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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
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.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC.
This was like coming home, in the sense that you knew what you were getting.
This is the story of Christopher, the youngest Miles brother and Hayden, a sweet country girl.
I really enjoyed Christopher’s redemption ARC, from playboy to someone who is ready for a relationship.
It had that signature Swan humour too. I really loved seeing Christopher get ready for the trip.
I have missed the Miles brothers so much and it was good to see them again and catch up with what was
going on in their lives. I cannot wait to read the epilogue in February.
This was like coming home, in the sense that you knew what you were getting.
This is the story of Christopher, the youngest Miles brother and Hayden, a sweet country girl.
I really enjoyed Christopher’s redemption ARC, from playboy to someone who is ready for a relationship.
It had that signature Swan humour too. I really loved seeing Christopher get ready for the trip.
I have missed the Miles brothers so much and it was good to see them again and catch up with what was
going on in their lives. I cannot wait to read the epilogue in February.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Esta reseña realmente es de la edición en español de la editorial Chic, que he intentado añadir, pero me ha dado problemas y no he podido. Esto es importante y tiene que ver con la novela.
Le doy dos estrellas, sobre todo, porque la primera parte es tremenda, de verdad, casi merece la pena embarcarse en la aventura de leer este libro solo por eso.
Es la típica novela de un megarico multimillonario y la chica que no lo es, en este caso no es pobre ni tiene traumas horribles, pero es de campo (oh dios mío, cómo se le ocurre). Total que Christian se va de mochilero un año para encontrarse a sí mismo, pero de tapadillo porque reniega un poco de cómo es el como tipo multimillonario, pero al final se ha criado como tal y es tremendo leer la de cosas que le pasan cuando intenta trabajar como un currito normal o está al otro lado y los clientes le tratan como si estuvieran por encima. Hay un montón de cosas locas y divertidas que pasan y se lee en un pispas.
Entonces llega un momento importante, pasan cosas que no voy a contar porque spoiler (aunque es de cajón, pero no seré yo quien te rompa la sorpresa) y la cosa empieza a torcerse porque el amor se desarrolla en los tres primeros meses… y solo porque son unos cabezones. Así que después del momento importante sigue pasando el tiempo de mochilero y nos cuenta el año completo con algunas cosas puntuales, pero todo muy rápido porque hay que llegar al punto en el que. Lo gestiona bastante mal porque en realidad un poco de miedo había, pero sobre todo mucha manipulación porque en realidad te das cuenta de que si lo hace de esta manera dispone todo para que salga como él quiere… y desde aquí la cosa va decayendo bastante para mi gusto.
Un personaje que parece importante va desapareciendo poco a poco mientras viajan y aquí es prácticamente un recuerdo difuso, pero a la vez le dan un punto de vista en un capítulo que no aporta nada en absoluto para saber más de él o desarrollar la historia. Y…. Esto que ocurrió me enfadó muchísimo.
El final, además, es como todo muy corriendo. Colocando las piezas en su sitio para que acabe en el típico: boda y un montón de hijos con el heredero multimillonario, ¿qué más quieres?
¿Qué más quiero? Que él no sea un manipulador y que se le dé a ella un espacio (no literal) para que pueda conocerse después del descubrimiento que supone el año de mochilera. Porque sí, él se descubre a sí mismo y el amor (tiene 30 años) pero ella tiene 25, ha pasado 2 años encerrada en su granja por un desengaño amoroso y del personaje que nos presentan al inicio al que vemos mochileando hay un salto importante. ¿Qué pasa con su evolución?
Que sí que ya sé que es una novela erótica de multimillonarios y a lo mejor no puedo pedirle gran cosa, pero puedo quejarme igual, ¿no?
Mención especial a la traducción que sin haber leído el original me parece que tiene muchas cosas muy acertadas, hay momentazos que si no le pones una frase típica de aquí y solo la traduces tal cual pierde la gracia y eso está muy conseguido. De hecho, los fallitos que le he encontrado a la narración probablemente se deban más al original que a otra cosa, porque los personajes están todo el rato abriendo mucho los ojos por cualquier cosa, en cualquier momento, sin estar ligado a una emoción concreta y eso me sacaba de la historia constantemente porque pensaba que me había perdido algo. Pero claro, si hacen eso en el original, la pobre persona que traduce no lo puede cambiar, así que gran trabajo.
Le doy dos estrellas, sobre todo, porque la primera parte es tremenda, de verdad, casi merece la pena embarcarse en la aventura de leer este libro solo por eso.
Es la típica novela de un megarico multimillonario y la chica que no lo es, en este caso no es pobre ni tiene traumas horribles, pero es de campo (oh dios mío, cómo se le ocurre). Total que Christian se va de mochilero un año para encontrarse a sí mismo, pero de tapadillo porque reniega un poco de cómo es el como tipo multimillonario, pero al final se ha criado como tal y es tremendo leer la de cosas que le pasan cuando intenta trabajar como un currito normal o está al otro lado y los clientes le tratan como si estuvieran por encima. Hay un montón de cosas locas y divertidas que pasan y se lee en un pispas.
Entonces llega un momento importante, pasan cosas que no voy a contar porque spoiler (aunque es de cajón, pero no seré yo quien te rompa la sorpresa) y la cosa empieza a torcerse porque el amor se desarrolla en los tres primeros meses… y solo porque son unos cabezones. Así que después del momento importante sigue pasando el tiempo de mochilero y nos cuenta el año completo con algunas cosas puntuales, pero todo muy rápido porque hay que llegar al punto en el que
Spoiler
él le cuenta a ella que no es pobre y tiene un montón de pasta, que realmente no es lo importante, sino que tiene un trabajo que le consume todas las horas del día además de que vive y trabaja en Londres, no en estados unidosUn personaje que parece importante va desapareciendo poco a poco mientras viajan y aquí es prácticamente un recuerdo difuso, pero a la vez le dan un punto de vista en un capítulo que no aporta nada en absoluto para saber más de él o desarrollar la historia. Y…
Spoiler
le hacen reaparecer al final para salvar el día de la forma más estúpida posible, de nuevo manipulándola a ella, sus sentimientos y conviccionesEl final, además, es como todo muy corriendo. Colocando las piezas en su sitio para que acabe en el típico: boda y un montón de hijos con el heredero multimillonario, ¿qué más quieres?
¿Qué más quiero? Que él no sea un manipulador y que se le dé a ella un espacio (no literal) para que pueda conocerse después del descubrimiento que supone el año de mochilera. Porque sí, él se descubre a sí mismo y el amor (tiene 30 años) pero ella tiene 25, ha pasado 2 años encerrada en su granja por un desengaño amoroso y del personaje que nos presentan al inicio al que vemos mochileando hay un salto importante. ¿Qué pasa con su evolución?
Que sí que ya sé que es una novela erótica de multimillonarios y a lo mejor no puedo pedirle gran cosa, pero puedo quejarme igual, ¿no?
Mención especial a la traducción que sin haber leído el original me parece que tiene muchas cosas muy acertadas, hay momentazos que si no le pones una frase típica de aquí y solo la traduces tal cual pierde la gracia y eso está muy conseguido. De hecho, los fallitos que le he encontrado a la narración probablemente se deban más al original que a otra cosa, porque los personajes están todo el rato abriendo mucho los ojos por cualquier cosa, en cualquier momento, sin estar ligado a una emoción concreta y eso me sacaba de la historia constantemente porque pensaba que me había perdido algo. Pero claro, si hacen eso en el original, la pobre persona que traduce no lo puede cambiar, así que gran trabajo.
3.5/5 ⭐️ I really liked the start of this book. Elliot and Hayden had the potential to be the best romance out of the Miles brothers. There were some let downs for me in the writing, but overall I liked them. I really love when she incorporates blurbs about the other Miles brothers and their families. The dinner scene to me felt so real life
if I could rate this 10 stars I would
After reading/listening to the first 3 books I couldn’t help but think that Christopher would fall in love the hardest. And boy was I right. The emotional rollercoaster this story put me though… I laughed the most but also cried the most. The author saved the best for last. This one is definitely my favorite.
After reading/listening to the first 3 books I couldn’t help but think that Christopher would fall in love the hardest. And boy was I right. The emotional rollercoaster this story put me though… I laughed the most but also cried the most. The author saved the best for last. This one is definitely my favorite.
GAH. I really wanted to love this one, but I just didn’t. BE AWARE THAT THIS REVIEW WILL INCLUDE SPOILERS.
Christopher has been the biggest mystery of the Miles brothers and I am glad we finally get to see him get his HEA.
Things I liked:
All of the scenes with the other Miles brother (especially Tristan). And the HILARIOUS yacht scene with Masters, Spencer, and Garcia - I was laughing out loud at that.
The friendships that were formed during the year away. I loved the core group of the 6 of them.
The relationship between Eduardo and Christo and Eduardo and Hazen individually. The ending for Eduardo really bad me in tears.
Things I didn’t love:
Christopher. His character was awful. I’m sorry, but he’s the worst out of any character I’ve read from this author. He is a whiny, spoiled, entitled brat. Every time he didn’t get his way, he was yelling and screaming. I hated how he was continually doing that to Hayden and she just took it and let him get away with it. Throughout the entire book, there were numerous times that he should have groveled and it didn’t happen. I wanted more growth from him, but the minimal growth that we saw, was washed away the second that the conflict happened at the end:
Hayden. I could take her or leave her. I honestly didn’t care either way. She really needed more of a backbone.
While this wasn’t my favorite story in the Miles Brothers stories, I am really looking forward to seeing the future for Christopher, Hayden, and Eduardo in the Miles Ever After book!
Christopher has been the biggest mystery of the Miles brothers and I am glad we finally get to see him get his HEA.
Things I liked:
All of the scenes with the other Miles brother (especially Tristan). And the HILARIOUS yacht scene with Masters, Spencer, and Garcia - I was laughing out loud at that.
The friendships that were formed during the year away. I loved the core group of the 6 of them.
The relationship between Eduardo and Christo and Eduardo and Hazen individually. The ending for Eduardo really bad me in tears.
Things I didn’t love:
Christopher. His character was awful. I’m sorry, but he’s the worst out of any character I’ve read from this author. He is a whiny, spoiled, entitled brat. Every time he didn’t get his way, he was yelling and screaming. I hated how he was continually doing that to Hayden and she just took it and let him get away with it. Throughout the entire book, there were numerous times that he should have groveled and it didn’t happen. I wanted more growth from him, but the minimal growth that we saw, was washed away the second that the conflict happened at the end:
Hayden. I could take her or leave her. I honestly didn’t care either way. She really needed more of a backbone.
While this wasn’t my favorite story in the Miles Brothers stories, I am really looking forward to seeing the future for Christopher, Hayden, and Eduardo in the Miles Ever After book!
Couldn’t finish. It was awful. So sad since I loved Elliot and this one had such good reviews. Not for me.
adventurous
emotional
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