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Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

5 reviews

cmj's review against another edition

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Boring. Incredibly boring. No character development at all and very flat characters. 

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stupidcat's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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downsophialane's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
My toxic trait is that retro CLo is my comfort reading. Don't get me wrong, I adore Christina Lauren and make no apologies for their autobuy status, but Beautiful Bastard is... very 2013. I imagine that anyone who has had to endure persistent sexual harassment or a persistently negative or overly critical boss probably won't find Bennet and Chloe's high jinx sexy. Beautiful Bastard also features all the fingerprints of early Christina Lauren which dates this novel as almost a decade old, including a cast of white rich businesspeople, a gorgeous rich boss man with a younger woman, repetition of the key plot points at the beginning of each chapter as the POV switches. So... it's not perfect. But do I relisten to the entire series at least once a year? Yes, I do. 

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sdupont's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Vintage Christina Lauren is hot and spicy! This book is great for workplace enemies to lovers fans and fans of age gap romances. Bennett’s attitude could be too much at times for me and I personally done love the boss intern dynamic. I did think that Bennett and Chloe has chemistry and the spice was great. Even though this book isn’t a favorite, I still enjoyed it and would recommend.

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roseamillerg's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Pretty good book. Definitely had some cute moments; would  recommend if you’re in the mood for something  that’s trashy in a ✨good way✨.

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