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Desperate Measures

Katee Robert

3.47 AVERAGE

adventurous tense fast-paced

raven1390's review

3.25
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5
Katee Robert is one of the few authors that can make literally anything enjoyable to read. Even if I am not into a particular scene or kink I still want to follow the characters and where the story will lead.
I loved Jasmine. I wanted to love Jafar. While this is a very very well written take on consensual non-con, I really wish Jafar was more talkative about their wants and dislikes. He tended to "guess" a lot of what she would like. Internally he would say all the right things and just give vague or one-word responses out loud.
Also, while I am going to read Learn My Lesson, it's hard to root for any kind of HEA for Hades/Meg. They are so good about following the rules and consent at a sex club but y'all sold a girl in this book? Come on.
adventurous dark 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
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Es una gran maravilla? No! Es una gran obra literaria? Tampoco pero a mí me encantó. Es un Dark Romance, inmoral e incorrecto pero yo me lo disfruté muchísimo XD no es apto para menores.
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boredreader's review

DID NOT FINISH

Lmao!!! I didn’t read the synopsis for this but apparently it is a fanfic? Of Jafar and Jasmine
dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Great spice. Little plot. 

lilyrat's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 68%

I’m bored
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memmyygrace's review

2.75
adventurous dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The ARC of the newest edition of this book fell into my hands by happenstance - given out as part of a goodie bag at a romance readers event at the library. I thought the bag was cool, and didn't even realize there was a free book in it until I got it home. 

When I read the description, I laughingly told my husband, "There's published Aladdin fanfiction in my bag!" and immediately decided I had to read it because I was shocked that someone had been able to traditionally publish a whole smut series based on villains from a certain mouse-themed corporation. Amusement and curiosity drove me forward, and now here we are.