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A review by aislinghelen
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
Did not finish book. Stopped at 65%.
Thank you Netgalley, Hachette Australia & New Zealand, Headline Eternal for this ARC.
Ok, I want to start by saying that I absolutely loved The Cheat Sheet. It was one of my favourite books and I absolutely could not wait to read this one. But unfortunately it was not what I was hoping.
I ended up very much disliking Bree, Nathan and other characters I loved in the first one because they were all incredibly annoying about Derek not dating. I also struggled to like Derek and Nora. Within the first 50% there were countless times I wanted to DNF and while they did get slightly less frequent in the second half, they didn’t stop. So I did give up at around 65%.
If you didn’t like the “quirky” nature of Bree in book one or loved it because of the friends to lovers tension, you may not like this one. My favourite things about The Cheat Sheet were Bree and Nathan’s relationship and the positive relationship between the team. I didn’t hate Bree’s quirky nature but it definitely wasn’t a bonus by any means. I do enjoy Noras colourful clothing but she just comes across as stupid a lot of the time. Derek is also an ass with little to no justification. Some of the ‘tasks’ he comes up with for his agent are just annoying.
This kind of made me never want to reread The Cheat Sheet again and that is what makes me more mad than anything. How could a sequel ruin one of my favourite books??
Ok, I want to start by saying that I absolutely loved The Cheat Sheet. It was one of my favourite books and I absolutely could not wait to read this one. But unfortunately it was not what I was hoping.
I ended up very much disliking Bree, Nathan and other characters I loved in the first one because they were all incredibly annoying about Derek not dating. I also struggled to like Derek and Nora. Within the first 50% there were countless times I wanted to DNF and while they did get slightly less frequent in the second half, they didn’t stop. So I did give up at around 65%.
If you didn’t like the “quirky” nature of Bree in book one or loved it because of the friends to lovers tension, you may not like this one. My favourite things about The Cheat Sheet were Bree and Nathan’s relationship and the positive relationship between the team. I didn’t hate Bree’s quirky nature but it definitely wasn’t a bonus by any means. I do enjoy Noras colourful clothing but she just comes across as stupid a lot of the time. Derek is also an ass with little to no justification. Some of the ‘tasks’ he comes up with for his agent are just annoying.
This kind of made me never want to reread The Cheat Sheet again and that is what makes me more mad than anything. How could a sequel ruin one of my favourite books??