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The Unwanted Wife

Natasha Anders

3.48 AVERAGE

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Overall, this was nice. I wish it were more groveling and less explosive arguments. Everything was a long drawn out fight….but the ending was very sweet.

This book was. Um. Well. This book was a stunning portrayal of the line between romantic melodrama and emotional domestic abuse. I think the “groveling” in the final arcs of the book were simultaneously over-the-top but nowhere near enough to ameliorate Sandro’s behavior in the first chapters of the book…

All that said, I enjoyed every minute of this. It really reminded me how much I’ve missed romance.
slow-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

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emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

groveling wasn’t as good as tiktok said it was. was lowkey hoping for more jealous moments lol but we move. i like that the girl mc didn’t IMMEDIATELY give in like they usually do, like it gave basic human woman time?? (what’d it rlly take a woman to get over all the emotional trama) overall it was fast and pretty okay. 
emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

writing is kinda weird idk too many exclamation marks. these people cannot communicate for shit i was told there’s be top tier grovelling and 50% in there was just them arguing back and forth. idc for either characters sandro can khs.
challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Literally felt like a bad a bowling ball on my chest the whole time