works out because this is how adults negotiate sex and boundaries, apparently, with the kicker being that the local sheriff is the one who supplied his own handcuffs for the job.
There are miles of back and forth over ironing out how Jasmine is going to make a polyamorous relationship work (with two brothers!) but again almost none of this is done via reasonable conversations but is instead handled by having Jasmine approach them individually for sex and then get frustrated or completely Bella Swan self-destructive when they're not all at her level from the jump.
Honestly, there's more. A backstory of sexual exploitation that was shocking but not really thoughtful, entirely too much angst, creepy protective guys who are also A-okay with having sex with a girl who is dehydrated, possibly concussed, and drunk? Yi-i-i-i-ikes.
The writing seemed to treat the main female character as the protagonist but the perspective would often just float away to the male leads for no apparent reason.
The three leads were interesting, but the character of Carmen was really awfully written. She's a Mexican-American housekeeper, cook, and surrogate mother who uses a handful of Spanish words over and over and over while seemingly having no life outside this creepy little family. She frets over everyone and just keeps saying that the female character, Jasmine, is like her own child. It's painful that this character has been given nothing besides her job, which is service to these white people.
There's a scene with surprise and nonconsensual sex/bondage that just all works out because this is how adults negotiate sex and boundaries, apparently, with the kicker being that the local sheriff is the one who supplied his own handcuffs for the job.
There are miles of back and forth over ironing out how Jasmine is going to make a polyamorous relationship work (with two brothers!) but again almost none of this is done via reasonable conversations but is instead handled by having Jasmine approach them individually for sex and then get frustrated or completely Bella Swan self-destructive when they're not all at her level from the jump.
Honestly, there's more. A backstory of sexual exploitation that was shocking but not really thoughtful, entirely too much angst, creepy protective guys who are also A-okay with having sex with a girl who is dehydrated, possibly concussed, and drunk? Yi-i-i-i-ikes.
lilyphoenix's review
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
rainstormdragon's review
cliched characters, too dumb to live heroine, helpless heroine
jillip's review
2.0
A fast read, but rather boring and repetitive. I didn't find much in either substance or style worth recommending beyond being junk-food/mindless entertainment. blah.
joshine's review
1.0
If I could give this book negative stars I would. Woof.
TW: incest, rape
There wasn't really a plot, none of the characters were likable. One is a racist caricature of a Mexican woman, who apparently only says the word niña in Spanish, and the bratty little white girl constantly calls her "mamacita" literally any scene between the two of them is littered with these words in case you forget that Carmen is Mexican. God I wish I were joking.
The worst part is the INCEST?! 1) Emotional incest because the two men the MC wants to get it on with are emotional brother/parent stand ins, which is just weird. 2) THE TWO MEN ARE BROTHERS!!
Why? WHy??? why???
Do their dicks touch? No. Is it still wildly uncomfortable? Yes. I would have been okay with some poly solution where she dates both brothers, but having a sexual thing with siblings??? FLaiof bleh
The cherry on this godawful sundae is the rape scene. Not called a rape scene because it's a man getting handcuffed, in his sleep! (Almost dnf at this scene). And then obviously saying "No". And then the MC keeps saying she "seduced" him. Honey, that's not seduction.
One Million Yikes
TW: incest, rape
There wasn't really a plot, none of the characters were likable. One is a racist caricature of a Mexican woman, who apparently only says the word niña in Spanish, and the bratty little white girl constantly calls her "mamacita" literally any scene between the two of them is littered with these words in case you forget that Carmen is Mexican. God I wish I were joking.
The worst part is the INCEST?! 1) Emotional incest because the two men the MC wants to get it on with are emotional brother/parent stand ins, which is just weird. 2) THE TWO MEN ARE BROTHERS!!
Why? WHy??? why???
Do their dicks touch? No. Is it still wildly uncomfortable? Yes. I would have been okay with some poly solution where she dates both brothers, but having a sexual thing with siblings??? FLaiof bleh
The cherry on this godawful sundae is the rape scene. Not called a rape scene because it's a man getting handcuffed, in his sleep! (Almost dnf at this scene). And then obviously saying "No". And then the MC keeps saying she "seduced" him. Honey, that's not seduction.
One Million Yikes
imzadirose's review
2.0
I don't know if I've ever given a Maya Banks book less than a 4. I had a 3 but the more I think of it, the more pissed I am, so I had to give it a 2.
It's a personal thing. I have SERIOUS issues with people who are supposedly "in love" but don't talk to each other. Over half of the book wouldn't have happened if she sat them down together, explained what she learned in Paris and asked that of them. But no, she lets everyone, including herself, be all hurt because she can't open her mouth before she opened her damn legs.
I understand that there wouldn't have been much of a book if she talked first, but it would have been a better book.
It's a personal thing. I have SERIOUS issues with people who are supposedly "in love" but don't talk to each other. Over half of the book wouldn't have happened if she sat them down together, explained what she learned in Paris and asked that of them. But no, she lets everyone, including herself, be all hurt because she can't open her mouth before she opened her damn legs.
I understand that there wouldn't have been much of a book if she talked first, but it would have been a better book.
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