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Desperate Measures

Katee Robert

3.47 AVERAGE

dark relaxing fast-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

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girlsrock1990's review

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

mats0011's review

2.5
adventurous dark 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

The concept of Jafar actually being the good guy had a lot more potential than just a lot of “yes daddy” 
dark fast-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

This was FUN! 

Desperate Measures was a cover buy, but I've also always been very drawn to the concept of Jafar getting Jasmine, and this did not disappoint! This book has a lot of elements I'm still very new to reading, but it's one of my goals to read more books outside of my comfort zone, so it worked for me. I will say that the plot is kind of threadbare, but honey I did NOT pick this up for the plot. 

Jafar was surprisingly gentle and soft for Jasmina, and Jasmina was surprisingly strong and resilient. I love how she came into her own on multiple levels and he eventually stopped beating his chest long enough to witness her transformation in a way that felt authentic and suitable to them. Having Ali be the villain was exciting because he was a lil sus in the movie and a huge liar sooooo yeah, checks out!

Daddy kink is not my kink so my eyes kind of glazed over whenever that got whipped out, but this was well-written enough for me to keep going! I love how queernormative and diverse this world is, and how the queer scenes are not written from a male pleasure standpoint. I'm excited to continue on with this series!

4.5 ⭐️s
4 🌶️
dark slow-paced
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chasingsunsets03's review

DID NOT FINISH: 32%

DNF at 33%
Just moved on to darker things. 

pmmdive26's review

3.5
adventurous medium-paced
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torgoround's review

4.5
adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-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

I liked this story without a doubt, and the spice was enjoyable. I didn’t enjoy the tertiary bad couple and how they kept getting mixed in with the main couple because I didn’t think they deserved it. Like...they were bad…no funsies if you’ve been bad. Overall, I like this book. If I didn’t own it I don’t know if I’d read it again, but since I do own it I will inevitably read it more than once. 

Again, spice is everywhere lol 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

mecondry's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 11%

The sex scene in the second chapter was rough, and not my cup of tea. It was definitely SA even though the characters brush it off. Made me uncomfortable. The audiobook production was really good though. It was a graphic audio style with duet narration and sound effects.
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sammi3ko's review

3.5
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes