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A review by melbsreads
A Taste of Seduction by Mary Campisi
2.5
Trigger warnings: death in childbirth, blood, death of a parent, domestic violence (in the past), gun violence, male refusal to take responsibility for pregnancies, kidnapping, attempted rape.
I wanted to like this, I really did. But there was a LOT going on and a lot of it honestly didn't need to be there. I skim read the stuff from the perspective of the villains because, like, I didn't care. But also, it could have been much more impactful WITHOUT knowing that Claire was a villain and knowing what their plans were.
Also, the fact that Francie literally had an evil twin was just some Sweet Valley High type nonsense and I rolled my eyes more than once.
The romance itself was...fine, I guess? But I feel like it would have been better without all the moustache twirling villain nonsense, especially when the story goes from BIG! DRAMATIC! VILLAIN! PLOT POINTS! to "it's a year later, lemme dedicate two sentences to what happened to the villains before we cut back to the hero and heroine for some more sex." More than a little anticlimactic...
I wanted to like this, I really did. But there was a LOT going on and a lot of it honestly didn't need to be there. I skim read the stuff from the perspective of the villains because, like, I didn't care. But also, it could have been much more impactful WITHOUT knowing that Claire was a villain and knowing what their plans were.
Also, the fact that Francie literally had an evil twin was just some Sweet Valley High type nonsense and I rolled my eyes more than once.
The romance itself was...fine, I guess? But I feel like it would have been better without all the moustache twirling villain nonsense, especially when the story goes from BIG! DRAMATIC! VILLAIN! PLOT POINTS! to "it's a year later, lemme dedicate two sentences to what happened to the villains before we cut back to the hero and heroine for some more sex." More than a little anticlimactic...