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A review by theveronicareview
Flawless by Elsie Silver
3.0
I picked up Flawless because the mood reader in me wanted more western/cowboy romance after flying through the Rebel Blue books. I'd heard of Elsie Silver before, so it seemed a promising route to go.
In Flawless, Summer is assigned to babysit Rhett - a professional bull rider - after he finds himself in a PR nightmare before a big competition. Naturally, the two become close and fall in love.
I still consider myself new to romance, but I can tell the plot of Flawless is pretty formulaic for the genre, though I don't consider that a mark against the book. Likewise, within the romance genre, I'm still working on looking past random changes in writing tone and style when the spice comes in, so I'm also not focusing on the writing when I put a critical eye on these books.
I enjoyed Flawless overall, but what bothered me was Rhett. While he was tolerable for the first half of the book, he became increasingly annoying, and some of the things he said to Summer while flirting were just not alluring to me. Just the way certain things were described or said put me off entire scenes/moments sometimes - not enough to ruin the book. Even though it's romance, I wish more time had been spent around Rhett's family and addressing their "disinterest" in his career more strongly. Two things I loved were Summer's one-on-one time with her father toward the end, and her friend time with Willa.
Overall, Flawless was as enjoyable as expected, and I do intend to continue the series. I might go out of order and read Theo's book next!
In Flawless, Summer is assigned to babysit Rhett - a professional bull rider - after he finds himself in a PR nightmare before a big competition. Naturally, the two become close and fall in love.
I still consider myself new to romance, but I can tell the plot of Flawless is pretty formulaic for the genre, though I don't consider that a mark against the book. Likewise, within the romance genre, I'm still working on looking past random changes in writing tone and style when the spice comes in, so I'm also not focusing on the writing when I put a critical eye on these books.
I enjoyed Flawless overall, but what bothered me was Rhett. While he was tolerable for the first half of the book, he became increasingly annoying, and some of the things he said to Summer while flirting were just not alluring to me. Just the way certain things were described or said put me off entire scenes/moments sometimes - not enough to ruin the book. Even though it's romance, I wish more time had been spent around Rhett's family and addressing their "disinterest" in his career more strongly. Two things I loved were Summer's one-on-one time with her father toward the end, and her friend time with Willa.
Overall, Flawless was as enjoyable as expected, and I do intend to continue the series. I might go out of order and read Theo's book next!