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A review by bookish_kristina
Seduced by Molly O'Keefe
3.0
I need therapy now. This was bleak.
Woof! This was one of the more depressing books I’ve read in awhile. The writing was good and the setting was well done, but my gawd, this was the grapes of wrath of romance novels. A very downtrodden group of characters find each other in a cabin in the foothills of the Rockies. They have all been ravaged by the civil war, from both sides and working to recover.
This story needed more uplifting moments to balance the heavy. The relationship development between Cole and Melody needed more depth and more sweetness and less desperation. Also this was entirely too short and the ending was abrupt, which made their connection actually feel on the insta-love side. Small note: if you are going to name a book Seduced, give me more than one short grope session, will ya? Don’t know if I recommend this, it’s too sad and doesn’t give you enough reason to root for anyone. But I am interested in reading about Steven and Annie.
Narration was ok but I wouldn’t look out for this narrator again.
TWs rape, domestic abuse, war, murder, acts of violence recounted in memories, detailed descriptions of public hair.
Woof! This was one of the more depressing books I’ve read in awhile. The writing was good and the setting was well done, but my gawd, this was the grapes of wrath of romance novels. A very downtrodden group of characters find each other in a cabin in the foothills of the Rockies. They have all been ravaged by the civil war, from both sides and working to recover.
This story needed more uplifting moments to balance the heavy. The relationship development between Cole and Melody needed more depth and more sweetness and less desperation. Also this was entirely too short and the ending was abrupt, which made their connection actually feel on the insta-love side. Small note: if you are going to name a book Seduced, give me more than one short grope session, will ya? Don’t know if I recommend this, it’s too sad and doesn’t give you enough reason to root for anyone. But I am interested in reading about Steven and Annie.
Narration was ok but I wouldn’t look out for this narrator again.
TWs rape, domestic abuse, war, murder, acts of violence recounted in memories, detailed descriptions of public hair.