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A review by superrninja16
Captured Beauty by Tay Mo'Nae
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
This book was very lackluster. There were too make mini time jumps, or scenery changes that I couldn't didn't know where I was in the story. There wasn't a smooth transition. I don't really expect much world building in modern romances, but I couldn't vision the world nor the characters. Heck, I don't even know what MMC and FMC appearances are. I only know FMC has caramel skin and honey blond curls? MMC is tall and has a scarred face... not to mention<blockquote><i>His dick was as big as a king sized snicker bar<i></blockquote> Spicy scenes were good.....but could have been great if it was better written. I am also tired of the overuse of the word d*ck, so there's that.
Onto the characters....the WAS NO chemistry between the MMC and FMC, nothing nada, nothing they can really talk about, aside from bangity bang. Also, for one MMC is 1000% not emotionally mature (whether or not having a bad childhood). I didn't find him attractive, and his temper tantrums were a BIG turn off. I didn't even care for his POV either. FMC....was just the perfect toy to bend and be trained into what the MMC wanted...
This isn't my first dark romance, but this book wasn't for me. Nothing about the MMC I found was attractive, and was just basically legit Stockholm syndrome. And if this was the author's intent, then good job, you did it well.
I received the audiobook from Netgallery. Though my thoughts are honest and true, I wish the author best of luck. I thank the publishers for letting me listen.
This book was very lackluster. There were too make mini time jumps, or scenery changes that I couldn't didn't know where I was in the story. There wasn't a smooth transition. I don't really expect much world building in modern romances, but I couldn't vision the world nor the characters. Heck, I don't even know what MMC and FMC appearances are. I only know FMC has caramel skin and honey blond curls? MMC is tall and has a scarred face... not to mention
Onto the characters....the WAS NO chemistry between the MMC and FMC, nothing nada, nothing they can really talk about, aside from bangity bang. Also, for one MMC is 1000% not emotionally mature (whether or not having a bad childhood). I didn't find him attractive, and his temper tantrums were a BIG turn off. I didn't even care for his POV either. FMC....was just the perfect toy to bend and be trained into what the MMC wanted...
This isn't my first dark romance, but this book wasn't for me. Nothing about the MMC I found was attractive, and was just basically legit Stockholm syndrome. And if this was the author's intent, then good job, you did it well.
I received the audiobook from Netgallery. Though my thoughts are honest and true, I wish the author best of luck. I thank the publishers for letting me listen.