Melanie
This started out so well but it reached a point like in all MC books where I couldn't take the “old lady aka saintlike” woman vs all “the club whores” mentality. The misoginy is really terrible in these stories, I'm not sure what appeals to women writer. Is it because they self insert and it's a way for them to feel supremely good about themselves? Ugh, anyway, this was written pretty okay so if you don't mind that aspect in your stories, this should be right up your alley!
I did not connect with the writing nor with the basis of the book. Decisions made and rethought five years later on a whim. I could almost get behind the reasoning of Leah, I could almost get behind how easy Alistair forgave her but how it all quickly went from “omg, I have a daughter” to “let's be a real family” just is way too fast for me and is just too fast for a treatment of feelings that's nuanced.
Present tense? Check. Worst thoughts or stream of consciousness you'll ever read? Check. Stupid characters? Check check check. Just don't go there ,okay? sorry I'm sure you're a lovely person Tessa Sloan
So long for nothing at all to be happening. I love reading about hot people getting it on but about 1000 pages might be pushing it.
That was a disappointement following the first book. Honestly, it didn't even feel like the same author to me.
I don't think it's the story/writing's fault as much as I wasn't in the mood for that kind of story at that moment. Will try it again later.
I'm actually proud of myself for sticking with this for so long. It's not badly written per se but when the book opens on the line of ‘Diego Leoni pounded into the woman's pussy' and then he keeps going with “She was a whore to the core”, you know you're in for a ride.
Look, I don't mind dark, morally grey, or fucked up heroes/anti heroes. I don't even mind when the hero is a manwhore at the start but there's finesse and then, there's this.
The entire story is a big pile of poop and feels almost like taking advantage of a disability. I was really into the idea of this novel because there's not enough depiction of disabilities/handicaps in main characters but this was just too sleazy even for my taste.
I wish I didn't have to DNF this. The writing alone should save it. I've read some of Nikki Sloane's Blindfold Club and she knows how to write. But the beginning of this story was fucked up in a lot of ways. I know she mentions it in the blurb but I do have to double down on what she says, guys. This is a love story that starts with rape. I don't care how it's spinned afterwards or how the characters may explain it : it is rape, plain and simple. I don't know how the story moves on, but jumping to the ending to check and reading about the characters being together, I'm just.... no, no, hell no. . Weirdly, I'm sure I've read more fucked up things but there was something about the characters that made this way too.... sleazy.
That said, Nikki Sloane has done other works that I absolutely appreciate so I just really want to make it clear that she DOES warn about the content of the book so you cannot get into it saying you weren't forewarned.
This is my second attempt at Bodie Summers. And probably my last.
I guess it's just not for me. I like the basis of her stories but it doesn't really translate into something hot and spicy. There's a lack of connection to the characters due to storytelling choices that makes it hard to care.
What a terrible narration style. It goes straight into it, with the stupidest character interactions ever and terrible narration. When you jump into a story straight up like this, you have to have a seriously strong premise and strong characters that will carry you through the beginning. You just don't care about characters in the beginning, you don't know them. So you can't bring the drama and the sexy in the span of a page. Especially when characters are doormats. It does NOT work.
Why so weird and intense, people. I can't believe I got to 400 pages to give up but here I am. These are just plain idiots. And it's not a writing thing, it's a personality thing. It's exactly the type of book where 16-20 years old act as if they're in their 40s and have LIVED SO MUCH LIFE, you know?
The writing just was all over the place. I had trouble pinpointing things about the characters because the editing seemed chonky. I already had trouble with some of the other opus but this is starting to confirm it.
I wished I had liked this more but the writing really wasn't that good. The way everything was tackled as to create a mystery (which honestly wasn't)... the relationship between the MMC and the FMC wasn't well built. It was labeled “dark” but lacked the grit to go dark all the way. I almost DNF this a few times.
I just couldn't get any further. I love the idea of Lexie Quinn's books but the execution was terrible and sloppy with no finesse.
This had all the flaws of the first one, even moreso. This series is just not for me, I often roll my eyes at college characters because they're like so far from college characters but I can also often keep reading and enjoy a book. This does not work here, the premise is not dark, it's crazy and misogynistic to a fault.
That really wasn't great. I probably expected more than I should have but the characters, the writing, nothing flowed really.
The same problem occured in book number 2 that I found in book 1. It was all too convoluted. The characters felt very wooden. What I will give the series is that there's no insta love/relationship at least. Most of the time, the relationship between the characters is actually already implemented. But I guess that it's also something that takes some of the fun and charm out of the story....