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A review by whataboutlindus
The Viper by Kele Moon
2.0
Full review here
(*no spoilers*)
I had a lot of mixed emotions while reading this book. For me, the start was just very slow - first 30% did not give me anything that I liked. There's a lot of rambling from me in later paragraphs. To be honest, I only finished this book because of The Slayer (Untamed Hearts #2) that deals with the supporting characters from this book and they seem much more interesting.
Let's dig in to the heroine - Katie. I'm sorry, but she was one of the DUMBEST girls I have ever read about. The thing is, she calls herself a nerd. She is a history teacher at a local high school. But she does not know what "chica" means or "Ay Dios mio". Maybe I'm too picky, but this "character trait" annoyed me throughout the book. I don't know about others, but I feel like those Spanish phrases are so obvious! Plus they were said in a context so she could kind of guess it, right? Katie is an example of a heroine that I hate with passion. Putting herself down with phrases like "I'm so plain." or acting like a precious virgin even though she is divorced is just insufferable. One sentence that really got me was this one: "She wanted someone to like her tits instead of her degree." Isn't this insulting to feminism? Then again, some might argue that she had full right to say that, if she wants to...So what do I know?
Marcos was slightly less annoying, though he is definitely not my kind of man that I would fall over for. Before one of the steamier scenes, he asked Katie: "Wanna fuck?" I'm not a prude, but this phrase was so out of place in this book I just cringed. Also whenever he said "thug", I wanted to throw my kindle against the wall. Horrible.
Supporting character, Chuito, who's Marcos cousin was almost the only positive thing about this book. He intrigued me and I could not wait to read his story! (I started it and it's SO much better than this! Can't believe it's from the same author.)
While the main characters were such a pain, the storyline itself was not much better. Midway through, I wondered what's the other half going to be about? I was very disappointed that it was very anti-climatic. It was just so so plain and boring, I congratulated myself that I managed to finish it. The steamier scenes saved the book a bit, it was pleasant, but definitely nothing revolutionary. Overall, I'm just glad that I've finished this and now I can move on to Chuito's story. I would only recommend this book so you could read the second.
Rating: 2 out of 5 (Barely, I was very generous.)
(*no spoilers*)
I had a lot of mixed emotions while reading this book. For me, the start was just very slow - first 30% did not give me anything that I liked. There's a lot of rambling from me in later paragraphs. To be honest, I only finished this book because of The Slayer (Untamed Hearts #2) that deals with the supporting characters from this book and they seem much more interesting.
Let's dig in to the heroine - Katie. I'm sorry, but she was one of the DUMBEST girls I have ever read about. The thing is, she calls herself a nerd. She is a history teacher at a local high school. But she does not know what "chica" means or "Ay Dios mio". Maybe I'm too picky, but this "character trait" annoyed me throughout the book. I don't know about others, but I feel like those Spanish phrases are so obvious! Plus they were said in a context so she could kind of guess it, right? Katie is an example of a heroine that I hate with passion. Putting herself down with phrases like "I'm so plain." or acting like a precious virgin even though she is divorced is just insufferable. One sentence that really got me was this one: "She wanted someone to like her tits instead of her degree." Isn't this insulting to feminism? Then again, some might argue that she had full right to say that, if she wants to...So what do I know?
Marcos was slightly less annoying, though he is definitely not my kind of man that I would fall over for. Before one of the steamier scenes, he asked Katie: "Wanna fuck?" I'm not a prude, but this phrase was so out of place in this book I just cringed. Also whenever he said "thug", I wanted to throw my kindle against the wall. Horrible.
Supporting character, Chuito, who's Marcos cousin was almost the only positive thing about this book. He intrigued me and I could not wait to read his story! (I started it and it's SO much better than this! Can't believe it's from the same author.)
While the main characters were such a pain, the storyline itself was not much better. Midway through, I wondered what's the other half going to be about? I was very disappointed that it was very anti-climatic. It was just so so plain and boring, I congratulated myself that I managed to finish it. The steamier scenes saved the book a bit, it was pleasant, but definitely nothing revolutionary. Overall, I'm just glad that I've finished this and now I can move on to Chuito's story. I would only recommend this book so you could read the second.
Rating: 2 out of 5 (Barely, I was very generous.)