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A review by bergamotbee
Savage Revenge by Kate Oliver
3.5
Cash's father has been murdered outside of the casino empire that he owns. The only man Cash can see for the job is his fathers biggest rival. He decides to take and torture his eldest son for information, except he comes across a pretty big problem. Jordyn is a woman, and an absolute smoke-show at that.
*****
I really wanted to love this one. The chemistry was alive and burning, the writing itself was interesting and well done, but the pace was wild. They were in love within a few days of her being kidnapped by him, and it was so rapid I couldn't relate. They didn't know each other, and yet he's choosing a nickname for her the minute they meet, and using it 170 times over the course of the 315 page book. I'm not sure it matters what the nickname was overall, just the sheer amount it was used ripped me out of the story. The dialogue was held back by being so repetitious, as the interactions started to edge into formulaic with the nickname, along with secondary nicknames slid into it so often. From there, their relationship progresses multiple levels at breakneck speed with no outside force pushing them towards it to set that pace, which just felt so strange to have it move so fast.
The daddy kink and humiliation kinks were done well though, suspending belief that they could get to that level of trust and intimacy that quickly, and it made for spicy if not somewhat surprising scenes due to the MMC's possessiveness, yet willingness to openly punish her. Again, I genuinely enjoyed the writing, the overall plot and the characters, I just didn't enjoy the book itself, which left me in a weird spot on how to review it. Did i burn through this in a single sitting? Yes. Would I tell people they had to read it? I'm not sure that I would.
Overall it was enjoyable, but I think it was too illogical and rushed for me when it came to the timeline their relationship developed. I do think others will genuinely love this novel though, especially if they enjoy instant love and the nickname "kitten."
*****
Thank you to The Author Agency for the Advanced Reader Copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
*****
I really wanted to love this one. The chemistry was alive and burning, the writing itself was interesting and well done, but the pace was wild. They were in love within a few days of her being kidnapped by him, and it was so rapid I couldn't relate. They didn't know each other, and yet he's choosing a nickname for her the minute they meet, and using it 170 times over the course of the 315 page book. I'm not sure it matters what the nickname was overall, just the sheer amount it was used ripped me out of the story. The dialogue was held back by being so repetitious, as the interactions started to edge into formulaic with the nickname, along with secondary nicknames slid into it so often. From there, their relationship progresses multiple levels at breakneck speed with no outside force pushing them towards it to set that pace, which just felt so strange to have it move so fast.
The daddy kink and humiliation kinks were done well though, suspending belief that they could get to that level of trust and intimacy that quickly, and it made for spicy if not somewhat surprising scenes due to the MMC's possessiveness, yet willingness to openly punish her. Again, I genuinely enjoyed the writing, the overall plot and the characters, I just didn't enjoy the book itself, which left me in a weird spot on how to review it. Did i burn through this in a single sitting? Yes. Would I tell people they had to read it? I'm not sure that I would.
Overall it was enjoyable, but I think it was too illogical and rushed for me when it came to the timeline their relationship developed. I do think others will genuinely love this novel though, especially if they enjoy instant love and the nickname "kitten."
*****
Thank you to The Author Agency for the Advanced Reader Copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.