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A review by palmsygal
Number 10 Affair by Joanna Mazurkiewicz
3.0
I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book and I will say I enjoyed the main story.
Not only is it enemies-to-lovers and a romance, but it grips into themes of parenting and how a parent’s work can impact how a child is treated. I really liked this, as we got to witness the true feelings of children within powerful families.
WARNING (or encouragement, if you like!): This book is FULL of smut; I’d go so far as to say nearly every single chapter has some form of sexual act. I have not read a good smutty book in a fair while, so this I did enjoy! BUT, it almost felt more smut than plot, and the details were focused on this rather than storyline.
Pros that I would like to mention are the FMC, as she didn’t completely take everything the MMC said/did, she stuck up for herself when needed and kept to her beliefs throughout. Furthermore, the side characters all had their own personality and differed from each other. Each of them held their own opinions that were voiced and supported varying things. I would quite like to see Veronica’s story next.
However, I went into this thinking it was a slow burn romance and have to disagree. This whole novel felt super fast paced for me - the sexual tension, the falling in love, the “plot twist” of the book, it all happened extremely quickly.
I give this a 3 star review, because I liked it but I REALLY wanted to love it.
Not only is it enemies-to-lovers and a romance, but it grips into themes of parenting and how a parent’s work can impact how a child is treated. I really liked this, as we got to witness the true feelings of children within powerful families.
WARNING (or encouragement, if you like!): This book is FULL of smut; I’d go so far as to say nearly every single chapter has some form of sexual act. I have not read a good smutty book in a fair while, so this I did enjoy! BUT, it almost felt more smut than plot, and the details were focused on this rather than storyline.
Pros that I would like to mention are the FMC, as she didn’t completely take everything the MMC said/did, she stuck up for herself when needed and kept to her beliefs throughout. Furthermore, the side characters all had their own personality and differed from each other. Each of them held their own opinions that were voiced and supported varying things. I would quite like to see Veronica’s story next.
However, I went into this thinking it was a slow burn romance and have to disagree. This whole novel felt super fast paced for me - the sexual tension, the falling in love, the “plot twist” of the book, it all happened extremely quickly.
I give this a 3 star review, because I liked it but I REALLY wanted to love it.