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A review by caniread
To Sketch a Scandal by Jess Everlee
2.25
I really enjoy Everlee's books. However this iteration in the series really did not hit for me.
I really enjoyed Warren in the past books even though it was kind of "slut with a heart of gold". This book doesn't really focus on expanding him more than that, even though the author lists out all of the way he is demensional in the text. He is still a guy with a heart of gold but now he likes art too. I am really disapointed that he is POC in Last name only and overall feels very whitewashed. Besides talking about eating rice/roti and the fact that sarees exist this could have been any gay man in 1866. Also his raise in social class is not fully flushed out and it is just a plot to make him go to art school. I did find this incredibily dissapointing.
I also like Matty in the other book. In this book I find him incredibily boring and I am really over his problems 20% into the book. While this conflict wanted to be compelling it was very predictable.
Anjali was cool. 10/10 on her.
The ending was decent. Overall this book was a 2.25 for me and did not hold my interest. I was able to read the other books in this series within a day or two, this one took me over a month.
Thank you NetGally and Harlequin for the ARC.
I really enjoyed Warren in the past books even though it was kind of "slut with a heart of gold". This book doesn't really focus on expanding him more than that, even though the author lists out all of the way he is demensional in the text. He is still a guy with a heart of gold but now he likes art too. I am really disapointed that he is POC in Last name only and overall feels very whitewashed. Besides talking about eating rice/roti and the fact that sarees exist this could have been any gay man in 1866. Also his raise in social class is not fully flushed out and it is just a plot to make him go to art school. I did find this incredibily dissapointing.
I also like Matty in the other book. In this book I find him incredibily boring and I am really over his problems 20% into the book. While this conflict wanted to be compelling it was very predictable.
Anjali was cool. 10/10 on her.
The ending was decent. Overall this book was a 2.25 for me and did not hold my interest. I was able to read the other books in this series within a day or two, this one took me over a month.
Thank you NetGally and Harlequin for the ARC.