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A review by suespit
Buckled by Pam Godwin
Honestly, what the heck did I just try to read? The Tangled Lies trilogy by this author that came out last summer honestly rocked my entire world, and it kept me glued to my kindle while reading. Dark Notes is one of my favorite romances of all time. So imagine my disappointment in this series that sounded really promising at first. I mean erotic romance + cowboys = a good time, right? Well the first book in this series I skipped because I saw so many people saying the H was a jerk that had the h waiting to give her virginity to him while he was out banging anyone six ways to Sunday which I just had no interest in reading. But then when this one came out, I saw a lot more positive reviews, and many people were saying the sequel was a lot better than the first.
So I gave this a try, and no joke I got to maybe the first 75 pages before being too annoyed to continue. First off, it’s another manwh*re H that has the h in a puddle of hormones by the first conversation, and what do you guess he’s rude during this initial conversation? Well of course because that’s contemporary romance these days, your couple is either horny enemies or friends with benefits, sometimes both. I’d be fine if this wasn’t EVERY SINGLE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE!
But I continued reading, even past this unfortunate and underwhelming first encounter from the main couple we’re supposed to be rooting for, because I thought maybe this book will surprise me. Well it didn’t at all because what’s happened in the next scene? Well the h stumbles across the H having sex with another woman, she spies on them while they’re going at it, and yep, she gets turned on. BECAUSE ISN’T THAT JUST SO RELTABLE? Why do authors keep writing this scenario? Nobody wants to read about it, and it also kills the believability in the romance of your main couple.
Even after that awful scene, I still trudged through a little bit longer because I thought “Hey, this is Pam Godwin, she has to make this up somehow.” Well the H begins openly discussing his plans to abduct the h and use her as a sex toy, because revenge??? Motivation, are you drunk again? Anyways, this was about the time I tapped out because I just couldn’t take it. I know Pam Godwin doesn’t write fluffy, cute, vanilla romances, believe me I listed some of my favorites of hers above. But those all felt like they had meaning or depth to them, but this just felt stale and empty. The first erotic scene wasn’t even between the main couple, and for me that’s just a bad omen for the entire rest of the book.
I feel bad because I really do like Pam Godwin as an author but I’m just really disappointed with this series, and have no interest in continuing.
So I gave this a try, and no joke I got to maybe the first 75 pages before being too annoyed to continue. First off, it’s another manwh*re H that has the h in a puddle of hormones by the first conversation, and what do you guess he’s rude during this initial conversation? Well of course because that’s contemporary romance these days, your couple is either horny enemies or friends with benefits, sometimes both. I’d be fine if this wasn’t EVERY SINGLE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE!
But I continued reading, even past this unfortunate and underwhelming first encounter from the main couple we’re supposed to be rooting for, because I thought maybe this book will surprise me. Well it didn’t at all because what’s happened in the next scene? Well the h stumbles across the H having sex with another woman, she spies on them while they’re going at it, and yep, she gets turned on. BECAUSE ISN’T THAT JUST SO RELTABLE? Why do authors keep writing this scenario? Nobody wants to read about it, and it also kills the believability in the romance of your main couple.
Even after that awful scene, I still trudged through a little bit longer because I thought “Hey, this is Pam Godwin, she has to make this up somehow.” Well the H begins openly discussing his plans to abduct the h and use her as a sex toy, because revenge??? Motivation, are you drunk again? Anyways, this was about the time I tapped out because I just couldn’t take it. I know Pam Godwin doesn’t write fluffy, cute, vanilla romances, believe me I listed some of my favorites of hers above. But those all felt like they had meaning or depth to them, but this just felt stale and empty. The first erotic scene wasn’t even between the main couple, and for me that’s just a bad omen for the entire rest of the book.
I feel bad because I really do like Pam Godwin as an author but I’m just really disappointed with this series, and have no interest in continuing.