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boldbrilliantandbeautiful 's review for:
The Kissing Game
by Marie Harte
I initially liked the idea of this book, the big stoic and scary guy who is too scared to make a move until he realises that he may lose his chance. Rena, like a lot of us readers, loves a romantic HEA and was hoping that Axel would be part of hers. Reality is that after all this time she can't hold out for one man and is ready to look for it with someone else.
Normally like Marie Harte's books but this one felt like it was a lot of complexity into the 3oo pages. The spice was hot and the romance sweet but there were a few cringey bits, trying a little too hard to make Axel seem awkward and inexperienced with love.
The addition of having to have a racist sub-plot was where I was probably lost. It was too much to have a black woman, with a German man then throw in a bunch of white supremacists!? I am doubting there was a sensitivity reader involved in this one.
There were a lot of extra characters involved which I normally wouldn't mind but I think it's less of a stand alone when we are on book #18 of an interconnected series. That's not to say that I didn't like them. It would be like watching Valentines Day the movie but only following the plot of Jennifer Gardner without knowing who all the people are she's interacting with.
Normally like Marie Harte's books but this one felt like it was a lot of complexity into the 3oo pages. The spice was hot and the romance sweet but there were a few cringey bits, trying a little too hard to make Axel seem awkward and inexperienced with love.
The addition of having to have a racist sub-plot was where I was probably lost. It was too much to have a black woman, with a German man then throw in a bunch of white supremacists!? I am doubting there was a sensitivity reader involved in this one.
There were a lot of extra characters involved which I normally wouldn't mind but I think it's less of a stand alone when we are on book #18 of an interconnected series. That's not to say that I didn't like them. It would be like watching Valentines Day the movie but only following the plot of Jennifer Gardner without knowing who all the people are she's interacting with.