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A review by guiltlesspleasures
Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Listen. If you read the first chapter (no doubt with your mouth agape) and immediately hit “Return to Kindle,” no judgment here. I get it. And even if you keep going, you will definitely feel uncomfortable.
I kept going, because someone whose bookish opinions I trust implicitly recommended it, and… reader, I loved it.
This book will challenge you for sure. “Employee screws employer in exchange for a day off” could have been written in a way that made it disgustingly offensive and misogynistic, but Eris Adderley is a damn decent writer. Her prose is good—spare and understated—and she absolutely justifies the characters’ behaviors. I think the character work was great, actually. It turns in to quite a sweet love story.
It is also insanely hot, of course. INSANELY.
So yeah. I won’t be recommending this to my sister, but I will for sure read it again.
I kept going, because someone whose bookish opinions I trust implicitly recommended it, and… reader, I loved it.
This book will challenge you for sure. “Employee screws employer in exchange for a day off” could have been written in a way that made it disgustingly offensive and misogynistic, but Eris Adderley is a damn decent writer. Her prose is good—spare and understated—and she absolutely justifies the characters’ behaviors. I think the character work was great, actually. It turns in to quite a sweet love story.
It is also insanely hot, of course. INSANELY.
So yeah. I won’t be recommending this to my sister, but I will for sure read it again.