A review by gmelrose
Him by Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

So. Elle Kennedy is undoubtedly one of the worst current, more famous authors out there.

The book was fine, readable, up until the casual misogyny, racism (that I assume both authors shouldn't have written in) and homophobia, coupled with multiple f-slurs (which also- authors, queer or not- shouldn't have tried to reclaim). What really made me lose it was at 95% of my ebook, where one of the characters says, and I quote, "I could announce I wanted to live my life as a transsexual vampire yeti, and they’d still say ‘Oh, Jamie. You’re so cute.’" I might be reading too much into this, but since when is being trans- (-sexual or -gender) a bad thing? Where one shouldn't need the love they deserve for being who they are? Which is also a big plot of the book, being queer and homophobia. The irony.

Anyways, this book really... sucked. But seriously. Making being trans out to be a bad thing was the cherry on top.
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