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A review by basicallykris10
Space for More by Emily Antoinette
2.0
I think this author really struggles with the whole "show don't tell" thing. This entire book suffers from a lack of showing the story happen. It's all just telling you what happens and not allowing the author to come to conclusions on their own. For example, you didn't need to sit down and tell me that Phelix cares about helping people. The reader is able to tell as much just by the fact he's a doctor smuggling medical schematics. It's all very hand-holdy.
This is supposed to be a romance but there's hardly any romancing that happens. It's not romantic at all. There's no dates or courting. There's only like 3 major sex scenes but the rest of the "spice" is just masturbating and imagining things. Which is a huge pet peeve of mine in writing. I find it cheap and lazy when authors include characters in the shower getting off to the thought of another character. There are other ways to show sexual attraction. Plus, it's SO overdone. It happens in every romance book at this point.
Eden is extremely insecure and doubtful until the very end. She was constantly trying to get herself out of the throuple. Alyways questioning Phelix and Mezli. Even when they were extremely explicit in what they wanted. I didn't like her at all.
Mezli is self-centered all the time. Everything is about her and how things benefit her. It seemed like the author tried to write her as realizing how self-centered she was but it did not come off that way. She get her apology but it was accepted way too easy for me. She defintley needed to grovel and beg for their forgiveness.
Phelix was fine. He's the character I didn't have any issues with, actually. His actions made the most sense. A hot alien doctor trying to do right in the world, how could you go wrong?
Also, this is entire book is just miscommunication after miscommunication. If they're not miscommunicating about one thing, then they're doing it with another. So, if you hate miscommunication like I do, beware.
This is supposed to be a romance but there's hardly any romancing that happens. It's not romantic at all. There's no dates or courting. There's only like 3 major sex scenes but the rest of the "spice" is just masturbating and imagining things. Which is a huge pet peeve of mine in writing. I find it cheap and lazy when authors include characters in the shower getting off to the thought of another character. There are other ways to show sexual attraction. Plus, it's SO overdone. It happens in every romance book at this point.
Eden is extremely insecure and doubtful until the very end. She was constantly trying to get herself out of the throuple. Alyways questioning Phelix and Mezli. Even when they were extremely explicit in what they wanted. I didn't like her at all.
Mezli is self-centered all the time. Everything is about her and how things benefit her. It seemed like the author tried to write her as realizing how self-centered she was but it did not come off that way. She get her apology but it was accepted way too easy for me. She defintley needed to grovel and beg for their forgiveness.
Phelix was fine. He's the character I didn't have any issues with, actually. His actions made the most sense. A hot alien doctor trying to do right in the world, how could you go wrong?
Also, this is entire book is just miscommunication after miscommunication. If they're not miscommunicating about one thing, then they're doing it with another. So, if you hate miscommunication like I do, beware.