the_reading_italian 's review for:

The Unwanted Marriage by Catharina Maura

1.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Usually I'm a sucker for arranged marriage romance, but I really didn't enjoy this. It was really toeing the line of too cliche for almost the entire book and I hated that the characters made the same mistakes repeatedly, always with the same result. It was problematic for me when both main characters took things so personally, when it really, genuinely wasn't that deep (no matter how odd that sounds for me to say). It did have a good ending, which I appreciated, but otherwise I didn't particularly enjoy this read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse