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A review by mnboyer
Alpha by Jasinda Wilder
4.0
I loved this and was so excited to find Jasinda Wilder in a sea of otherwise "bleh" erotic romance novelists.
The plot follows the "billionaire falls for a regular, broke ass girl" story line, which actually is NOT my favorite because it paints a world where people that are into erotic sex have to be set up on a power dynamic. Is there not a man out there who isn't a billionaire that knows how to show a lady a good time in bed? Ya'll can argue this later. But...a broke girl begins getting checks from an anonymous source, 120,000$ in total, and then a knock on her door happens 12 months in and she's wisked away to be "owned" by someone. The :"owning" and "buying" of a woman bothers me a bit...so half a star disappeared here.
But eventually we end up with some steamy, steamy scenes that are worth a solid 4 stars.
I just wish that this book pulled away from some of the cliches and weirdness. You cannot really "buy" a woman and to do so STILL bothers me. You're like well if you do not want to be my sex submissive then I guess I want my $120,000 (which I know you don't have nor could ever get) back so choices choices. *cringe* And later we find out there's some MURDER that has taken place and we're supposed to think "Well, sure, he's a murderer but think about the orgasms!" Yeah. Let's step away from the creepy dark ledges people.
The plot follows the "billionaire falls for a regular, broke ass girl" story line, which actually is NOT my favorite because it paints a world where people that are into erotic sex have to be set up on a power dynamic. Is there not a man out there who isn't a billionaire that knows how to show a lady a good time in bed? Ya'll can argue this later. But...a broke girl begins getting checks from an anonymous source, 120,000$ in total, and then a knock on her door happens 12 months in and she's wisked away to be "owned" by someone. The :"owning" and "buying" of a woman bothers me a bit...so half a star disappeared here.
But eventually we end up with some steamy, steamy scenes that are worth a solid 4 stars.
I just wish that this book pulled away from some of the cliches and weirdness. You cannot really "buy" a woman and to do so STILL bothers me. You're like well if you do not want to be my sex submissive then I guess I want my $120,000 (which I know you don't have nor could ever get) back so choices choices. *cringe* And later we find out there's some MURDER that has taken place and we're supposed to think "Well, sure, he's a murderer but think about the orgasms!" Yeah. Let's step away from the creepy dark ledges people.