rekadnug's Reviews (935)

The Dragon's Bride

Katee Robert

4.0

challenging hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A Billionaire in Disguise

Blair Babylon

0.25

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Honestly, I don't understand the appeal. The writing was juvenile. The characters were flat and contradictory. Likely the only reason I finished this one was because it was so short. I realized about halfway through that this was written about as well as Rocky Flinstone's <u>Belinda Blinked</u>.
You just need to swap the "Pots and Pans Industry" for "getting a degree in psychology" with a flare of "girl with Southern Baptist purity culture trauma". Making this correlation was probably the only reason I continued with the book.
I feel like I know more about her Aunt FannyJo, I mean TracyJo, than I do about either of her roommates.
The characters felt like looking at marketing materials - forced diversity. Adding a characters race or size for the sake of including it without actually honoring it. I really could have appreciated less "I'm a fat, tall girl" body image issues too.

This is such a poor example of the BDSM community. The idea that her two roommates are supporting themselves through college by only giving BJ's at a club is laughable. The concept of her natural inclination as a Domme is just silly. She gave no impression of that in their first tryst aside from just being a strong personality - and this was evidenced by her <i>trial</i> run as an interview. No self respecting club owner would unleash an unknown on a client without vetting the candidate more.

This is Intro to BDSM for those who found Fifty Shades too spicy. That was a fairly meager attempt at intro to the culture and this is soooo many levels below that.

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