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A review by sabrinacamp
Her Adventures in Temptation by Megan Frampton
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
The style of writing was boring, the characters were so cringey, and it was too much telling, not enough showing
I really struggled with this book and ended up DNFing it at 10%.
I was obsessed with the cover and love the whole color theme for this series, but this was my second attempt at reading a Frampton novel and frankly I was just bored. I picked this book up multiple times to try and get through the beginning, and see if I would like the rest, but when I realized that I was just dreading reading this when I have other ARCs that I would prefer to spend my time on, I realized that it was time to call it quits.
I think that I also don't like Myrtle's characterization, as she is made out to be an elitists who is good at math, but to an extreme level that anyone who isn't is an idiot. As she says, "And all of the gentlemen, and most of the ladies, Myrtle knew were idiots." (3%). That definitely started me off in a rough place with this book. I get that the bar is low, but this is just a weak character trait, that everyone is too stupid for her. And then on top of this, she threatens Simeon into doing her bidding by holding money over his head. This is not a simple work a job for money situation. This is one with a power dynamic where Simeon's livelihood and his ward's are threatened by this woman who wants to go to London for a little adventure because her life is so hard as a wealthy aristocrat who is so smart and good at math, and doesn't like any of her marriage prospects.
I just could not get behind these characters or this conflict.
I really struggled with this book and ended up DNFing it at 10%.
I was obsessed with the cover and love the whole color theme for this series, but this was my second attempt at reading a Frampton novel and frankly I was just bored. I picked this book up multiple times to try and get through the beginning, and see if I would like the rest, but when I realized that I was just dreading reading this when I have other ARCs that I would prefer to spend my time on, I realized that it was time to call it quits.
I think that I also don't like Myrtle's characterization, as she is made out to be an elitists who is good at math, but to an extreme level that anyone who isn't is an idiot. As she says, "And all of the gentlemen, and most of the ladies, Myrtle knew were idiots." (3%). That definitely started me off in a rough place with this book. I get that the bar is low, but this is just a weak character trait, that everyone is too stupid for her. And then on top of this, she threatens Simeon into doing her bidding by holding money over his head. This is not a simple work a job for money situation. This is one with a power dynamic where Simeon's livelihood and his ward's are threatened by this woman who wants to go to London for a little adventure because her life is so hard as a wealthy aristocrat who is so smart and good at math, and doesn't like any of her marriage prospects.
I just could not get behind these characters or this conflict.