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A review by ninicorae
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
2.0
Boardrooms, elevators, and the sacrifice of many a panty.
I approached this book with an open mind, and it was one of those things where.. I was out of books [I wanted] to read, I kept seeing this book in various feeds, and I figured why not? I kind of just trudged through it. I skimmed a lot of the sex scenes, and the whole Twilight/50SOG fanfic genre is just getting old for me. It's so done it's in overkill now.
There were some aspects of the story that piqued my interest, but all-in-all, it wound up being one of those rare occasions that I didn't immediately track down the sequel. It's been several months now, and I don't remember there being any issue with the writing itself, in retrospect, but I just found the storyline to be a bit tired. I don't think I even remember the plot aside from the new standard of (brooding, business executive/billionaire) guy and (young, financially vulnerable, student/entry level employee) girl hate each other but have an intense want for one another, lots of hate-sex, arbitrary hurdles to their "romance," and an ever building want/need despite the weak issues holding them back... yeah.
I'm not interested in rehashing a successful series in hopes of milking it for all it's worth. Aside from that, it wasn't a *bad* read, it just didn't particularly stand out among the others.
I approached this book with an open mind, and it was one of those things where.. I was out of books [I wanted] to read, I kept seeing this book in various feeds, and I figured why not? I kind of just trudged through it. I skimmed a lot of the sex scenes, and the whole Twilight/50SOG fanfic genre is just getting old for me. It's so done it's in overkill now.
There were some aspects of the story that piqued my interest, but all-in-all, it wound up being one of those rare occasions that I didn't immediately track down the sequel. It's been several months now, and I don't remember there being any issue with the writing itself, in retrospect, but I just found the storyline to be a bit tired. I don't think I even remember the plot aside from the new standard of (brooding, business executive/billionaire) guy and (young, financially vulnerable, student/entry level employee) girl hate each other but have an intense want for one another, lots of hate-sex, arbitrary hurdles to their "romance," and an ever building want/need despite the weak issues holding them back... yeah.
I'm not interested in rehashing a successful series in hopes of milking it for all it's worth. Aside from that, it wasn't a *bad* read, it just didn't particularly stand out among the others.