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A review by gerireads
Love in Rewind by Tali Alexander
1.0
I love the marriage in peril trope, and this book was based on that premise. I thought this book would give me all the feels.
I was wrong.
I could not stand the cheesiness and the flowery prose and dialogue. It was too much. The way the author used songs and incorporated them into the dialogue was just...errggh, cheesy and odd. Like no one does that ever. I don't care if you're sooooooo in love. No one quotes lyrics of their favorite songs to each other in their everyday conversation. Just no.
The conflict was also disappointing. It was all a BIG MISUNDERSTANDING, folks! And it wasn't even well executed. It was just predictable and cheesy.
Don't even get me started on the dialogue. Aside from the cheesy songs, the characters talk like robots forced to recite horrible poetry to each other especially during sex. It wasn't sexy. It was cringey.
"My tongue needs to taste your pussy, which I'm sure is dripping wet for me. If you leave me right now I'll need to go home, take my pants off, and suck them dry, until I get every ounce of wetness you left behind."
"We were inseparable, insatiable and omnivorous, sharing ourselves with no one but each other."
I really don't need the hero or heroine reciting or making declarations during sexy times. I don't need a play by play. Really don't. I feel like the only words that should come out of their mouths would be, "Harder!" "Faster!" Or "I'm coming!" And nothing else!
The only reason I didn't DNF was i wanted to know what the conflict was about. In hindsight, I wish I just DNF this in the first place.
ARC provided by Netgalley
I was wrong.
I could not stand the cheesiness and the flowery prose and dialogue. It was too much. The way the author used songs and incorporated them into the dialogue was just...errggh, cheesy and odd. Like no one does that ever. I don't care if you're sooooooo in love. No one quotes lyrics of their favorite songs to each other in their everyday conversation. Just no.
The conflict was also disappointing. It was all a BIG MISUNDERSTANDING, folks! And it wasn't even well executed. It was just predictable and cheesy.
Don't even get me started on the dialogue. Aside from the cheesy songs, the characters talk like robots forced to recite horrible poetry to each other especially during sex. It wasn't sexy. It was cringey.
"My tongue needs to taste your pussy, which I'm sure is dripping wet for me. If you leave me right now I'll need to go home, take my pants off, and suck them dry, until I get every ounce of wetness you left behind."
"We were inseparable, insatiable and omnivorous, sharing ourselves with no one but each other."
I really don't need the hero or heroine reciting or making declarations during sexy times. I don't need a play by play. Really don't. I feel like the only words that should come out of their mouths would be, "Harder!" "Faster!" Or "I'm coming!" And nothing else!
The only reason I didn't DNF was i wanted to know what the conflict was about. In hindsight, I wish I just DNF this in the first place.
ARC provided by Netgalley