You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
theswooncollector 's review for:
Pucking Possessive
by London Snow
dark
Exciting premise but execution fell flat
Warning: If you loved this book, look away now.
This is an example of a book that, if you list the tropes/characteristics of the MMC, it would sound like a home run—an easy 5-star book for me. Unfortunately, reading it didn't quite live up to the expectation.
I loved the friendship/dynamics between Hayden, Callum, and Tristan. Hayden was so hilariously unhinged, Tristan was that friend who hated everyone except for his circle, and Callum was the relatively levelheaded guy of the group who couldn't help messing with the other two from time to time.
A lot of things didn't work for me, though.
Mainly, I felt like the author was trying hard to tell me how far Callum would go with his obsession with Lilac rather than just showing me. I would have preferred to see a scene where he threatened/hurt a guy who asked Lilac out on a date, for example, rather than just reading that from his thoughts. That was mentioned at least three times (I think) just in the first few chapters, and I was like "I know that already!!!". I understand some of his thoughts were supposed to be repetitive because he's "obsessed", but reading them on paper/my screen was exhausting.
I also couldn't understand why he insisted on keeping his feelings to himself. He said he made a promise to his best friend, Lilac's brother, but at this point, they weren't really friends anymore so why does that still matter if he really wanted her?
Another reason is that I couldn't see why Callum was in love with Lilac because her personality was so... flat. Callum described her as strong, but she turned into a damsel immediately in this book.
Honestly, this is one of those books that felt like the author listed a bunch of tropes and kinks, and then forced them to fit into the story so we can say the book has them, but the way they were written just didn't work.
I have a long list of reasons why this book didn't work for me, but they're purely based on my preferences. I didn't quite hate it, but it did make me roll my eyes a bunch of times.
~Thank you to The Smuthood PR and the author for an eARC of this book. I read the book on KU when it came out.~
Warning: If you loved this book, look away now.
This is an example of a book that, if you list the tropes/characteristics of the MMC, it would sound like a home run—an easy 5-star book for me. Unfortunately, reading it didn't quite live up to the expectation.
I loved the friendship/dynamics between Hayden, Callum, and Tristan. Hayden was so hilariously unhinged, Tristan was that friend who hated everyone except for his circle, and Callum was the relatively levelheaded guy of the group who couldn't help messing with the other two from time to time.
A lot of things didn't work for me, though.
Mainly, I felt like the author was trying hard to tell me how far Callum would go with his obsession with Lilac rather than just showing me. I would have preferred to see a scene where he threatened/hurt a guy who asked Lilac out on a date, for example, rather than just reading that from his thoughts. That was mentioned at least three times (I think) just in the first few chapters, and I was like "I know that already!!!". I understand some of his thoughts were supposed to be repetitive because he's "obsessed", but reading them on paper/my screen was exhausting.
I also couldn't understand why he insisted on keeping his feelings to himself. He said he made a promise to his best friend, Lilac's brother, but at this point, they weren't really friends anymore so why does that still matter if he really wanted her?
Another reason is that I couldn't see why Callum was in love with Lilac because her personality was so... flat. Callum described her as strong, but she turned into a damsel immediately in this book.
Honestly, this is one of those books that felt like the author listed a bunch of tropes and kinks, and then forced them to fit into the story so we can say the book has them, but the way they were written just didn't work.
I have a long list of reasons why this book didn't work for me, but they're purely based on my preferences. I didn't quite hate it, but it did make me roll my eyes a bunch of times.
~Thank you to The Smuthood PR and the author for an eARC of this book. I read the book on KU when it came out.~