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A review by julessssss
The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith
adventurous
medium-paced
3.5
I am so shook lol
I had a tough time with the romance (it just fell flat for me and was cringey at times, if not super cliche). I was able to get past that though because of what was going on with the plot.
I also feel that the writing overall was subpar / amateurish, but again, I got past that after a handful of chapters. I personally don't think it was so bad to make this difficult to read. Similarly, I felt like most of the characters felt flat, but I think that has to do with the way they were written / the sentence structures that the author kept using.
the plot, though, held me and my jaw dropped when things started getting revealed at the end - just AHHHH (lmao). I couldn't find any glaring plot holes or inconsistences (which is sad that I even have to say this with the state of publishing recently, but I digress). I also thought that pacing overall was fine, and definitely not as bad as some other books I have read recently.
OH also there is one FULL sex scene, even though this is marketed as YA (and for the most part feels that way as well), so keep that in mind.
Very much would recommend. I have been in a little bit of a slump recently and I hope this has gotten me out of it - I am excited to read again <3.
I had a tough time with the romance (it just fell flat for me and was cringey at times, if not super cliche). I was able to get past that though because of what was going on with the plot.
I also feel that the writing overall was subpar / amateurish, but again, I got past that after a handful of chapters. I personally don't think it was so bad to make this difficult to read. Similarly, I felt like most of the characters felt flat, but I think that has to do with the way they were written / the sentence structures that the author kept using.
the plot, though, held me and my jaw dropped when things started getting revealed at the end - just AHHHH (lmao). I couldn't find any glaring plot holes or inconsistences (which is sad that I even have to say this with the state of publishing recently, but I digress). I also thought that pacing overall was fine, and definitely not as bad as some other books I have read recently.
OH also there is one FULL sex scene, even though this is marketed as YA (and for the most part feels that way as well), so keep that in mind.
Very much would recommend. I have been in a little bit of a slump recently and I hope this has gotten me out of it - I am excited to read again <3.