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A review by dejreads
Terms and Conditions by Lauren Asher
5.0
i am very skeptical of non black writers writing black characters, so i was entering reading terms and conditions guided. however, lauren asher did pretty well with writing iris. while reading, i saw myself in iris as a black woman. especially considering her viewpoint on love.
the chemistry between declan and iris was there. i adore sunshine/grumpy trope. i adore fake dating trope. so y'all should know i was going to eat this up. anyway, i wanted them to have sex so bad by the time the tenth chapter hit. however, lauren asher did a wonderful job of building that tension up so when iris and declan did have sex—as a reader i felt every freaking emotion from both characters. the adorable thing of declan and iris sending words in different languages about how they feel, was so cute. declan making everybody use a certain font because he researched that it's better for people who have dyslexia aka what iris has thought hinder her progress in life. loved their dynamic.
i also adored iris and cal's friendship. at first, my biggest concern was the fact that iris didn't have any black friends. idc how you were raised, every black person have at least one black friend. i feel like lauren asher could have gave iris another lil friend that was black. however as the story goes on, i did kinda altered my view on this point because it's revealed that iris puts her personal life on hold for her job which hinders her making friends. buutttttt it would have still be nice to have more than four black characters mentioned in the book.
one thing that did irk me was that during the last argument, declan didn't beg enough for me. hell, he didn't beg enough for me during his and iris first argument. like i do feel like iris forgave him too quickly in a sense with both the arguments they had in the book. declan daddy issues had me heated like bitch go to therapy. also siri play not my job by flo.
so yes, this is me saying that i am adding declan to the toxic book male lead list.
overall, it was a good read. the sex scenes were good. there weren't a lot of sex scenes though, which i didn't mind. similar to multi chapter fics, i don't like books with a lot of sex scenes/smut. simply because i like a nice smut to plot ratio. the plot was good for a stand-alone book. i don't plan on reading the other two books in the series though, but i have heard good things about the fine print and i'm sure the final offer (i believe that's what the last book is called) will be just as good because hello it have cal (which to me is the best kane brother hehe).
the chemistry between declan and iris was there. i adore sunshine/grumpy trope. i adore fake dating trope. so y'all should know i was going to eat this up. anyway, i wanted them to have sex so bad by the time the tenth chapter hit. however, lauren asher did a wonderful job of building that tension up so when iris and declan did have sex—as a reader i felt every freaking emotion from both characters. the adorable thing of declan and iris sending words in different languages about how they feel, was so cute. declan making everybody use a certain font because he researched that it's better for people who have dyslexia aka what iris has thought hinder her progress in life. loved their dynamic.
i also adored iris and cal's friendship. at first, my biggest concern was the fact that iris didn't have any black friends. idc how you were raised, every black person have at least one black friend. i feel like lauren asher could have gave iris another lil friend that was black. however as the story goes on, i did kinda altered my view on this point because it's revealed that iris puts her personal life on hold for her job which hinders her making friends. buutttttt it would have still be nice to have more than four black characters mentioned in the book.
one thing that did irk me was that during the last argument, declan didn't beg enough for me. hell, he didn't beg enough for me during his and iris first argument. like i do feel like iris forgave him too quickly in a sense with both the arguments they had in the book. declan daddy issues had me heated like bitch go to therapy. also siri play not my job by flo.
so yes, this is me saying that i am adding declan to the toxic book male lead list.
overall, it was a good read. the sex scenes were good. there weren't a lot of sex scenes though, which i didn't mind. similar to multi chapter fics, i don't like books with a lot of sex scenes/smut. simply because i like a nice smut to plot ratio. the plot was good for a stand-alone book. i don't plan on reading the other two books in the series though, but i have heard good things about the fine print and i'm sure the final offer (i believe that's what the last book is called) will be just as good because hello it have cal (which to me is the best kane brother hehe).