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A review by bambhee
The Monster by L.J. Shen
1.0
um. i feel like this is the one book in the series people like the least and i can now see why. i usually don't listen to what other people have to say, for a bunch of different reasons, so i wasn't really discouraged by all the one stars reviews i saw while researching "the monster". i was even more confused once i started actually reading the book, because i really didn't think it was that bad.
needless to say, things started going downhill pretty soon. there are two wolves inside of me—one is picky as hell when it comes to books, the other will gladly read the worst heaps of trash literature without having to think about it twice. for this reason alone, i never feel like i'm one to judge. god knows i read much, much worse—and probably even liked it.
"the monster" is not the worst book i ever read, but it surely is the worst in this series so far—i have a feeling "the rake" is going to snatch such prized position very, very soon. the dynamic between aisling and sam was okay until they went official, which is just sad. i don't have much to say about aisling—she's probably my favorite boston belle—but sam i found absolutely infuriating. the way he kept treating her towards the end, after saying that he wanted to be with her and whatnot, the whole "you'll marry me if i win this game of blackjack" ahhhh i hate him. i hate him, i hate him, i hate him. there was, like—close to zero effort on his part to woo aisling, dear god...
needless to say, things started going downhill pretty soon. there are two wolves inside of me—one is picky as hell when it comes to books, the other will gladly read the worst heaps of trash literature without having to think about it twice. for this reason alone, i never feel like i'm one to judge. god knows i read much, much worse—and probably even liked it.
"the monster" is not the worst book i ever read, but it surely is the worst in this series so far—i have a feeling "the rake" is going to snatch such prized position very, very soon. the dynamic between aisling and sam was okay until they went official, which is just sad. i don't have much to say about aisling—she's probably my favorite boston belle—but sam i found absolutely infuriating. the way he kept treating her towards the end, after saying that he wanted to be with her and whatnot, the whole "you'll marry me if i win this game of blackjack" ahhhh i hate him. i hate him, i hate him, i hate him. there was, like—close to zero effort on his part to woo aisling, dear god...