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The Unwanted Wife
by L. Steele
Tropes: Brother’s best friend, age-gap, marriage of convenience, grump vs. sunshine, alpha MMC and curvy FMC
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Triggers: PTSD, mention of suicide, BDSM themes, fighting/throwing punches, explicit spicy scenes, adult language
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“Love is complicated.”
Yes it is. There was so much going on in this book, though, the love story portion was the simplest part. Soldier PTSD, a selective amnesiac with delusions, revenge plot, complicated family dynamics, a traumatic brain injury, frank discussion of primal play and BDSM practices, hell there’s even a surprisingly knowledgeable virgin. It’s as if the author threw everything together into a word salad and hoped it would work.
It was apparent from the beginning the author’s only experience with BDSM and primal play are from E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey. She even used James’ “kinky fuckery” several times. It detracted from the story. The ending was a let down. It was as if the author jumped to her next idea, and tacked it on in place of a proper ending. The bonus epilogue helped, but seemed to be an afterthought.
Otherwise, the story concept was good, the characters were well developed and mostly believable. (I’m still stuck on the amount of knowledge and comfort level with varied sex practices the virgin FMC had.) The spice was extra spicy, though.
Movie rating NC17, cover rating 3/5 (pretty but boring,) overall 3/5, 3/5 romance, 2/5 violence, and 4/5 spice.
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Triggers: PTSD, mention of suicide, BDSM themes, fighting/throwing punches, explicit spicy scenes, adult language
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“Love is complicated.”
Yes it is. There was so much going on in this book, though, the love story portion was the simplest part. Soldier PTSD, a selective amnesiac with delusions, revenge plot, complicated family dynamics, a traumatic brain injury, frank discussion of primal play and BDSM practices, hell there’s even a surprisingly knowledgeable virgin. It’s as if the author threw everything together into a word salad and hoped it would work.
It was apparent from the beginning the author’s only experience with BDSM and primal play are from E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey. She even used James’ “kinky fuckery” several times. It detracted from the story. The ending was a let down. It was as if the author jumped to her next idea, and tacked it on in place of a proper ending. The bonus epilogue helped, but seemed to be an afterthought.
Otherwise, the story concept was good, the characters were well developed and mostly believable. (I’m still stuck on the amount of knowledge and comfort level with varied sex practices the virgin FMC had.) The spice was extra spicy, though.
Movie rating NC17, cover rating 3/5 (pretty but boring,) overall 3/5, 3/5 romance, 2/5 violence, and 4/5 spice.