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A review by ocean_the_reader
Twisted by Emily McIntire
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I don't have a single positive thing to say. This was a dumpster fire. Here's why:
I didn't like Yasmin as a character. This is supposed to be an Aladdin retalling and movie Jasmine wouldn't have let shit fly, she had a backbone. Yasmin in the book has never heard of a backbone.
Julian was just kinda fine. Nothing really aggravated me about him, at least not till the very end.It was absolutely disgusting that in the extended epilogue that he sniffed her underwear when he found it in his breif case.
The nickname Yas used exactly 8 times. Every single time it took me directly out of the story and was very jarring.
It took too long for them to possibly think that they had feelings for one another.I mean it took them over 200 pages for them to even kiss, and even then that was when they had gotten legally married. This is a 374 page paperback, that is too slow for me to believe their HEA
The smut felt very basic campared to the others in the Never After series. But maybe it felt that way to me because I didn't like the characters.
And Aiden was only there to create the possibilty of a love triangle. Or something. Yasmin's relatioinship with him was really believable either to me.
Also I felt like the equivalent of Genie wasn't nearly as prominent as he was in the movie. Which was really disappointing.
I didn't like Yasmin as a character. This is supposed to be an Aladdin retalling and movie Jasmine wouldn't have let shit fly, she had a backbone. Yasmin in the book has never heard of a backbone.
Julian was just kinda fine. Nothing really aggravated me about him, at least not till the very end.
The nickname Yas used exactly 8 times. Every single time it took me directly out of the story and was very jarring.
It took too long for them to possibly think that they had feelings for one another.
The smut felt very basic campared to the others in the Never After series. But maybe it felt that way to me because I didn't like the characters.
And Aiden was only there to create the possibilty of a love triangle. Or something. Yasmin's relatioinship with him was really believable either to me.
Also I felt like the equivalent of Genie wasn't nearly as prominent as he was in the movie. Which was really disappointing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer