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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
It's impressive indeed to write a bad romance novel. I mean, come on. All you need are two people who butt heads and have sexual tension and some back and forth and then they get it on with some more back and forth to follow.
This, however, is a bad romance novel. It is poorly written, poorly constructed, slow-paced, pretentious novel with an IN-SANELY weak female character. The icing on the cake is the religion. You know what makes sexy times not sexy? Religion. All God and the Devil and such nonsense.
I swear, this book makes Fifty Shades of Grey look GOOD. Yeah, I said it. I meant it too. *mic drop*
This, however, is a bad romance novel. It is poorly written, poorly constructed, slow-paced, pretentious novel with an IN-SANELY weak female character. The icing on the cake is the religion. You know what makes sexy times not sexy? Religion. All God and the Devil and such nonsense.
I swear, this book makes Fifty Shades of Grey look GOOD. Yeah, I said it. I meant it too. *mic drop*
Ok, this isn't going to be some long embellishment with quotes and pros and cons and all the stuff I usually do because this book is to deep. I've read the 1 star reviews but I disagree. Now I can't say this book would be the love story I'd want for myself because, personally, Gabriel is basically a walking sonnet and I would gag on the worship he would give me constantly but how this book was written is what makes it 5 stars for me.
I looked at my husband more than once and asked, 'do boys really think this way?' The author was eloquent, detailed and did not rush the storyline. His writing was believable. It gagged me at sometimes because too much lovey-dovey makes me roll my eyes but most women feast upon that. He wrote a better love story than 75% of female writers do and I respect that. This book being 1,079 pages on my iPad was longer than most that I read on the daily and yet enough of the plot was answered but more suspense was woven into the story, making me want to read Gabriel's Rapture (I currently am).
The building, building, building of their relationship climax comes together at the very end of the book and the author turned kissing into actual foreplay. It was nice to read a book where people aren't banging by page 3 with a 25 page description of it. Because a relationship is more than just sex and that is what Julia and Gabriel have. We shall see if this theme continues into the second book!
I looked at my husband more than once and asked, 'do boys really think this way?' The author was eloquent, detailed and did not rush the storyline. His writing was believable. It gagged me at sometimes because too much lovey-dovey makes me roll my eyes but most women feast upon that. He wrote a better love story than 75% of female writers do and I respect that. This book being 1,079 pages on my iPad was longer than most that I read on the daily and yet enough of the plot was answered but more suspense was woven into the story, making me want to read Gabriel's Rapture (I currently am).
The building, building, building of their relationship climax comes together at the very end of the book and the author turned kissing into actual foreplay. It was nice to read a book where people aren't banging by page 3 with a 25 page description of it. Because a relationship is more than just sex and that is what Julia and Gabriel have. We shall see if this theme continues into the second book!
This book had a great start - and even made me cry in parts, but two thirds in, it just started dragging.
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
I really stick with this book but felt that it was so slow and the tension built up was lacking , I was disappointed!
Wow what a ride...I am so overwhelmed by this book!
OK so basic plot Julia Mitchell is a very shy and quiet girl to the point where she gets the nick-name 'rabbit.' She attends Professor Gabriel Emerson's class who is renowned for being a major hard ass and all round prick. Her first day she is immediately singled out and verbally attacked in class. They both have so many secrets that make them the way they are and as the story progresses little bits of flashbacks are shown, these two have a past they don't even know about.
Now when I started this book I was expecting a sexy, smooth talking professor. But OHNO...I don't think I've ever hated a character more. He is a gigantic asshole to Julia and lost count how many times he made her cry. (He even made ME cry) He would say something so insulting and I thought OK...it can't get any worse. Boy was I wrong, he gets to the point where I thought that's it...No way will it work between these two. Then there's a very emotional situation where things switch. By the end of the book I had fallen in love with Gabriel even though he reaaaallly has issues. Now Julia's character almost gets squashed by Gabriel's overbearing attitude, I kept thinking 'get a backbone girl.' She very rarely got mad but when she did I savored it because she got her claws out and sank deep. She had one of those personalities that made you want to protect her.
As I started reading I got lost at times because I thought I missed something but I kept reading and noticed that things get explained later and usually not straight away. Like who certain characters are and how Julia or Gabriel know them. After finishing this book I realized there problems have only just begun. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait for the second one to come out. I also will mention it has quite alot of 'mushy' romantic talk in the end half, now I usually don't like that stuff and it makes my eye-roll constantly but in this case it worked extremely well for the book. Well done Sylvain Reynard.
OK so basic plot Julia Mitchell is a very shy and quiet girl to the point where she gets the nick-name 'rabbit.' She attends Professor Gabriel Emerson's class who is renowned for being a major hard ass and all round prick. Her first day she is immediately singled out and verbally attacked in class. They both have so many secrets that make them the way they are and as the story progresses little bits of flashbacks are shown, these two have a past they don't even know about.
Now when I started this book I was expecting a sexy, smooth talking professor. But OHNO...I don't think I've ever hated a character more. He is a gigantic asshole to Julia and lost count how many times he made her cry. (He even made ME cry) He would say something so insulting and I thought OK...it can't get any worse. Boy was I wrong, he gets to the point where I thought that's it...No way will it work between these two. Then there's a very emotional situation where things switch. By the end of the book I had fallen in love with Gabriel even though he reaaaallly has issues. Now Julia's character almost gets squashed by Gabriel's overbearing attitude, I kept thinking 'get a backbone girl.' She very rarely got mad but when she did I savored it because she got her claws out and sank deep. She had one of those personalities that made you want to protect her.
As I started reading I got lost at times because I thought I missed something but I kept reading and noticed that things get explained later and usually not straight away. Like who certain characters are and how Julia or Gabriel know them. After finishing this book I realized there problems have only just begun. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait for the second one to come out. I also will mention it has quite alot of 'mushy' romantic talk in the end half, now I usually don't like that stuff and it makes my eye-roll constantly but in this case it worked extremely well for the book. Well done Sylvain Reynard.
Quick read. Pretty good. I would mark it up there with Fifty Shades.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Estar sin ti es como vivir en una eterna noche sin estrellas.
slow-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