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A review by imnotsav
The Trouble With Love by Claire Contreras
1.0
What?
I really wanted to like this book. It’s a short romance and I’m always down for those but I’ve never been so frustrated with a book. The pacing was so fast and didn’t flow. The insta love was not believable, like I believe in love at first sight but what was this? And SPOILER I’m ok with a book having darkness but not when there’s no explanation. Why was there a single sentence about how the MC once prostituted herself out to her mother’s client at 14 because said mother was passed out from drugs in the bathroom and then this topic was never discussed further? The main conflict with the mother is that she slept with her daughters boyfriend and is a drug addict, but I think the 14 year old prostitution thing is a bit more pressing! It’s never mentioned further than one truly unsettling sentence. I’m so mad about so many other things but that’s been on my mind the whole time I read the book. This is my only 1 star ever!
I really wanted to like this book. It’s a short romance and I’m always down for those but I’ve never been so frustrated with a book. The pacing was so fast and didn’t flow. The insta love was not believable, like I believe in love at first sight but what was this? And SPOILER I’m ok with a book having darkness but not when there’s no explanation. Why was there a single sentence about how the MC once prostituted herself out to her mother’s client at 14 because said mother was passed out from drugs in the bathroom and then this topic was never discussed further? The main conflict with the mother is that she slept with her daughters boyfriend and is a drug addict, but I think the 14 year old prostitution thing is a bit more pressing! It’s never mentioned further than one truly unsettling sentence. I’m so mad about so many other things but that’s been on my mind the whole time I read the book. This is my only 1 star ever!