A review by amateur_bookworm
Green Light by Jescie Hall

dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Green Light by Jescie Hall is a dark romance. I doubt I ever would’ve picked this one up if it hadn’t come in my Probably Smut book box. It was my first book that I’ve read by her and although this one hadn’t been on my radar, there is another of hers on my TBR. 

This is just another really f—ked up dark romance book that I ended up DEVOURING. As in, I could not put this book down for some reason. And it was all I was thinking about while I wasn’t reading it. 

But, overall? I don’t even know. This book is …. something, that’s for sure. I mean, it had me entertained and flipping pages. But, *deep sigh* there’s a lot that I really didn’t like about it. I read another dark romance right after this one and I’ve come to the conclusion that I actually prefer more of a gray romance than a dark romance. Is that a thing? *I* think it should be, at least. 

The characters in here are almost wholly unlikable. I really couldn’t connect with either of them. They did grow on me a bit as the story moved along and you hear more of their individual backstories. But a lot of things that happen in this book are just, no. Just, no. But somehow a few scenes were still a little bit hot? I also could not get past some of the implausibility in the plot (like, how do police not get involved at SO MANY points in the story here?).

This one is definitely recommended only with A LOT of reservations. 
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