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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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
This first book is fast paced, the heat level between Erica and Blake is medium heat and their chemistry is off the charts. Can't wait to continue reading the next four books in this series.
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
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
I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN. It's definitely a quick read. I started it around 2 pm 9/21 and finished around 8 pm the same day (that time includes working and the drive home and eating dinner too though sooo.) I did not want to put this book down, whatsoever.
This book is very fifty shades, so if you didn't like that series then don't read this series. This book does have a good story line. There's not too much smut. The smut to feels ratio isn't off (insert laughy face here.) I feel like the writing could've been a tad better at times, but people don't read these novels for their literary genius, so. Also, I HATE the use of the word cunt. It just doesn't go for me... Like, why though? That's not a pleasant word to use.
Other than hatred for that word, this novel was amazing. It was funny and entertaining, but also down to earth. I mean, yeah, he's a billionaire but the female lead keeps her head and doesn't care and it's not a huge factor in this story. Can't wait to read the next book in the series!
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This book is very fifty shades, so if you didn't like that series then don't read this series. This book does have a good story line. There's not too much smut. The smut to feels ratio isn't off (insert laughy face here.) I feel like the writing could've been a tad better at times, but people don't read these novels for their literary genius, so. Also, I HATE the use of the word cunt. It just doesn't go for me... Like, why though? That's not a pleasant word to use.
Other than hatred for that word, this novel was amazing. It was funny and entertaining, but also down to earth. I mean, yeah, he's a billionaire but the female lead keeps her head and doesn't care and it's not a huge factor in this story. Can't wait to read the next book in the series!
Check out my blog: https://tiffanyreadsalot.wordpress.com
1. Handlung: Erica Hathaway hat einen super Uniabschluss gemacht und leitet schon ihr eigenes Start-up. Doch sie sucht dafür einen Investor in einer Welt, die von Männern dominiert wird. Als sie ihre aufwendig vorbereitete Präsentation im Konferenzraum vorträgt, schmettert Blake Landon sie einfach ab. Er sagt, ihr Projekt ist uninteressant und reduziert sie aufs Frau sein. Allerdings zieht Blake sie wie durch Magie an und je mehr Erica über den Milliardär erfährt, desto stärker scheint ihre Verbindung zu werden.
2. Schreibstil: Man kann das Buch gut und flüssig lesen. Allerdings gibt es auch einige Kraftausdrücke und die Wortwahl fällt einige Male ein wenig grob aus. Mich hat der Schreibstil also nicht sonderlich gestört, aber toll fand ich ihn auch nicht. Insbesondere möchte ich noch einmal auf die Sexszenen eingehen. Ich fand sie okay geschrieben, aber nicht besonders gut. Alles in allem Mittelmaß.
3. Charaktere: Leider finde ich das Buch etwas sexistisch. Viele Young Adult Bücher sind so, aber das ist keine Entschuldigung. Allerdings glaube ich, dass das von der Autorin nicht beabsichtigt wurde. Ansonsten mochte ich das Blake ganz gerne und auch Erica war schon okay. Beide haben eben ihre „dunklen“ Geheimnisse und die findet man wohl nach und nach heraus.
4. Umsetzung: Ich muss sagen, dass mich das Buch wirklich extrem an Fifty Shades of Grey erinnert hat. Die Charaktere: Blake hat einen Bruder, eine dominante Seite und dunkle Geheimnisse. Zudem hat er eine erfolgreiche Schwester. Erica hat eine beste Freundin, die was mit dem Bruder von Blake anfängt. Ich möchte jetzt nicht zu viel verraten, aber man kann schon sagen, dass die Bücher für Fifty Shades of Grey Fans toll sein dürften.
5. Cover: Ich finde diese metallische Aufmachung irgendwie sehr cool und auch anders, allerdings kann es auch etwas billig wirken.
6. Ende: Das Ende fand ich tatsächlich etwas unspektakulär, aber es hat mich auch besser gefallen als das typische Cliffhanger Ende. Werde ich die Reihe weiterlesen? Ja, da sie im Moment auf 3,99€ im Thalia reduziert ist. Deswegen werde ich mir den zweiten Band wohl auch gönnen und verschlingen.
1. Handlung: 15 / 40
2. Schreibstil: 6 / 15
3. Charaktere: 6 / 15
4. Umsetzung: 6 / 20
5. Cover: 4 / 5
6. Ende: 4 / 5
7. Wertung: 41
Gesamtwertung: 4.1 P
Genrewertung: 6.5 P
2. Schreibstil: Man kann das Buch gut und flüssig lesen. Allerdings gibt es auch einige Kraftausdrücke und die Wortwahl fällt einige Male ein wenig grob aus. Mich hat der Schreibstil also nicht sonderlich gestört, aber toll fand ich ihn auch nicht. Insbesondere möchte ich noch einmal auf die Sexszenen eingehen. Ich fand sie okay geschrieben, aber nicht besonders gut. Alles in allem Mittelmaß.
3. Charaktere: Leider finde ich das Buch etwas sexistisch. Viele Young Adult Bücher sind so, aber das ist keine Entschuldigung. Allerdings glaube ich, dass das von der Autorin nicht beabsichtigt wurde. Ansonsten mochte ich das Blake ganz gerne und auch Erica war schon okay. Beide haben eben ihre „dunklen“ Geheimnisse und die findet man wohl nach und nach heraus.
4. Umsetzung: Ich muss sagen, dass mich das Buch wirklich extrem an Fifty Shades of Grey erinnert hat. Die Charaktere: Blake hat einen Bruder, eine dominante Seite und dunkle Geheimnisse. Zudem hat er eine erfolgreiche Schwester. Erica hat eine beste Freundin, die was mit dem Bruder von Blake anfängt. Ich möchte jetzt nicht zu viel verraten, aber man kann schon sagen, dass die Bücher für Fifty Shades of Grey Fans toll sein dürften.
5. Cover: Ich finde diese metallische Aufmachung irgendwie sehr cool und auch anders, allerdings kann es auch etwas billig wirken.
6. Ende: Das Ende fand ich tatsächlich etwas unspektakulär, aber es hat mich auch besser gefallen als das typische Cliffhanger Ende. Werde ich die Reihe weiterlesen? Ja, da sie im Moment auf 3,99€ im Thalia reduziert ist. Deswegen werde ich mir den zweiten Band wohl auch gönnen und verschlingen.
1. Handlung: 15 / 40
2. Schreibstil: 6 / 15
3. Charaktere: 6 / 15
4. Umsetzung: 6 / 20
5. Cover: 4 / 5
6. Ende: 4 / 5
7. Wertung: 41
Gesamtwertung: 4.1 P
Genrewertung: 6.5 P
⭐️⭐️ 1.5 STARS ⭐️⭐️
This is me the entire time... sigh.
I kept searching any controlling streak in the male lead... I must have missed it?
And I was really concerned by the heroine personality... Schizo? Mood swings?
All in all, the blurb sounded appealing to me, but it fell short really quickly, I never connected with any of the characters, and the lack of environment description didn't help me getting into it. Side characters and plots were truly unnecessary.
I expected to be entertained, but this was really a boring story, typical billionaire storyline who get obsessed with a damaged girl.
I should have known this ship had sailed when I started skimming through the sex scenes...
This book is currently available at AMZ at the price of : 6.78$. Call it a very bad investment. :/
This is me the entire time... sigh.
I kept searching any controlling streak in the male lead... I must have missed it?
And I was really concerned by the heroine personality... Schizo? Mood swings?
All in all, the blurb sounded appealing to me, but it fell short really quickly, I never connected with any of the characters, and the lack of environment description didn't help me getting into it. Side characters and plots were truly unnecessary.
I expected to be entertained, but this was really a boring story, typical billionaire storyline who get obsessed with a damaged girl.
I should have known this ship had sailed when I started skimming through the sex scenes...
This book is currently available at AMZ at the price of : 6.78$. Call it a very bad investment. :/
Characters were just kind of boring, didn't really feel anything for them...very flat. Made it difficult to root for them.
I'm not really sure how I feel about this book. I enjoyed the characters. I like that Erica is a woman who started her own company, and that she's ambitious. I even like that Blake is an asshole a lot of the time. I love that they bicker. It's just sometimes hard for me to follow stories where the characters lose their minds over good sex. It's just sex. I don't really think it should influence people that much- but I get this is fiction.
The two stars is really because I felt like the last 20 % of the book was a bit forced and even more far fetched. It was way too much that she met her father, who happens to be a politician and then the guy who raped her in college just happens to be her step-brother. That's way too contrived. I'm hoping that because this was just the first book in the series, later on we'll find out that her rapists knew who she was the whole time, and it's what prompted him to target her. I just don't believe that strongly in coincidence.
I am going to continue this series, the writing isn't bad. And you know I'm always willing to support any author who wrote a better version of "Dominant Billionaire with an obsessive nature falls in love with an equally crazy person" than ELJ. #NoIWillNOTLetItGo
The two stars is really because I felt like the last 20 % of the book was a bit forced and even more far fetched. It was way too much that she met her father, who happens to be a politician and then the guy who raped her in college just happens to be her step-brother. That's way too contrived. I'm hoping that because this was just the first book in the series, later on we'll find out that her rapists knew who she was the whole time, and it's what prompted him to target her. I just don't believe that strongly in coincidence.
I am going to continue this series, the writing isn't bad. And you know I'm always willing to support any author who wrote a better version of "Dominant Billionaire with an obsessive nature falls in love with an equally crazy person" than ELJ. #NoIWillNOTLetItGo
Erica is a new Harvard graduate. She has started an internet fashion company. She is head strong and stubborn but this company is her baby. One of her teachers gets her an interview with company that funds start up companies.
Blake Logan works for the company that Erica is trying to get money from. Blake lets her now right away that he won't be the one who gives her money but he wants to know if she had a boyfriend.
They keep running into each other. Erica soon learns that Blake has been setting up these run ins. He sets out to find anything about her and get her to be with him. Will she give in even though she see him dating her as conflict of interest?
Blake doesn't give up easy when she tells him she can't see him. Blake is intensely protective of Erica. How will she handle that? She is used to having complete control in her life? Will his protectiveness drive her away? Will she learn to deal with it?
I have seen a lot of reviews that compare this book with Fifty Shades. There are a few things alike but I enjoyed this way better than Fifty Shades.
Blake Logan works for the company that Erica is trying to get money from. Blake lets her now right away that he won't be the one who gives her money but he wants to know if she had a boyfriend.
They keep running into each other. Erica soon learns that Blake has been setting up these run ins. He sets out to find anything about her and get her to be with him. Will she give in even though she see him dating her as conflict of interest?
Blake doesn't give up easy when she tells him she can't see him. Blake is intensely protective of Erica. How will she handle that? She is used to having complete control in her life? Will his protectiveness drive her away? Will she learn to deal with it?
I have seen a lot of reviews that compare this book with Fifty Shades. There are a few things alike but I enjoyed this way better than Fifty Shades.
Okay so I actually loved this? I feel like the pacing was good, the characters were fully fleshed out, and there was a really good mix of the romance with other relationships in the book. The main characters are both flawed but it wasn’t anything that was annoying, more that it was things that made them more personable, especially Erica. Really looking forward to the rest of the series!