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A review by blvelances
Playing with Fire by L.J. Shen
3.0
i’m all for :
- the acknowledgment at the end the author stating that she wanted to write a less than perfect heroine in a genre that doesn’t really have that (it’s time to make it normal and not it the full person’s story. also do it for men, different faces, bodies, make it normal idc about the whining of the bodyshaming readers)
- the chemistry between the characters
- good rhythm in the book
- tess’s redemption (not her becoming a stay at home mom tho, i wanted a career path for her, and once again i don’t care about anyone whining that a woman can choose to become a stay at home mom - OF COURSE she can, but way too many women do that in this genre)
BUT
no sense to me how people (men
- the acknowledgment at the end the author stating that she wanted to write a less than perfect heroine in a genre that doesn’t really have that (it’s time to make it normal and not it the full person’s story. also do it for men, different faces, bodies, make it normal idc about the whining of the bodyshaming readers)
- the chemistry between the characters
- good rhythm in the book
- tess’s redemption (not her becoming a stay at home mom tho, i wanted a career path for her, and once again i don’t care about anyone whining that a woman can choose to become a stay at home mom - OF COURSE she can, but way too many women do that in this genre)
BUT
no sense to me how people (men