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Your Irresistible Love
by Layla Hagen
I have read enough insta love, boss/employee "can't be together", and large close family books that I have less patience now for ones I don't like. This book was so far from what I expected. I had to start skimming at one point just to get it finished. For me there was no chemistry between the main characters. The banter felt forced and any build of the relationship was skipped. They jumped right into what I would consider sexual harassment. Even though it is cliche I expected more tension with the aspect of their attraction that they are unable to act on. There was almost none of that.
This plays into one of my pet peeves with some books of show don't tell. This is very much a tell book. They very actively flirted with each other in and out of the office. Ava talked about how she didn't want to lose her job over a man but all the actions contradicted it and Sebastian pretty much ignored it (not in a forceful way but in a I will flirt until you give in to your desires). The chemistry and banter was so bad at one point I wondered if they had ever had any romantic flirty interactions before. I wish the characters were simplified and they showed me how they care instead of talking and describing it all the time. And I would love if Ava was more of the strong independent person she claimed to be who would not jeopardize her career as cavalierly as she did. There was almost no hesitation to jeopardize all that she had worked for.
This makes the book seem probably worse than it is but I am just getting tired of these kind of stories. The reason I read this is because I got it free on my kindle. But the more of these types of stories and characters I read about the less I can tolerate them.
This plays into one of my pet peeves with some books of show don't tell. This is very much a tell book. They very actively flirted with each other in and out of the office. Ava talked about how she didn't want to lose her job over a man but all the actions contradicted it and Sebastian pretty much ignored it (not in a forceful way but in a I will flirt until you give in to your desires). The chemistry and banter was so bad at one point I wondered if they had ever had any romantic flirty interactions before. I wish the characters were simplified and they showed me how they care instead of talking and describing it all the time. And I would love if Ava was more of the strong independent person she claimed to be who would not jeopardize her career as cavalierly as she did. There was almost no hesitation to jeopardize all that she had worked for.
This makes the book seem probably worse than it is but I am just getting tired of these kind of stories. The reason I read this is because I got it free on my kindle. But the more of these types of stories and characters I read about the less I can tolerate them.