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A review by rellimreads
Afterburn & Aftershock: Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin by Sylvia Day
2.0
Audible Escape. When I went to write this review I noticed that Afterburn & Aftershock are on my “read” shelf from over 3 years ago. At that time I didn’t write detailed reviews and I barely recognize this story ~ so I can’t say what I thought then or why I finished it.
First ~ this is NOT two books for one credit. These are two novellas (short ones at that) that together barely count as a complete book.
Second ~ Amy McFaddon. I don’t know what is going on here. I own 20 books with her as the narrator and have listened to more via Overdrive. She’s always been great. I *think* the issue is that Gia is described as having an Brooklyn accent that comes and goes. So that’s what McFadden does. Unfortunately, it’s incredibly distracting and as a listener I just become stuck trying to figure out what’s going on with that horrible accent.
Third ~ Gia, Gia, Gia. You admit that Jax dated you for 5 weeks then disappeared for no reason and with no contact for two years. Now he comes along and wants to start back up, says he can’t/won’t give you more than sex, *might* explain what happened before but not until you have sex at least a few more times, etc. Why are you putting up with this?
Fourth ~ Jax. You say you missed her, nothing you’ve done proves it. You say she’s perfect, yet you’re vague and won’t even try to commit. Vague. I guess it’s supposed to be mysterious and intriguing, but it’s infuriating and borders on emotional abuse/manipulation.
Obviously this is all from Gia’s POV, but nothing has happened in the first 35% of this book to make me root for this couple.
I would have demanded a refund if I spent a credit on this and even “free” on Audible Escape, I can’t force myself to finish it.
First ~ this is NOT two books for one credit. These are two novellas (short ones at that) that together barely count as a complete book.
Second ~ Amy McFaddon. I don’t know what is going on here. I own 20 books with her as the narrator and have listened to more via Overdrive. She’s always been great. I *think* the issue is that Gia is described as having an Brooklyn accent that comes and goes. So that’s what McFadden does. Unfortunately, it’s incredibly distracting and as a listener I just become stuck trying to figure out what’s going on with that horrible accent.
Third ~ Gia, Gia, Gia. You admit that Jax dated you for 5 weeks then disappeared for no reason and with no contact for two years. Now he comes along and wants to start back up, says he can’t/won’t give you more than sex, *might* explain what happened before but not until you have sex at least a few more times, etc. Why are you putting up with this?
Fourth ~ Jax. You say you missed her, nothing you’ve done proves it. You say she’s perfect, yet you’re vague and won’t even try to commit. Vague. I guess it’s supposed to be mysterious and intriguing, but it’s infuriating and borders on emotional abuse/manipulation.
Obviously this is all from Gia’s POV, but nothing has happened in the first 35% of this book to make me root for this couple.
I would have demanded a refund if I spent a credit on this and even “free” on Audible Escape, I can’t force myself to finish it.