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by Aubrey Dark
Gosh, I don't know, this is one of those "well it's not very good but it managed to hold my attention until the end somehow" types of books. You can't be too mad at it because it more or less delivers on what it promises, but... eh...
Good stuff:
-Curvy lady as the protagonist; it takes a little while for it to become evident but it's there and it's always a nice change of pace.
-I'm here for the "ahhh ohhh nooo I'm attracted to a monster"/"ahhh ohhh nooo I'm attracted to a feisty lady" stuff and that is definitely here.
-Steamy scenes were appropriately steamy.
-I enjoy how the murderous love interest isn't mustache-twirling but instead seems to think his incredibly unhinged behavior is very sensible and he just "has" to do it.
Bad stuff:
-We're doing the golden Adonis body thing mixed with the mansion owning thing for the love interest? Blegh.
-Not fully committing to just how messed up the love interest dispensing vigilante justice by way of murdering people is. It felt bizarrely understated, perhaps because there is only one on-page death. The main character is like, "Don't kill people!" but it's more out of concern for him than anything and she doesn't question whether or not his claims about the people he's killing being abusive/pedophiles/etc are definitely true. Like, what does he know?
-The way mental illness is spoken about in this feels very cartoonish.
-Some of the literary references set my teeth on edge with how stilted they were.
So, yeah. I listened until the end, somehow. Wouldn't recommend unless you have a bunch of tedious chores to do like I did.
Good stuff:
-Curvy lady as the protagonist; it takes a little while for it to become evident but it's there and it's always a nice change of pace.
-I'm here for the "ahhh ohhh nooo I'm attracted to a monster"/"ahhh ohhh nooo I'm attracted to a feisty lady" stuff and that is definitely here.
-Steamy scenes were appropriately steamy.
-I enjoy how the murderous love interest isn't mustache-twirling but instead seems to think his incredibly unhinged behavior is very sensible and he just "has" to do it.
Bad stuff:
-We're doing the golden Adonis body thing mixed with the mansion owning thing for the love interest? Blegh.
-Not fully committing to just how messed up the love interest dispensing vigilante justice by way of murdering people is. It felt bizarrely understated, perhaps because there is only one on-page death. The main character is like, "Don't kill people!" but it's more out of concern for him than anything and she doesn't question whether or not his claims about the people he's killing being abusive/pedophiles/etc are definitely true. Like, what does he know?
-The way mental illness is spoken about in this feels very cartoonish.
-Some of the literary references set my teeth on edge with how stilted they were.
So, yeah. I listened until the end, somehow. Wouldn't recommend unless you have a bunch of tedious chores to do like I did.