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Crimson
by Casey Morales
Cute and promising!
At first glance, I thought this book would get pretty heavy. "Crimson" just sounds so foreboding, doesn't it? While this book does address many of the very serious aspects of WWII, it has plenty of levity to balance it out. I feel that the romance takes center stage over the war in the plot. In other words, Crimson is primarily a cute romance with an interesting historic setting. That being said, the author did their research. I enjoyed reading real radio transcripts and the footnote citations for historic references. The stakes do raise near the end as the war escalates, setting up tension for the next books in the series. I'm definitely invested!
My main annoyance with Crimson is how "spicy" scenes are handled. Two chapters end with a note saying to download the scene from a link if you'd like to read it. Unfortunately, this means I had to download and export two extra files to my e-reader for this book...which just isn't very practical. I would much rather these scenes be included in the main text or, if the author wishes to keep them separated, tucked away in the appendix of the ebook itself. Anyhow, this didn't affect the plot itself, but it did disrupt my experience as a reader.
Thank you for the opportunity to read this book for free! I'm leaving this review of my own accord.
At first glance, I thought this book would get pretty heavy. "Crimson" just sounds so foreboding, doesn't it? While this book does address many of the very serious aspects of WWII, it has plenty of levity to balance it out. I feel that the romance takes center stage over the war in the plot. In other words, Crimson is primarily a cute romance with an interesting historic setting. That being said, the author did their research. I enjoyed reading real radio transcripts and the footnote citations for historic references. The stakes do raise near the end as the war escalates, setting up tension for the next books in the series. I'm definitely invested!
My main annoyance with Crimson is how "spicy" scenes are handled. Two chapters end with a note saying to download the scene from a link if you'd like to read it. Unfortunately, this means I had to download and export two extra files to my e-reader for this book...which just isn't very practical. I would much rather these scenes be included in the main text or, if the author wishes to keep them separated, tucked away in the appendix of the ebook itself. Anyhow, this didn't affect the plot itself, but it did disrupt my experience as a reader.
Thank you for the opportunity to read this book for free! I'm leaving this review of my own accord.