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The Darkest Night
by Gena Showalter
DNF
I read a lot of ridiculous books, because I read to pass time and am not usually looking for some deep introspective journey.
This load of garbage, however, was too much to take. It was like a parody of a PNR novel. The dialogue was mostly one word grunts and angst filled knuckle biting. I made it nearly halfway through (it did help me fall asleep twice) before I just felt too embarrassed to even finish reading it. I can’t believe this is such a long running series, and that it looks like the subsequent books have good reviews.
Also, just because you’re writing romance novels doesn’t mean the people reading them are morons who don’t deserve things like plot and character development.
And lastly, this book contained all my romance novel pet peeves: women kidnapped and held captive in a strange place who can’t manage to think of anything but how sexy their captors are, “dainty, beautiful, sweet smelling” women who haven’t had a shower or brushed their teeth in days, and big hulking men who think of nothing but grinding one out with said woman but then have a change of heart and decide they want to coddle her instead.
The list is longer than that, but I’ve already put more effort into writing this review than the author put into writing the book.
I read a lot of ridiculous books, because I read to pass time and am not usually looking for some deep introspective journey.
This load of garbage, however, was too much to take. It was like a parody of a PNR novel. The dialogue was mostly one word grunts and angst filled knuckle biting. I made it nearly halfway through (it did help me fall asleep twice) before I just felt too embarrassed to even finish reading it. I can’t believe this is such a long running series, and that it looks like the subsequent books have good reviews.
Also, just because you’re writing romance novels doesn’t mean the people reading them are morons who don’t deserve things like plot and character development.
And lastly, this book contained all my romance novel pet peeves: women kidnapped and held captive in a strange place who can’t manage to think of anything but how sexy their captors are, “dainty, beautiful, sweet smelling” women who haven’t had a shower or brushed their teeth in days, and big hulking men who think of nothing but grinding one out with said woman but then have a change of heart and decide they want to coddle her instead.
The list is longer than that, but I’ve already put more effort into writing this review than the author put into writing the book.