599 reviews for:

Cruel Paradise

J.T. Geissinger

4.09 AVERAGE

dark funny 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
medium-paced
adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced

This one just did not live up to the first one, in my humble opinion. I enjoyed Killian more in book one, in the limited amount of him we saw. As for Jules... she took the "snark" a bit TOO far. It seemed just way too over the top for me, and if she really were that kind of person, I'd think Killian was a complete waste of a man to stick around...

Just an even 3 stars for me here.
dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.75
funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
emotional funny 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

I loved this story! The relationship she has with her friends in the beginning is the best and I wish there was more of that in the book. Killian is also hot and hilarious, in a different way than Liam. The one thing I hated about this book was the whole pregnancy scare thing, like biotch have you never heard of Plan B? And the fact she was drinking water less than 24 hours after potentially conceiving. 🙄 So annoying. Okay I lied I also despise some of the language used like he sniffed her throat? You mean neck? Or unicorn pony, like just call it a unicorn. And how she called one person “ya’ll”. No. Despite all my personal indifferences, this was a fun read. It fits J.Ts formula to a T. Everything is great, sexual tension is being built, banter is on point the first 50% of the book, then after 50% is the first main love scene, then around 70% the problem occurs, then it all ends up working out and they get their HEA. I think all her books follow this formula so it’s kind of easy to predict her stories if you’ve read a few or more of her books. JT knows how to write a lovable female lead. I often find in romance books that I don’t I understand why the MMC is obsessed or falling for the MFC, but with JTs female characters, I get it. I would definitely recommend this series, or any of JTs books. I’m hoping that she does a stand-alone for Declan haha