You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
Way better than The Hating Game, way better but I still don't like it so much. It's okay but not that okay too. I think I am not a fan of this Sally Thorne but I want to be the fan, that's why I keep reading her books.
Okay, now, I am really confused about how I feel about the characters. Especially Darcy, she was so bitchy but strong, I really don't know. Tom also so confusing, he supposed to be strong protagonist but I couldn't find his strengths in the story. Jamie's mouth was a trash, I don't like the way he talks to Darcy, for no matter reason, even though he is Darcy's twin brother.
But the story was fine and I kinda enjoyed it.
Okay, now, I am really confused about how I feel about the characters. Especially Darcy, she was so bitchy but strong, I really don't know. Tom also so confusing, he supposed to be strong protagonist but I couldn't find his strengths in the story. Jamie's mouth was a trash, I don't like the way he talks to Darcy, for no matter reason, even though he is Darcy's twin brother.
But the story was fine and I kinda enjoyed it.
Sally Thorne writes books for hopeless romantics, and I appreciate that very much.
funny
lighthearted
medium-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
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Couldn’t get into it. Loved the hating game but for some reason I couldn’t connect with this story, writing or the character I don’t even know. I needed a stronger opening hook
Read to 40%, skimmed to 78% and then DNFed.
I could not figure out what this was. Medical soap? Paranormal shifter romance? Nope- just a confused muddle of bantery angst. Annoyed I stuck with it for so long.
I could not figure out what this was. Medical soap? Paranormal shifter romance? Nope- just a confused muddle of bantery angst. Annoyed I stuck with it for so long.
4/5 stars
Oh I do love Sally Thorne's writing. I love the rhythm, the banter, the heat between the two main characters, that sexual tension is *chef's kiss*. This story was so cute, I had a smile on my face the whole time I was reading it.
The only thing that kinda bothered me was Darcy's general attitude in the beginning. She acts like her life is this huge mess but she doesn't seem to have it that bad, so I had a hard time sympathizing with her at times. I guess we're all allowed to be tough bitches and that's fine, but I really got into the book when Darcy and Tom have that first conversation in front of the house. Their chat was all I wanted and more. And that was when her personality shone through the gloomy facade she puts on in the first chapter. I really loved her no-bullshit, cut-the-crap attitude. This was so refreshing.
I only gave 4 stars to this book because I kept comparing it to the Hating Game (which is unfair, I know). At the end of the day, THG was 5 stars - I just loved it so much. I didn't laugh out loud while reading 99 Percent Mine as I did when I read The Hating Game. But the cuteness levels were off the charts, for sure.
Oh I do love Sally Thorne's writing. I love the rhythm, the banter, the heat between the two main characters, that sexual tension is *chef's kiss*. This story was so cute, I had a smile on my face the whole time I was reading it.
The only thing that kinda bothered me was Darcy's general attitude in the beginning. She acts like her life is this huge mess but she doesn't seem to have it that bad, so I had a hard time sympathizing with her at times. I guess we're all allowed to be tough bitches and that's fine, but I really got into the book when Darcy and Tom have that first conversation in front of the house. Their chat was all I wanted and more. And that was when her personality shone through the gloomy facade she puts on in the first chapter. I really loved her no-bullshit, cut-the-crap attitude. This was so refreshing.
I only gave 4 stars to this book because I kept comparing it to the Hating Game (which is unfair, I know). At the end of the day, THG was 5 stars - I just loved it so much. I didn't laugh out loud while reading 99 Percent Mine as I did when I read The Hating Game. But the cuteness levels were off the charts, for sure.
How does Sally Thorne deliver every time and also manages to have a new voice in each book?
I read Hating Game. Loved it.
I read Second first impressions. Loved it.
And then i read this one and love it too.
This is just unreal. Four books. Four different characters. Different settings. And yet i was hooked and i kept reading until i finished it.
Darcy Berret, our protagonist is not the normally found sweet heroine of every romance novel. She’s head-on and feisty. She can handle herself in a room filled to the brim with drunk, misguided, egotistical men. But put her in front of Tom Valeska, and she becomes a heart in her throat palpitating mess. Literally. Having a crush on her twin brother’s best friend (who is almost married) for eight years is no small thing. A jet setting, adventure hunting, femme fatale (who is actually a princess at heart) and a knight with a construction hammer (who has a chihuahua- Patty) have to work together to restore her inheritance (the almost dilapidated house) that her grandmother Loretta has left her.
This book made me sob in many places. Not for anything else but how deeply the author weaves the aspect of loneliness in a twin sister, who believes that she’s pushed her brother away. The connection is heartbreaking. Also how a person craves for human connection as much as Darcy does is soo relatable. This book was a really good read for me. And i loved it a 100 percent.
I read Hating Game. Loved it.
I read Second first impressions. Loved it.
And then i read this one and love it too.
This is just unreal. Four books. Four different characters. Different settings. And yet i was hooked and i kept reading until i finished it.
Darcy Berret, our protagonist is not the normally found sweet heroine of every romance novel. She’s head-on and feisty. She can handle herself in a room filled to the brim with drunk, misguided, egotistical men. But put her in front of Tom Valeska, and she becomes a heart in her throat palpitating mess. Literally. Having a crush on her twin brother’s best friend (who is almost married) for eight years is no small thing. A jet setting, adventure hunting, femme fatale (who is actually a princess at heart) and a knight with a construction hammer (who has a chihuahua- Patty) have to work together to restore her inheritance (the almost dilapidated house) that her grandmother Loretta has left her.
This book made me sob in many places. Not for anything else but how deeply the author weaves the aspect of loneliness in a twin sister, who believes that she’s pushed her brother away. The connection is heartbreaking. Also how a person craves for human connection as much as Darcy does is soo relatable. This book was a really good read for me. And i loved it a 100 percent.
I normally do not like to give bad reviews but this book absolutely earned it. I am actually writing this with about an hour left in the book because I just do not want to listen to it anymore.
**Spoilers Ahead**
I listened to the audiobook. It had so much potential. I was so interested in the beginning. It had promise. I thought it would be a fun little read/listen. I was incorrect. I actually really like the narrator. She has a great voice, and it was lovely to listen to. One of the few shining lights of the story.
In the beginning, I really wanted to like it. This book flies all over the place without setting the scene for anything. At first, I thought it was because I was listening while working or crocheting, and I would rewind only to find out there was really no sense to any of it. One second you’re ripping down cabinets and the next you’re in a driveway, and then you’re in some makeshift shed in a big, comfy bed? I was constantly lost as there were no transitions or descriptive paragraphs to let me know where we were next.
Before I knew it, I had listened to so many hours that I needed to finish this.
The characters were also a major flaw. None of them are likeable. We have twins who still act like children and fight over perfect Tom. Why is Tom perfect? We never find out. All we know is he’s hot and has his own contracting business. Oh, and that he’s ~*~perfect~*~. Darcy is annoying. There is no real conflict in this story. Just two people who can be together but choose not to for the sake of more interest… but it is not interesting. And, a twin brother who wants Tom to be all his for some reason.
Also, has anyone figured out anything about her parents? Why are they a mere line or two in the book and that is all? If she has a heart condition, wouldn’t they be more active in her life? I do not understand. They talk about all of these trips they’ve taken with their parents and how great they were to Tom growing up but that’s about it.
Now, they’re finally getting together and all I can hope for is that they’ve kept the house they’ve been renovating in an antique style rather than modern. That’s the only thing I’ve rooted for the entire 11 hours I’ve been listening to this. I have no idea how they arrived at the airport but apparently they’re going on a trip now. So I am assuming this is the end?
I am happy to see I am not alone and some others felt the same way.
**Spoilers Ahead**
I listened to the audiobook. It had so much potential. I was so interested in the beginning. It had promise. I thought it would be a fun little read/listen. I was incorrect. I actually really like the narrator. She has a great voice, and it was lovely to listen to. One of the few shining lights of the story.
In the beginning, I really wanted to like it. This book flies all over the place without setting the scene for anything. At first, I thought it was because I was listening while working or crocheting, and I would rewind only to find out there was really no sense to any of it. One second you’re ripping down cabinets and the next you’re in a driveway, and then you’re in some makeshift shed in a big, comfy bed? I was constantly lost as there were no transitions or descriptive paragraphs to let me know where we were next.
Before I knew it, I had listened to so many hours that I needed to finish this.
The characters were also a major flaw. None of them are likeable. We have twins who still act like children and fight over perfect Tom. Why is Tom perfect? We never find out. All we know is he’s hot and has his own contracting business. Oh, and that he’s ~*~perfect~*~. Darcy is annoying. There is no real conflict in this story. Just two people who can be together but choose not to for the sake of more interest… but it is not interesting. And, a twin brother who wants Tom to be all his for some reason.
Also, has anyone figured out anything about her parents? Why are they a mere line or two in the book and that is all? If she has a heart condition, wouldn’t they be more active in her life? I do not understand. They talk about all of these trips they’ve taken with their parents and how great they were to Tom growing up but that’s about it.
Now, they’re finally getting together and all I can hope for is that they’ve kept the house they’ve been renovating in an antique style rather than modern. That’s the only thing I’ve rooted for the entire 11 hours I’ve been listening to this. I have no idea how they arrived at the airport but apparently they’re going on a trip now. So I am assuming this is the end?
I am happy to see I am not alone and some others felt the same way.
I'm not sure what happened to the Sally Thorne that wrote The Hating Game because this feels like a book that was written by an entirely different author. Unlike the fully formed characters in he Hating Game, Darcy, Tom and Jamie felt pretty underbaked and childish. I didn't really understand the tension between Darcy's attraction towards Tom and Jamie's friendship with Tom being an obstacle in Darcy pursuing a relationship with Tom and why these adults seemed to be so obsessed with who Tom "belonged" to.