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A review by booksteastories
Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa
Did not finish book.
DNF (sorry, I hate doing that, too.)
Listen. I am not against social media in books. It works in thrillers and it works when used as background. It does not work as a plot device -- it simply becomes impossible to read due to the cringe. The protagonist is very quirky. Like, painfully quirky. The guy is bland. It's all just very sad. The side characters are irritating and seem to be developed too much, which is a weird thing to complain about except they info dump their entire lives in the most irritating manner possible. The writing was also kind of weird. I was just uncomfortable the whole time. There were way too many tropes. You cannot rely on tropes to carry your novel. Also? Is it not a little weird that the mc here is the author of the previous book in the series? Is it not weird to include meta in romance?
Overall, I'm sorry, not for me. I know some people will love it though.
Listen. I am not against social media in books. It works in thrillers and it works when used as background. It does not work as a plot device -- it simply becomes impossible to read due to the cringe. The protagonist is very quirky. Like, painfully quirky. The guy is bland. It's all just very sad. The side characters are irritating and seem to be developed too much, which is a weird thing to complain about except they info dump their entire lives in the most irritating manner possible. The writing was also kind of weird. I was just uncomfortable the whole time. There were way too many tropes. You cannot rely on tropes to carry your novel. Also? Is it not a little weird that the mc here is the author of the previous book in the series? Is it not weird to include meta in romance?
Overall, I'm sorry, not for me. I know some people will love it though.