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A review by crispycritter
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura
Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.
DNFing at page 20 because I learned from a spoiler that the white male love interest intentionally undermined the Latina heroine's career and professional reputation and his excuse was his mom had cancer so he needed the money? Like he ripped off her dissertation and stole a fellowship from her and we are supposed to root for him?!?! And she forgives him cause they’re boning?
The writing itself was not it. Very juvenile, conclusory sentences rather than honest attempts to create and build tension. An example of what this read like to me: Corrie stared at Ethan in the rearview mirror. Ethan imagined what her stare would look like . . . In bed. Another example: Corrie hated Ethan. He had [literally] ruined her career. But she couldn't pretend that she also didn't want to rip his clothes off. He was so handsome. She hated his stupid, handsome face. Is contemporary romance ok?
What's most upsetting about this book is the marketing. This book is being marketed HARD and you can tell the publisher is putting a lot of money into this. The cover is beautiful. Fairyloot is even doing a special edition. It has a great set-up in theory. Is this what publishing is now? Smoke and mirrors and sprayed edges? Seriously, y'all. Why can't we spend as much time working on what goes on INSIDE the cover of a book.
The writing itself was not it. Very juvenile, conclusory sentences rather than honest attempts to create and build tension. An example of what this read like to me: Corrie stared at Ethan in the rearview mirror. Ethan imagined what her stare would look like . . . In bed. Another example: Corrie hated Ethan. He had [literally] ruined her career. But she couldn't pretend that she also didn't want to rip his clothes off. He was so handsome. She hated his stupid, handsome face. Is contemporary romance ok?
What's most upsetting about this book is the marketing. This book is being marketed HARD and you can tell the publisher is putting a lot of money into this. The cover is beautiful. Fairyloot is even doing a special edition. It has a great set-up in theory. Is this what publishing is now? Smoke and mirrors and sprayed edges? Seriously, y'all. Why can't we spend as much time working on what goes on INSIDE the cover of a book.