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A review by ladygethzerion
Frigid by Jennifer L. Armentrout
3.0
I enjoyed J. Lynn's "Waiting For You" series, but I'm not into the paranormal stuff, so I was happy to see another N.A. book from her. I'm not a huge fan of romance book story lines based solely around underconfident heroines and miscommunications. I made an exception here because I enjoy the author's build up and humoristic style. And, I get it, I was a teenage girl/young adult once and I remember what it was like to yearn after a crush and overthink everything he said or didn't say. This is the ultimate fantasy-- what if that crush turns out to be requited after all? On the surface, it sounds great, and I did enjoy the one-liners and funny moments. I just thought some of it was laying it on a bit thick.
I liked that there was a bit of mystery/suspense tossed in for good measure. I didn't like the over-the-top angst and the way the characters were just always assuming stuff instead of flat out talking.
There were a few editing errors (I spotted an "its" that should have been "it's" and an extra set of quotation marks, among a couple of other minor things). At one point, the characters are wearing jeans and in the next line, it's suddenly sweats. Not a huge thing, but enough to make me pause and re-read to see if I had misunderstood. Took me right out of the moment, which was annoying. I think she originally had them wearing jeans in her draft, changed her mind, and didn't change them all.
I also thought it was odd that she confesses to love him at one point, but then suddenly it's like it never happened, because the "I love you" becomes a big reveal? I was... confused about that.
While I enjoyed it enough to finish it and the humor was fun, I found some of these things to be jarring and strange coming from a well known and accomplished author.
If you can get it cheap or check it out from your library like I did, sure, give it a shot.
I liked that there was a bit of mystery/suspense tossed in for good measure. I didn't like the over-the-top angst and the way the characters were just always assuming stuff instead of flat out talking.
There were a few editing errors (I spotted an "its" that should have been "it's" and an extra set of quotation marks, among a couple of other minor things). At one point, the characters are wearing jeans and in the next line, it's suddenly sweats. Not a huge thing, but enough to make me pause and re-read to see if I had misunderstood. Took me right out of the moment, which was annoying. I think she originally had them wearing jeans in her draft, changed her mind, and didn't change them all.
I also thought it was odd that she confesses to love him at one point, but then suddenly it's like it never happened, because the "I love you" becomes a big reveal? I was... confused about that.
While I enjoyed it enough to finish it and the humor was fun, I found some of these things to be jarring and strange coming from a well known and accomplished author.
If you can get it cheap or check it out from your library like I did, sure, give it a shot.