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jamietherebelliousreader 's review for:
The Gamble
by Kristen Ashley
3 stars. Well, it was better than the first Kristen Ashley book I read at least.
This was entirely too damn long for me to just feel lukewarm about it. I really enjoyed the first 30% or so and actually breezed through that but then when a certain thing gets found out by our heroine, it completely dragged the rest of this book down for me. There was too much happening at once not only with the main characters but with the side characters as well. It got to be pretty exhausting by the end of it.
I still don't like Kristen Ashley's writing style. It's too repetitive and her over descriptions of clothes and other unnecessary things made my left eye twitch. I think her over descriptions did however work for the way that she described Max's house and the town that this was set in. I loved the setting of this story. A really small, cozy little town up in the mountains in Colorado. It was great.
The romance in this was pretty good. I'm not even going to sit here and lie. I think while it starts kind of fast it develops quite nicely. And the ending, while a bit rushed was really cute.
Nina wasn't as bad as whatsherface in Rock Chick but she definitely wasn't one of my favorite female characters. She tip toed the line of getting on my nerves a lot but she wasn't insufferable. She was really just kind of a flat character. She doesn't have much of a personality.
Max on the other hand was great. Over the top alpha's are kinda my thing (when done right) and he was definitely that. He was actually sweet underneath all that macho.
After two books, I'm going to start a KA drinking board game.
Take a shot every time you see:
The phrase "I'm sorry?" <- This one is the killer. Only professional drinkers should take on this challenge cause you will die
The word 'Um'
The phrase 'skip-dance'
Nina doesn't get to complete a sentence and or gets interrupted (bonus points if it's Max that interrupts her!)
Nina repeats what someone just said because for some fucking reason she didn't understand as if that person were speaking a different language than her
Max and Nina getcock blocked interrupted before sex
The word 'Duchess'
Drink responsibly, folks!
I have one more KA book that I need to read because it (just like this one) was chosen for me for a challenge. I'm not really expecting much from it at this point but at least I know what I'm going to be getting.
This was entirely too damn long for me to just feel lukewarm about it. I really enjoyed the first 30% or so and actually breezed through that but then when a certain thing gets found out by our heroine, it completely dragged the rest of this book down for me. There was too much happening at once not only with the main characters but with the side characters as well. It got to be pretty exhausting by the end of it.
I still don't like Kristen Ashley's writing style. It's too repetitive and her over descriptions of clothes and other unnecessary things made my left eye twitch. I think her over descriptions did however work for the way that she described Max's house and the town that this was set in. I loved the setting of this story. A really small, cozy little town up in the mountains in Colorado. It was great.
The romance in this was pretty good. I'm not even going to sit here and lie. I think while it starts kind of fast it develops quite nicely. And the ending, while a bit rushed was really cute.
Nina wasn't as bad as whatsherface in Rock Chick but she definitely wasn't one of my favorite female characters. She tip toed the line of getting on my nerves a lot but she wasn't insufferable. She was really just kind of a flat character. She doesn't have much of a personality.
Max on the other hand was great. Over the top alpha's are kinda my thing (when done right) and he was definitely that. He was actually sweet underneath all that macho.
After two books, I'm going to start a KA drinking board game.
Take a shot every time you see:
The phrase "I'm sorry?" <- This one is the killer. Only professional drinkers should take on this challenge cause you will die
The word 'Um'
The phrase 'skip-dance'
Nina doesn't get to complete a sentence and or gets interrupted (bonus points if it's Max that interrupts her!)
Nina repeats what someone just said because for some fucking reason she didn't understand as if that person were speaking a different language than her
Max and Nina get
The word 'Duchess'
Drink responsibly, folks!
I have one more KA book that I need to read because it (just like this one) was chosen for me for a challenge. I'm not really expecting much from it at this point but at least I know what I'm going to be getting.