A review by petalsndpages
Cross My Heart by Roxy Sloane

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

(edited) unfortunately that was a quick dnf . i mean her going “ if he’d ordered me around like that somewhere else , day in the bedroom . . “ and i was sick of it . it’s not an actual quote and i’m paraphrasing , but i’m done . i can’t fucking stand main characters like that . if you’re going to be pissed off at the mmc , actually be pissed off at him , don’t be like “ i’m pissed but , oh if he’d been in my bed right now that would be hot “ like SHUT UP . JUST SHUT UP AND HAVE A PERSONALITY OTHER THAN HORNY . 

here are the other notes i’d written down while i was reading : 

page four . her nipples are already hard at the way he’s looking at her and they just met . i think i’m doomed .

i back away from the desk . “ my welcome packet , “ i blurt . “ it wasn’t in my mailbox , and geraldine said i could just pick it up here . “

“ did she now ? “ his gaze sweeps over me , blatantly sensual . appreciative , too . i can feel my skin prickle and my nipples tighten in response , but i force myself to stay calm (4) .

also what the hell does this mean ?

I glance over to see who this infamous tutor is, and find myself staring directly at him. The man who just interrupted me. He's standing apart from the crowd, his jacket slung over his shoulder now, looking so cool and composed that it reminds me of that song lyric, about a guy walking into a party like he was walking onto a yacht (6) .

Handsome. Dark. Sensual. The kind of man who knows exactly how to make you moan...

YOU JUST MET .

page 14 . so yesterday you were swooning over this man and today you’re what ? just pissy ? huh ?

edit: 
yeah so unfortunately i finished the book by hate reading it and i don't think im going to be reading the next books in the series. i'm not invested. i don't care. my complaints are still the same.

the point of the book is that tessa is looking for whoever led to her sister's suicide right? well honestly it goes to the backburner so often, even though tessa is always saying something like " the reason i'm here is for wren. i need to find out who did this to her" or whatever . its all literally because tessa's horniness for saint was too distracting or whatever . the only positive i can think of is that the kink scenes were pretty good. well, there were two. and it was exibitionism, i just do appreciate a book that shows a character starting to understand what they like and appreciate sexually, know ? apart from that, this book really just wasn't worth it. i was so confused when tessa's roommates turned on her out of nowhere. i mean i get if it's jealousy etc, it happens, but is it not usually more gradual than that? am i delusional ? i'm also just having a rough time suspending disbelief for one other thing but that might be spoilers. but i mean... it's the ONE clue you have, tessa. the ONE thing your sister remembered. rly ? okay. anyways i'll only read the next book if i can get it for free. but if honestly rather the ending just be spoiled, i don't want to have to go through the process of reading the other two books.