wahllamaface 's review for:

Sin & Chocolate by K.F. Breene

2.0

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I read some of Breene's later works and loved them. The characters were fun and engaging, the world was interesting, and the plot was solid. I got this for free from the kindle store and was excited to give it a read.

The characters are fun and engaging, I really fell in love with Daisy and Mordecai, Alexis' adopted children / siblings, I even liked Alexis. I liked Alexis until she met Kieran.

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Once Alexis meets Kieran she turns into a complete and utter moron with no sense and less survival instinct. At one point her 'wards', who are both teenagers, explain to her all the reasons why being around a stalker, because Kieran stalks her, is bad and dangerous and creepy. She agrees, and then goes around ignoring sense and reason. She's so busy being enamored of him, being lost in his dreamy eyes and sexy body, that she ignores not only good advice, but her wards, who she claims to love and sacrifice for. It's incredibly frustrating.

The plot is great though, and I was genuinely curious about Alexis' power, and the ghost plot. I was, in fact, so interested in the plot and the Alexis' kids, that I picked up book two, despite not liking Alexis at all.

It was a short, entertaining read, but I probably wouldn't recommend it unless you're super into the urban fantasy / romance genre.

Edit: I originally gave this book three stars, but after considering, decided to bump it down to two because...

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of how stupid Alexis is when it comes to her love of some creep. It's not even love, it's infatuation and lust. He's a creepy, stalking, bully who ignores her wishes and desires, does whatever he wants without thought for consequence, and manipulates the shit out of Alexis. And yet, any time she might get angry (rightfully) or think to stand up for herself (as she should) she looks at him and his sheer perfect, beautiful self turns her into a drooling idiot. I get that the author has to move the plot along, but there are better ways to do it, and this just feels like lazy writing. Which sucks because I genuinely like reading Breene's books. I just can't get behind a female character that is supposed to be tough, who makes such poor decisions because someone is attractive. Yeah, we've all done stupid things when we see someone attractive or powerful, but she does it over and over and over again despite pretty much everyone else telling her not to, to the point where it might be bad for the two kids she's raising and claims to love. Anyway, end rant