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waywardgirls 's review for:
The Gamble
by Kristen Ashley
I hated this book.
The narrative style wasn't terrible but it wasn't engaging either, and I got annoyed with how many times Nina "breathed," whatever the heck that means. I thought she was immature, bratty and her character certainly wasn't that of someone who has been relatively abused by her boyfriends all her life. If nobody treats you right then you start thinking you don't deserve it and behave accordingly - why bother when you're going to be hated anyway, right? She had a quick temper that was more like that of a preteen girl - sometimes I had to go back to understand what the heck she was talking about because she got angry so fast you didn't even see it coming.
AND THE HERO: ugh. Not my cup of tea, I can say this politely because everyone has their own taste and to each their own and suchlike. I just couldn't abide his domineering ways. If someone treated me like that I'd be gone so fast you wouldn't even see me running, that's all. He was also unreasonable
Pet peeve:
????!!!
what
So not my thing. I suppose. /sigh/
The narrative style wasn't terrible but it wasn't engaging either, and I got annoyed with how many times Nina "breathed," whatever the heck that means. I thought she was immature, bratty and her character certainly wasn't that of someone who has been relatively abused by her boyfriends all her life. If nobody treats you right then you start thinking you don't deserve it and behave accordingly - why bother when you're going to be hated anyway, right? She had a quick temper that was more like that of a preteen girl - sometimes I had to go back to understand what the heck she was talking about because she got angry so fast you didn't even see it coming.
AND THE HERO: ugh. Not my cup of tea, I can say this politely because everyone has their own taste and to each their own and suchlike. I just couldn't abide his domineering ways. If someone treated me like that I'd be gone so fast you wouldn't even see me running, that's all. He was also unreasonable
Spoiler
(he got angry because Nina wanted to help support their shared house/land whatever) AND HELLO THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY.Pet peeve:
Spoiler
the bit where Nina listens to her recorded conversation with Bitsy (DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HER RELATIONSHIP WITH CURTIS THAT'S JUST SICK), which by the way WHY WHAT and Max hears - also, Holden? Really? - and there's something like "his face was full of mountain man betrayal"...????!!!
what
So not my thing. I suppose. /sigh/