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4.02 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It felt like the MMC was bipolar. At times he was showing growth and the. Would do a total 180 and do something stupid.
The author seemed to want to jump forward a bunch and I wish they had just made the timeline tighter. Like why have them backpack for a year if you're going to skip months at a time, just have them go for 6 months and actually document most of it.
The author seemed to want to jump forward a bunch and I wish they had just made the timeline tighter. Like why have them backpack for a year if you're going to skip months at a time, just have them go for 6 months and actually document most of it.
I was so excited for this book! I adored the miles brothers. But Christopher - eesh. He started as a spoiled, entitled brat. Always got what he wanted with minimal effort. And he finished that way, too.
Poor Hayden. I hope someone makes a fanfic of her divorcing him, taking half of everything, moving back home to her fourth generation farm (that he scoffed at!!) and finding a caring guy who actually loves her more than himself.
Her parents want her to be a 4th gen farmer on their land. Hayden enjoys animal husbandry. So of course, Christopher mocks the farm and her job and tells her he will never live there. That’s literally the end of it. She’s an only child. What happens to the farm? After she homeschools Eddie what does she do? Does she ever get to see her parents again? As manipulative and territorial as Christopher is, it’s a fair question.
Oh! And Chris finds out from his mom he had a therapist at ten and was diagnosed with perfectionism. The psychiatrist recommends therapy to help with that so he doesn’t grow up to avoid everything. And Christopher never knew. Never got therapy. Why was this added? Was this supposed to be a reason why he was such a jerk? Why didn’t the mom get it treated as suggested?
Hayden was a doormat. Christopher was just awful. He punched doors, yells, demanded a BJ and then abandoned her. I mean, they’ve been flirting and having chemistry and the first intimate scene we get is him demanding a BJ?? I would have bit it off.
Another thing that irked me was that she made a joke about being a domme and pegging him. He made it clear she would just need to forget that and said he would be doing the pegging. She said nope (just like he did) and he was like, eh. You’re doing anal. You’ll like it. Then made anal jokes through the entire book. It was cliche and just, ugh. At least she didn’t give in by the end of the book. If he got his way on that I would have thrown my kindle. It was just very “macho man boomer” feeling to me.
Oh! The first time they have sex he is insulted she demands a condom. This guy is 31 and has bragged about being in orgies and needing sex twice a day or he will die. I would have demanded an STD report and still made him double wrap it. Gross.
He tells Hayden he will never live on her farm with her. So she decides to give London a chance for 3 months. Then he puts her through literal hell while there. She’s crying daily. Lonely. He’s taking time to email his assistant to message Hayden, but can’t just send a text to Hayden instead? He doesn’t answer her calls. Works 18 hour days including all weekends. Paparazzi hounding her and insulting her. And he sends her home for her own good and later she apologizes for not giving it a fair chance. Wtf. Oh and he won’t do long distance while they figure out some details because hE NeEdS SEx. Again, gross.
Oh and the constant small girl shaming was really outdated. There was the phrase “clothes to fit real women” in the boutique. Was this written by a woman? Because women should uplift women, no matter their size. Then body hair shaming. Sex worker shaming. People not wearing deodorant shaming. It goes on and on. And once they start sleeping together Chris refers to Hayden as his very own sex doll! Wtf?! Is that supposed to be…romantic?
There is no groveling for being a spoiled jerk. His only compromise is he buys her a farm near his work since she hates living downtown. Gee. So giving.
This book made me angry. Christopher is the worst.
Poor Hayden. I hope someone makes a fanfic of her divorcing him, taking half of everything, moving back home to her fourth generation farm (that he scoffed at!!) and finding a caring guy who actually loves her more than himself.
Her parents want her to be a 4th gen farmer on their land. Hayden enjoys animal husbandry. So of course, Christopher mocks the farm and her job and tells her he will never live there. That’s literally the end of it. She’s an only child. What happens to the farm? After she homeschools Eddie what does she do? Does she ever get to see her parents again? As manipulative and territorial as Christopher is, it’s a fair question.
Oh! And Chris finds out from his mom he had a therapist at ten and was diagnosed with perfectionism. The psychiatrist recommends therapy to help with that so he doesn’t grow up to avoid everything. And Christopher never knew. Never got therapy. Why was this added? Was this supposed to be a reason why he was such a jerk? Why didn’t the mom get it treated as suggested?
Hayden was a doormat. Christopher was just awful. He punched doors, yells, demanded a BJ and then abandoned her. I mean, they’ve been flirting and having chemistry and the first intimate scene we get is him demanding a BJ?? I would have bit it off.
Another thing that irked me was that she made a joke about being a domme and pegging him. He made it clear she would just need to forget that and said he would be doing the pegging. She said nope (just like he did) and he was like, eh. You’re doing anal. You’ll like it. Then made anal jokes through the entire book. It was cliche and just, ugh. At least she didn’t give in by the end of the book. If he got his way on that I would have thrown my kindle. It was just very “macho man boomer” feeling to me.
Oh! The first time they have sex he is insulted she demands a condom. This guy is 31 and has bragged about being in orgies and needing sex twice a day or he will die. I would have demanded an STD report and still made him double wrap it. Gross.
He tells Hayden he will never live on her farm with her. So she decides to give London a chance for 3 months. Then he puts her through literal hell while there. She’s crying daily. Lonely. He’s taking time to email his assistant to message Hayden, but can’t just send a text to Hayden instead? He doesn’t answer her calls. Works 18 hour days including all weekends. Paparazzi hounding her and insulting her. And he sends her home for her own good and later she apologizes for not giving it a fair chance. Wtf. Oh and he won’t do long distance while they figure out some details because hE NeEdS SEx. Again, gross.
Oh and the constant small girl shaming was really outdated. There was the phrase “clothes to fit real women” in the boutique. Was this written by a woman? Because women should uplift women, no matter their size. Then body hair shaming. Sex worker shaming. People not wearing deodorant shaming. It goes on and on. And once they start sleeping together Chris refers to Hayden as his very own sex doll! Wtf?! Is that supposed to be…romantic?
There is no groveling for being a spoiled jerk. His only compromise is he buys her a farm near his work since she hates living downtown. Gee. So giving.
This book made me angry. Christopher is the worst.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
The Do-Over is the fourth installment in the Miles High series. Similar to the previous books, The Do-Over follows Christopher, a billionaire workaholic.
The premise of the book sounded interesting, and I admittedly went into this hoping for a different experience than what I had reading the first book in this series. Further, as a contemporary romance, I was looking forward to a bit of an escapism blended with realism.
Unfortunately I was rather let down while reading this book. Here are my three biggest issues with this book:
1. The relationship has a clear power imbalance that is never truly sorted out. In the beginning of the book, Hayden makes it clear that Christopher can use a phrase “I need a minute” to signal when he wants space to breathe and think. He never uses this phrase, and there were multiple instances where the two of them are fighting and this would have been the ideal time for Christopher to be mature and use this phrase. Instead, during many of these fights Christopher’s language is borderline abusive, if not extremely aggressive. In fact, the one time Hayden stood up for herself led to Christopher being the biggest man-child and causing the most unnecessary third act. Christopher is constantly forgiven and I question f this is because he’s the party with more power, or if Hayden simply had no spine.
2. The infantilization of the Spaniard Eddie was….gross. To set the scene, Eddie is a 14 year old bartender. Obviously, to be working at age 14 means that you’re likely in a position where you need to take care of someone. Per Eddie, this someone is his grandmother. Regardless of his financial status, Eddie is quite the character, speaking numerous languages and being very street smart. Like many people when they travel, Christopher and Hayden treated Eddie like he was a toddler, rather than an actual person (ie: a teenager). To put this even further into perspective, Eddie is only 3 years younger than Christopher’s nephew. Would they have spoken to Harry that way? Absolutely not, but because Eddie is young and speaks a different language suddenly they find it OK to treat him like a child. I found this entire plot line to be very unrealistic, which is ironic because I’m reading a billionaire romance.
3. Christopher is very selfish when it comes to Hayden. That’s it. In every sex scene it’s more heavily focused on Christopher’s pleasure. First time, make up, etc, there’s very little attention on pleasuring Hayden and much of the attention is put on making sure Christopher is satisfied. If I’m reading a smutty novel I’d at least like to read about the man putting in effort
All of that being said, I found the book to be a very quick read. While I won’t be reaching for another brothers story anytime soon, I found that when it was good, it was good. 3 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.
The premise of the book sounded interesting, and I admittedly went into this hoping for a different experience than what I had reading the first book in this series. Further, as a contemporary romance, I was looking forward to a bit of an escapism blended with realism.
Unfortunately I was rather let down while reading this book. Here are my three biggest issues with this book:
1. The relationship has a clear power imbalance that is never truly sorted out. In the beginning of the book, Hayden makes it clear that Christopher can use a phrase “I need a minute” to signal when he wants space to breathe and think. He never uses this phrase, and there were multiple instances where the two of them are fighting and this would have been the ideal time for Christopher to be mature and use this phrase. Instead, during many of these fights Christopher’s language is borderline abusive, if not extremely aggressive. In fact, the one time Hayden stood up for herself led to Christopher being the biggest man-child and causing the most unnecessary third act. Christopher is constantly forgiven and I question f this is because he’s the party with more power, or if Hayden simply had no spine.
2. The infantilization of the Spaniard Eddie was….gross. To set the scene, Eddie is a 14 year old bartender. Obviously, to be working at age 14 means that you’re likely in a position where you need to take care of someone. Per Eddie, this someone is his grandmother. Regardless of his financial status, Eddie is quite the character, speaking numerous languages and being very street smart. Like many people when they travel, Christopher and Hayden treated Eddie like he was a toddler, rather than an actual person (ie: a teenager). To put this even further into perspective, Eddie is only 3 years younger than Christopher’s nephew. Would they have spoken to Harry that way? Absolutely not, but because Eddie is young and speaks a different language suddenly they find it OK to treat him like a child. I found this entire plot line to be very unrealistic, which is ironic because I’m reading a billionaire romance.
3. Christopher is very selfish when it comes to Hayden. That’s it. In every sex scene it’s more heavily focused on Christopher’s pleasure. First time, make up, etc, there’s very little attention on pleasuring Hayden and much of the attention is put on making sure Christopher is satisfied. If I’m reading a smutty novel I’d at least like to read about the man putting in effort
All of that being said, I found the book to be a very quick read. While I won’t be reaching for another brothers story anytime soon, I found that when it was good, it was good. 3 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.
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