Mimi
I was so excited by this book as it has been highly praised since its release.
Unfortunately I was massively disappointed by this. It's a long book and it felt long. There were so many points at which I wanted to DNF but again, I was curious about the hype so I kept going.
This is a dark stalker romance but surprisingly, (and I never thought I'd say this about a stalker who has murdered people and non-cons the female lead), the male lead is a loyal puppy who is repeatedly trampled on by the female lead and let's her walk over him for 80% of this book. The male lead dotes, pampers and spoils the female lead any way he can possibly think of throughout and the female lead is bitter, angry and throws it all back at his face every time. Even when she feels a sliver of happiness at how she's being treated by the male lead, she very quickly lashes out at him, verbally and physically abusing him.
Their relationship does improve slightly by the 40% mark. The female lead does start treating him better as she falls for him but she only lets the male lead experience a bit of affection, before she's bitter and lashing out at him again, and this continues for almost the entire book. Female lead is loving with the male lead-she's angry at the male lead for treating her well, hurts him and demands he stays away from her-repeat. The male lead even ends up with severe gunshot wounds with permanent hand injuries and back in prison for her.
I genuinely wanted the male lead to leave her as the female lead claims she wants, because she doesn't deserve his love. I felt so sorry for him.
The male lead had more chemistry with his therapist for most of the book and any smut in this book didn't feel spicy.
The last quarter of the book becomes plot-focused as it addresses the female lead's domestic violence situation. And I hated that plot. I already hated the female lead and found the pacing of the book slow and repetitive, but the plot of the last arc was an especially unlikeable read.
There is also a bit of femdom which isn't my thing.
I was so excited by this book as it has been highly praised since its release.
Unfortunately I was massively disappointed by this. It's a long book and it felt long. There were so many points at which I wanted to DNF but again, I was curious about the hype so I kept going.
This is a dark stalker romance but surprisingly, (and I never thought I'd say this about a stalker who has murdered people and non-cons the female lead), the male lead is a loyal puppy who is repeatedly trampled on by the female lead and let's her walk over him for 80% of this book. The male lead dotes, pampers and spoils the female lead any way he can possibly think of throughout and the female lead is bitter, angry and throws it all back at his face every time. Even when she feels a sliver of happiness at how she's being treated by the male lead, she very quickly lashes out at him, verbally and physically abusing him.
Their relationship does improve slightly by the 40% mark. The female lead does start treating him better as she falls for him but she only lets the male lead experience a bit of affection, before she's bitter and lashing out at him again, and this continues for almost the entire book. Female lead is loving with the male lead-she's angry at the male lead for treating her well, hurts him and demands he stays away from her-repeat. The male lead even ends up with severe gunshot wounds with permanent hand injuries and back in prison for her.
I genuinely wanted the male lead to leave her as the female lead claims she wants, because she doesn't deserve his love. I felt so sorry for him.
The male lead had more chemistry with his therapist for most of the book and any smut in this book didn't feel spicy.
The last quarter of the book becomes plot-focused as it addresses the female lead's domestic violence situation. And I hated that plot. I already hated the female lead and found the pacing of the book slow and repetitive, but the plot of the last arc was an especially unlikeable read.
There is also a bit of femdom which isn't my thing.