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kristabelle41 's review for:
The Gamble
by Kristen Ashley
I wanted to like this book, but by golly, this woman needs an EDITOR.
NOBODY says another person’s name that many times while talking TO THAT PERSON. And, in 676 pages, I’m pretty sure there must be 5,000 “Max-“ cut off responses.
I don’t necessarily have a problem with first person narration, but, it was just too much.
Max called her “cute” about a billion times when she was most definitely not being cute.
She described, in painful detail, what she (and everyone else) was wearing... down to, “I put on panties.” And that specific sentence was repeated a handful of times. We get it. Nina wears underwear. That’s usually kind of a given in daily life.
Aside from that, in a two week period there was rape, attempted suicide, multiple murders, attempted murder, stalking, kidnapping, vandalism, and she got beat up once, backhanded twice, and threatened with bodily harm. That’s A LOT for one vacation. Hell, that’s a lot for one YEAR! Given all of these events, I don’t know how eager I’d actually be to move to Gnaw Bone, Colorado!!
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I finished the book because I’m a completist, and because I did want to find out who killed Curt. The whole plot took a bit of a left turn at the end, but it wrapped up with a Happily Ever After.
I fail to understand all of these 5 star reviews, but I suppose different readers have different expectations and needs. I fell in love with Colorado when I visited for the first time last fall, so I was excited for the locale. The heroine is 36, so I was anticipating liking her as a lead. Hopefully, I can find some better romances with older heroines in them.
NOBODY says another person’s name that many times while talking TO THAT PERSON. And, in 676 pages, I’m pretty sure there must be 5,000 “Max-“ cut off responses.
I don’t necessarily have a problem with first person narration, but, it was just too much.
Max called her “cute” about a billion times when she was most definitely not being cute.
She described, in painful detail, what she (and everyone else) was wearing... down to, “I put on panties.” And that specific sentence was repeated a handful of times. We get it. Nina wears underwear. That’s usually kind of a given in daily life.
Aside from that, in a two week period there was rape, attempted suicide, multiple murders, attempted murder, stalking, kidnapping, vandalism, and she got beat up once, backhanded twice, and threatened with bodily harm. That’s A LOT for one vacation. Hell, that’s a lot for one YEAR! Given all of these events, I don’t know how eager I’d actually be to move to Gnaw Bone, Colorado!!
.
I finished the book because I’m a completist, and because I did want to find out who killed Curt. The whole plot took a bit of a left turn at the end, but it wrapped up with a Happily Ever After.
I fail to understand all of these 5 star reviews, but I suppose different readers have different expectations and needs. I fell in love with Colorado when I visited for the first time last fall, so I was excited for the locale. The heroine is 36, so I was anticipating liking her as a lead. Hopefully, I can find some better romances with older heroines in them.