A review by kt44
A Wild Pursuit by Eloisa James

3.0

There were way too many main characters in this book, which is a frequent complaint I have for EJ's books but felt more frustrating in this book than others. The couple who were supposed to be the leads in this book, Bea/Stephen, were less interesting to me than the Esme/Sebastian subplot - I love their story and wish they had gotten their own book. Bea was portrayed as both experienced and innocent at the same time (and a bit clueless), which is a weird virgin/whore dichotomy in the same character. Stephen was irritating, and kept sending all sorts of mixed messages to Bea. He loved her but also constantly wished she was someone else, but then didn't like who she changed into to try to please him. Also he's almost 20 years older than her, which is...something. Everyone at the house party is using Stephen for different ends, which seems impossible to not notice, but Bea seems too dumb to realize it (and her friends - and Stephen - didn't tell her? And just let her feel badly about it?). It was strange. I found myself skimming over a lot of Bea's inner monologue. I really just wanted to read more of Esme/Sebastian!