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A review by annap32
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
2.0
There's a lot of the standard toxic romance tropes (ie possessiveness, jealousy, and more than one instance of physical violence) so that really turned me off from the relationship in here but there were also some heartwarming scenes too (between when all the men were complaining about those pesky women folk).
And I definitely should've tallied how often love interests were referred to as males and females, very sjm-esque, but the amount of times the men were infuriated/enraged was very concerning. I know they've "moved on" from their "troubled pasts" but someone should really get them in therapy.
PS I also knew Nora Roberts wrote fantasy, but didn't realize this was one of those because a fantasy world is the only logical explanation for how a social worker can begin a casual relationship with the adoptive brother/father figure of one of her cases and not even bother to consider the ethics or at least try and hide it. I can suspend my disbelief but that's too much.
All in all, a very okay book. Many cringe-worthy moments, but they were almost balanced out by the actual nice scenes in there. Idk I'll probably continue just to see where it goes.
And I definitely should've tallied how often love interests were referred to as males and females, very sjm-esque, but the amount of times the men were infuriated/enraged was very concerning. I know they've "moved on" from their "troubled pasts" but someone should really get them in therapy.
PS I also knew Nora Roberts wrote fantasy, but didn't realize this was one of those because a fantasy world is the only logical explanation for how a social worker can begin a casual relationship with the adoptive brother/father figure of one of her cases and not even bother to consider the ethics or at least try and hide it. I can suspend my disbelief but that's too much.
All in all, a very okay book. Many cringe-worthy moments, but they were almost balanced out by the actual nice scenes in there. Idk I'll probably continue just to see where it goes.