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A review by justaromancereader
Perfect for You by Kate Perry
1.0
I tried to think of several ways to start this review, but I think going for simple and direct-to-the-point is best. But to sum up my thoughts: If I wasn't annoyed, I was bored. Perfect for You could not be any more not perfect for me.
Reasons why I intensely disliked Perfect for You:
1.) Freya has lost her muse, so in a flash of inspiration, she decides to post an ad that she is a lonely woman in need of a man. (Unfortunately, she sucks, so her best friend writes it for her instead).
Her neighbor, Greg has always wanted her, but Freya has some silly prejudice with her neighbor because he is a lawyer, and a lawyer once betrayed her father. That apparently means ALL friggin lawyers are evil. I can understand if she'd hate that particular lawyer, but it seems a bit judgemental of her to say that every lawyer is conniving.
2.) Freya dates multiple guys at once. I understand that she and Greg are not committed yet or exclusive, but the fact that she knows she likes Greg, has sex with him, but still kisses another guy (more than once) to see if she really liked him makes me lose a helluva lot of self respect for her. One thing I never want to read about is the fickle main character. I know she feels nothing for Connor, but to me, it's inexcusable that she would tolerate dating another guy, trying to lead him on and flirting back with him. Why would anyone do that? What if Greg was watching? How can she not consider how it would hurt him?
3.) You know that moment in a film where the guy is caught with some other woman, but he isn't really cheating on the main female character, it's just that she was peeking at the wrong time? This book has that kind of moment. When Freya's sister, Anna, tries to sabotage her sister's dates, the hero is blamed for it, and she
won't let him explain.
I mean, he opens his mouth, but she just won't stop talking and everything else is shot down to hell. I can understand that she's pissed off, but she won't even hear what he's trying to say.
I don't know why I continue to read these Amazon freebies. 75% of what I choose to read are mostly angsty romancy stuff (which get are often teeth-grinding and hair-pulling)f, 20% are just okay reads, while the other 5% are the real gems.
-edit-
Oh no, it's New Year. Here's to hoping I won't get be rating 2 star reviews the whole year. >.<
Reasons why I intensely disliked Perfect for You:
1.) Freya has lost her muse, so in a flash of inspiration, she decides to post an ad that she is a lonely woman in need of a man. (Unfortunately, she sucks, so her best friend writes it for her instead).
Her neighbor, Greg has always wanted her, but Freya has some silly prejudice with her neighbor because he is a lawyer, and a lawyer once betrayed her father. That apparently means ALL friggin lawyers are evil. I can understand if she'd hate that particular lawyer, but it seems a bit judgemental of her to say that every lawyer is conniving.
2.) Freya dates multiple guys at once. I understand that she and Greg are not committed yet or exclusive, but the fact that she knows she likes Greg, has sex with him, but still kisses another guy (more than once) to see if she really liked him makes me lose a helluva lot of self respect for her. One thing I never want to read about is the fickle main character. I know she feels nothing for Connor, but to me, it's inexcusable that she would tolerate dating another guy, trying to lead him on and flirting back with him. Why would anyone do that? What if Greg was watching? How can she not consider how it would hurt him?
3.) You know that moment in a film where the guy is caught with some other woman, but he isn't really cheating on the main female character, it's just that she was peeking at the wrong time? This book has that kind of moment. When Freya's sister, Anna, tries to sabotage her sister's dates, the hero is blamed for it, and she
won't let him explain.
I mean, he opens his mouth, but she just won't stop talking and everything else is shot down to hell. I can understand that she's pissed off, but she won't even hear what he's trying to say.
I don't know why I continue to read these Amazon freebies. 75% of what I choose to read are mostly angsty romancy stuff (which get are often teeth-grinding and hair-pulling)f, 20% are just okay reads, while the other 5% are the real gems.
-edit-
Oh no, it's New Year. Here's to hoping I won't get be rating 2 star reviews the whole year. >.<