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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
good Christmas read
This was a nice Christmas read- spice was pretty heavy and a bit overdone but the plot was funny with good banter
This was a nice Christmas read- spice was pretty heavy and a bit overdone but the plot was funny with good banter
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
medium-paced
DNF
Overall impression: this book is just glorified abuse...other authors have been cancelled for less so why does Alina Jacobs get away with it? Avoid this book at all cost. Every character is unlikeable, poorly developed and downright abusive to the FMC. None of the scenes are realistic and the FMC is a doormat that just tolerates the abuse and thinks she deserves it because ChRIstMAs. After reading other reviews I realised it doesn't get better, so I'm not going to torture myself by reading any more of this crap. #GetTherapyAuthor and educate yourself before you write about abuse in your stories.
10 things I hate about you:
❌ Abusive family
❌ Abusive hero
❌ Heroine has no backbone
❌ Sister actively cheats on all of heroine's boyfriends + fiance
❌ Family condones cheating on heroine for ReaSOnS
❌ Shit dialogue
❌ Unrealistic + inappropriate character reactions
❌ Poorly written with weird time jumps
❌ Zero world-building
❌ Ruined my favourite tropes (fake dating, bad boy/good girl, enemies-to-lovers)
Overall impression: this book is just glorified abuse...other authors have been cancelled for less so why does Alina Jacobs get away with it? Avoid this book at all cost. Every character is unlikeable, poorly developed and downright abusive to the FMC. None of the scenes are realistic and the FMC is a doormat that just tolerates the abuse and thinks she deserves it because ChRIstMAs. After reading other reviews I realised it doesn't get better, so I'm not going to torture myself by reading any more of this crap. #GetTherapyAuthor and educate yourself before you write about abuse in your stories.
10 things I hate about you:
❌ Abusive family
❌ Abusive hero
❌ Heroine has no backbone
❌ Sister actively cheats on all of heroine's boyfriends + fiance
❌ Family condones cheating on heroine for ReaSOnS
❌ Shit dialogue
❌ Unrealistic + inappropriate character reactions
❌ Poorly written with weird time jumps
❌ Zero world-building
❌ Ruined my favourite tropes (fake dating, bad boy/good girl, enemies-to-lovers)
I did not expect what I read when I picked this book up, instead of a cute, fluffy and sweet holiday romance this was a crude crack fic (sorry to use a fanfic term) featuring a pretty toxic relationship. I did enjoy this, despite it not being at all as I expected it to be but I feel like it needs a better blurb to describe the book
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was kind of difficult for me to read. I found it hard to fall in love with any of the characters and it was unrealistic and crude at times.
honestly shocked I gave this 4 stars
I was really shocked I ended up loving this book…… I had a roller coaster of emotions reading through this. The smut really turned me off tho. Not a fan of it. But once I powered through that it was a good book!
I was really shocked I ended up loving this book…… I had a roller coaster of emotions reading through this. The smut really turned me off tho. Not a fan of it. But once I powered through that it was a good book!