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alejandra_guerrero 's review for:
Pursued by the Rake
by Mary Lancaster
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Well, I finished it. It should have been like three different books at least. Meaning it should have ended at least three times but it kept going with some shit the author got out of… somewhere. Stuff that made zero sense to me, things that no person in their sane mind and with two neurons to rub together would do. Just to keep the “plot” going for another hundred pages or so. Reminded me of the soap operas the TV show “Jane the Virgin” was making fun of.
The language was grating, not awful, but there were moments when they didn’t talk like people would at the time this supposedly happens. They use very informal language, and an awful lot of phrasal verbs I wasn’t sure were used at the time. I’m no expert, though, so it’s just my opinion, but it made this a bit of a chore to read.
And the “smut”!!! It was completely unnecessary, unjustified, out of character (for both MCs), and it wasn’t even good.
The language was grating, not awful, but there were moments when they didn’t talk like people would at the time this supposedly happens. They use very informal language, and an awful lot of phrasal verbs I wasn’t sure were used at the time. I’m no expert, though, so it’s just my opinion, but it made this a bit of a chore to read.
And the “smut”!!! It was completely unnecessary, unjustified, out of character (for both MCs), and it wasn’t even good.