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Love Unexpected
by Q.B. Tyler
I wanted to like this book. But there were so many things that bothered me, I don't even know where to begin.
First, they start with Stassia having this crazy crush on Dominic as a CHILD when she met him as a teacher at her elementary school. Her deciding she wants to marry him. Then he marries her mom when she is still a CHILD and basically becomes her father. Yes, I understand that he is her step-father, but when he acts as her father figure from a young age, he is basically her FATHER.
Next, I got whiplash from their relationship rollercoaster. It was like she has a crush on him. Then he becomes essentially her father. Then as she becomes a teenager he becomes an authority figure that she sees as her nemesis. Then he's the only support she seems to have in her grief. Then she's obsessed with him. And then they have this bizarre back and forth between hate and attraction and love. I don't even know. Whiplash. Majorly.
I can understand how feelings would develop in the wake of mutual grief, but it also kind of bothered me how quickly they went from grieving her mother/his wife to obsessing over each other. Maybe it really wasn't that quick. The book timeline was kind of difficult to follow. But it felt like it was way too quick to 1. make sense and 2. be healthy.
They did have chemistry. There's not denying that. And the writing was quality. And I didn't DNF. I wanted to know what happens next after every new development. So the author had me trapped in their clutches. So I guess that is something good to say about it.
First, they start with Stassia having this crazy crush on Dominic as a CHILD when she met him as a teacher at her elementary school. Her deciding she wants to marry him. Then he marries her mom when she is still a CHILD and basically becomes her father. Yes, I understand that he is her step-father, but when he acts as her father figure from a young age, he is basically her FATHER.
Next, I got whiplash from their relationship rollercoaster. It was like she has a crush on him. Then he becomes essentially her father. Then as she becomes a teenager he becomes an authority figure that she sees as her nemesis. Then he's the only support she seems to have in her grief. Then she's obsessed with him. And then they have this bizarre back and forth between hate and attraction and love. I don't even know. Whiplash. Majorly.
I can understand how feelings would develop in the wake of mutual grief, but it also kind of bothered me how quickly they went from grieving her mother/his wife to obsessing over each other. Maybe it really wasn't that quick. The book timeline was kind of difficult to follow. But it felt like it was way too quick to 1. make sense and 2. be healthy.
They did have chemistry. There's not denying that. And the writing was quality. And I didn't DNF. I wanted to know what happens next after every new development. So the author had me trapped in their clutches. So I guess that is something good to say about it.