129 reviews for:

The Missus

E.L. James

3.22 AVERAGE


Great sequel to Mister and finish the story. I loved following along and seeing this love story improve. You should definitely read this one
slow-paced
emotional hopeful inspiring medium-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
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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
emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A fun conclusion to Maxim and Alessia’s story. 
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

…. I am doing this for science

First of all, this being 'erotica' is not right. The only thing that would put this in that category is that these people had sex like two times every chapter. If you're here for FSOG "spice"... move along.

Second of all, I hated the first book in this duo and I knew I had to pick this up to see wtf was going on. This will likely be my last EL James book. The Missus is 400 pages and nothing happens. Alessia doubts Maxim's faithfulness to her because he slept with people before she was around every couple of pages and you believe that the ex who got her into this mess is going to do something... but quite literally nothing happens.

There's arguably no conflict in this that makes it make sense for existing. No repercussions for escaping her kidnappers, no one from the UK looking to take Maxim down (which was confusing because he has such a high status). Nothing. Caroline was the biggest conflict and it was more annoying than it was anything else. I'm glad we got to see fuck a duck return though. That was really just top-tier content for me.

So much was just poorly written. I'm actually shocked that this has 4 stars? I don't understand. Maxim calls Maryanne M.A repeatedly in one chapter and then never again? I figure it's the M from Mary and the A from Anne but I COULDN'T TELL YA. It came out of nowhere and left us just as quickly.

Basically, this book/duo feels like EL James asked ChatGpt to throw something together and then she circled back and changed things up to make it sound more like a human wrote it. Please let this be the last of it.
emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted slow-paced