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Secret Obsession
by S. Massery
Christ on a cracker this book blows. Zero stars even though this ended up being a hate/rage read until the end I refused to DNF.
Everyone in this book is Pathetic, with a capital P. There is not one character in this whole thing that doesn’t come off as some over the top charactature of what chat GPT would think is hot new adult foder.
This book is so unrealistic its offensive to readers, something outside of reality happens basically every chapter and you can’t lose themself in the story because you are too busy giving so much side eye.
This is a new to me author, and she clearly should have stuck with mafia romance, because at least in that genre the over the topness has criminal backing and funding. I could foresee this writing style doing much better In those books but as a sports romance it makes me question if the author is able to understand how to write college students. (Alcoholism, is totally treated as a non issue and easy to overcome with a single day of tough love btw. I found this more offensive than the actual torture in the book. And yes, or MMC violates and tortures the FMC with zero consequences. Like, I’m all for dark but I need some groveling even if it’s just for show. Otherwise I’ll never accept the fmc as anything other than a waste of reading time)
I started in the middle of a series but the blurb states it can be read alone. I agree it can be, I guess? But you have to deal with obnoxious other characters we are clearly supposed to give a shit about. if this what the author is offering up I have no interest in the other books.
Why did I even pick this up? Kinks, that’s why and spicy scenes are actually spicy. But do note this is actual non con not just dub con or cnc. I was fine going in with that understanding from the get go, but even spice didn’t save this story from its horrible writing.
Everyone in this book is Pathetic, with a capital P. There is not one character in this whole thing that doesn’t come off as some over the top charactature of what chat GPT would think is hot new adult foder.
This book is so unrealistic its offensive to readers, something outside of reality happens basically every chapter and you can’t lose themself in the story because you are too busy giving so much side eye.
This is a new to me author, and she clearly should have stuck with mafia romance, because at least in that genre the over the topness has criminal backing and funding. I could foresee this writing style doing much better In those books but as a sports romance it makes me question if the author is able to understand how to write college students. (Alcoholism, is totally treated as a non issue and easy to overcome with a single day of tough love btw. I found this more offensive than the actual torture in the book. And yes, or MMC violates and tortures the FMC with zero consequences. Like, I’m all for dark but I need some groveling even if it’s just for show. Otherwise I’ll never accept the fmc as anything other than a waste of reading time)
I started in the middle of a series but the blurb states it can be read alone. I agree it can be, I guess? But you have to deal with obnoxious other characters we are clearly supposed to give a shit about. if this what the author is offering up I have no interest in the other books.
Why did I even pick this up? Kinks, that’s why and spicy scenes are actually spicy. But do note this is actual non con not just dub con or cnc. I was fine going in with that understanding from the get go, but even spice didn’t save this story from its horrible writing.