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goodlynne 's review for:
Bride of Brutal Hearts
by Kate Stevens
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am going to talk like I hate this book, even though I kind if loved it. Well. Parts of it. If this book fixed some major flaws it would probably be one of my favourite books ever.
That being said, the mmcs are my all time favourites. I adore Jules. Vicious but flighty. I love poly books with MMF and this has some of the best spice I have ever read.
Now for everything I did not like.
The first 10% was rough to get thru and I almost DNF’d it. The world building was clunky and confusing. As a result the rest of the book was hard to follow. The last, 20% was also pretty rough because it got very repetitive.
All the fmc does the entire book is whine… oh I’m so pathetic and fat and weak and in pain and trapped. Ok let’s fuck. Oh no. I’m so fat, so weak…. blah blah blah. The fmc had nothing and I mean NOTHING to do. No role except be a flesh-light door mat. I really don’t like door mat fmcs. She tries once or twice but never gets a win. Nessa needed to be more fully developed, she was flat and boring.
Fmc romantacy characters almost always exist solely as a way to validate male archetypes and Nessa is another boring cookie cut out of this.
The author needs a thesaurus. Badly. “My damp curls. My illness. Fuck”. Not sure how many times these showed up but it was 74 times too many. At least.
As someone with endometriosis I appreciated its representation. I did not liked how it was portrayed. My illness my illness my illness. Nessa could have been much more than a reproductive disease. But she wasn’t. Also. Find another word for illness or don’t bring it up so much. Ugh. It was annoying.
That being said, the mmcs are my all time favourites. I adore Jules. Vicious but flighty. I love poly books with MMF and this has some of the best spice I have ever read.
Now for everything I did not like.
The first 10% was rough to get thru and I almost DNF’d it. The world building was clunky and confusing. As a result the rest of the book was hard to follow. The last, 20% was also pretty rough because it got very repetitive.
All the fmc does the entire book is whine… oh I’m so pathetic and fat and weak and in pain and trapped. Ok let’s fuck. Oh no. I’m so fat, so weak…. blah blah blah. The fmc had nothing and I mean NOTHING to do. No role except be a flesh-light door mat. I really don’t like door mat fmcs. She tries once or twice but never gets a win. Nessa needed to be more fully developed, she was flat and boring.
Fmc romantacy characters almost always exist solely as a way to validate male archetypes and Nessa is another boring cookie cut out of this.
The author needs a thesaurus. Badly. “My damp curls. My illness. Fuck”. Not sure how many times these showed up but it was 74 times too many. At least.
As someone with endometriosis I appreciated its representation. I did not liked how it was portrayed. My illness my illness my illness. Nessa could have been much more than a reproductive disease. But she wasn’t. Also. Find another word for illness or don’t bring it up so much. Ugh. It was annoying.