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A review by shanaepraystoo
Beautiful Harmonies by Monica Walters
fast-paced
2.5
Average with stereotypical, underdeveloped characters. I didn’t feel any connection between the FMC or the MMC. I hated the sister’s name and the secondary characters. There’s this unnecessary situation where the FMC’s bodyguard is actually a weirdo predator who is connected to the MMC’s absentee father. Why didn’t the author do more character development here? The MMC is an immature sex-obsessed 20-something year old? How when he had to grow up fast and care for his teenage sister after his mother died? The author could have given us a dynamic character but instead relied on old anti-Black stereotypes, while the FMC is stuck somewhere between being a virgin boss babe baddie.
The author reiterates her note about realistic characters at the end of the book as if that’s some explanation for this story that just isn’t well written in my opinion.
And the worst part is the way the author deals with the issue of sexual assault — there’s victim blaming from both main characters, there’s one line about the victim going to therapy, and the dialogue about the sexual assault is bookended, multiple times, by the MMC’s sexual interest in the FMC.
I do not recommend this book.
The author reiterates her note about realistic characters at the end of the book as if that’s some explanation for this story that just isn’t well written in my opinion.
And the worst part is the way the author deals with the issue of sexual assault — there’s victim blaming from both main characters, there’s one line about the victim going to therapy, and the dialogue about the sexual assault is bookended, multiple times, by the MMC’s sexual interest in the FMC.
I do not recommend this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity and Abandonment