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628 reviews for:

Temptation

Ivy Smoak

3.46 AVERAGE

challenging emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ok i enjoyed the smut it was well written....

I was expecting more mature characters..... I cant really see what a 27 year old professor finds endearing of a hot mess that is Penny.... She's all over the place... she likes Tyler she likes James, she goes on a date with her ex who treated her like crap..... The lesson plan is weird it just seems a tennis match between James and Penny!

And Melissa dont even get me started she seems like the worst friend ever, forcing Penny on dates with her ex so she can double date, forcing her out so she can go on the pull and pick up guys and lastly always interfering and being a real busybody......

James was a bit of a dark character probably the most interesting aspect to the read, the book was ok, i do want to read the second as its left a bit of a cliffy... i dont know if i will carry on after Penny and James story finishes though.

I found the characters to be very bland. Penny annoyed the hell out of me. I really wanted to like this book.
emotional medium-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
emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional medium-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

When I picked this book up I was looking for something that I didn’t need to really concentrate on to get me back into reading and I felt like this book was good for some entertainment and romance. If I’m honest it wasn’t quite what I was hoping for.  
The characters slightly annoyed me, Penny more than James, Penny spent most of the story unable to be honest with either of the two guys she found herself caught between but then acted as if honesty was the most important part of her relationship and would act out when someone hadn’t told her something, it was infuriating to say the least. 
 
James was slightly more bearable except he had a bit of an anger problem that would come out of nowhere. I feel the author was maybe trying to go for commanding but it didn’t quite come off that way, it just made him feel like an arse. I have read books that manage to pull off an overbearing guy in a sexy way but this one didn’t have it, it felt more uncomfortable than sexy. 
 
They also seemed to both be written to be constantly antagonistic which meant I found it difficult to believe any real chemistry between them. Which was weird because this book had many a steamy scene but to go from that to them interacting without that integral chemistry threw me off a lot. 
 
I did read it all the way through because I wanted to see what the fallout would be from Penny’s secret that she held onto the whole way through the book (again even though she made a huge deal about people keeping secrets from her). However, that reveal came at the very end of the story and its conclusion will be revealed in another book in the series which I’m not sure I’ll be picking up.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

2.5⭐️ only for the teacher’s physical description lol
If the author didn’t specify Penny’s age, it seemed like she was in her freshman year in a high school. Her character was so immature and juvenile for her actual age and it negatively affected the story. She wasn’t old enough for this teacher-student relationship, it seemed like a sexual abuse of a minor… and I had to remind myself that she wasn’t…
Don’t like books that make you feel uncomfortable and concerned, it bugged me to the end

wowza
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated