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3.04 AVERAGE
3.04 AVERAGE
The writing didn't do it for me. I didn't like the way the characters interacted with each other or their justifications for their actions. The same things were said over and over again. And Hugo being Skylar's fault because she randomly decided to go into the road in front of his motorcycle felt like a lazy way to make his accident her fault.
Davenports
This was a good and predictable read it entertained while I was reading but totally saw were it was going and it just couldn't intrigue me enough to continue series.
8
This was a good and predictable read it entertained while I was reading but totally saw were it was going and it just couldn't intrigue me enough to continue series.
8
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There's no reason at all that this book needed to be as long as it was.
No. Just no. I was annoyed by page 3.
No. Just no. I was annoyed by page 3.
emotional
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book added a bit of mystery to the romance style. I figured out pretty quickly what thr male main character was hiding, but the detaial and how it all fit together with the other aspects of the story really got me. All in all a good book.
The writing was horrendous! It was awful. Everything about the story was awful!
Tropes: Brother’s best friend, age-gap, marriage of convenience, grump vs. sunshine, alpha MMC and curvy FMC
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Triggers: PTSD, mention of suicide, BDSM themes, fighting/throwing punches, explicit spicy scenes, adult language
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“Love is complicated.”
Yes it is. There was so much going on in this book, though, the love story portion was the simplest part. Soldier PTSD, a selective amnesiac with delusions, revenge plot, complicated family dynamics, a traumatic brain injury, frank discussion of primal play and BDSM practices, hell there’s even a surprisingly knowledgeable virgin. It’s as if the author threw everything together into a word salad and hoped it would work.
It was apparent from the beginning the author’s only experience with BDSM and primal play are from E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey. She even used James’ “kinky fuckery” several times. It detracted from the story. The ending was a let down. It was as if the author jumped to her next idea, and tacked it on in place of a proper ending. The bonus epilogue helped, but seemed to be an afterthought.
Otherwise, the story concept was good, the characters were well developed and mostly believable. (I’m still stuck on the amount of knowledge and comfort level with varied sex practices the virgin FMC had.) The spice was extra spicy, though.
Movie rating NC17, cover rating 3/5 (pretty but boring,) overall 3/5, 3/5 romance, 2/5 violence, and 4/5 spice.
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Triggers: PTSD, mention of suicide, BDSM themes, fighting/throwing punches, explicit spicy scenes, adult language
********************
“Love is complicated.”
Yes it is. There was so much going on in this book, though, the love story portion was the simplest part. Soldier PTSD, a selective amnesiac with delusions, revenge plot, complicated family dynamics, a traumatic brain injury, frank discussion of primal play and BDSM practices, hell there’s even a surprisingly knowledgeable virgin. It’s as if the author threw everything together into a word salad and hoped it would work.
It was apparent from the beginning the author’s only experience with BDSM and primal play are from E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey. She even used James’ “kinky fuckery” several times. It detracted from the story. The ending was a let down. It was as if the author jumped to her next idea, and tacked it on in place of a proper ending. The bonus epilogue helped, but seemed to be an afterthought.
Otherwise, the story concept was good, the characters were well developed and mostly believable. (I’m still stuck on the amount of knowledge and comfort level with varied sex practices the virgin FMC had.) The spice was extra spicy, though.
Movie rating NC17, cover rating 3/5 (pretty but boring,) overall 3/5, 3/5 romance, 2/5 violence, and 4/5 spice.
Writing is just bad, FMC is annoying, unnecessarily wordy, dumb plot choices. Who owns a bakery and opens at 11 and closes at 9.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced