ashn31 's review for:

Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn

2.0

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This book was flat out cringey. An entire book based on the heroine having a luscious, fertile body? Ew. Her family is disgustingly cruel forcing her to marry some old perv that just wants to use her as a broodmare. He is absolutely horrific. Sebastian, who is supposed to be this charming hero, is really just as creepy as the rest. All he does the entire time is talk about how great her body is too. Then he "saves" her because he's sneaking into her bedroom to seduce her and finds old perv in there attacking her. There's just a very prominent them of sexual assault and non-consent and it was very difficult for me to finish. I'm finding this to be a thing with Quinn's books, apparently. What's the deal with that? Rape is not a turn-on, Julia. I also find the "list" theme to be annoying and distracting. The dialogue is not good like it is in Bridgerton. The grandmother had a few good moments in the end after she stopped being an evil cow, but the rest of the book was pretty bland and boring. Definitely not one I'd care to recommend to anyone.