Mimi
Added to listAge Gap Between Mcswith 32 books.
This book was mostly OK, initially looking like a 2.5-3 stars but I really wanted to DNF from 70% and the book really did go downhill from there.
The spice in this was good, and there was some 'will they or won't they' tension before the main couple got together. Normally I don't dig a dynamic where the female lead pursues the male lead but it worked here.
The main leads were OK character-wise. I do dig an age gap romance from time to time but the female lead came across as too young in this book, which did give me the ick in this book, despite the male lead's actions towards her not necessarily being creepy. I also wasn't the fan of the male lead's history.
I hated every single side character in this book. Lola/Pete were unlikeable and felt unnecessary. The increased spotlight on them was what prompted me to lose interest and me wanting to DNF the book.
The female lead's mother and her best friend, Trisha, I absolutely hated. I really wanted the main couple to move away from the estate altogether. Given the female lead's tolerance of her mother's ex-boyfriends and her mother kicking her out of the apartment not caring where the female lead was going to stay, the mother really acted like an ungrateful brat. I hated the redemption of them at the end. It felt forced and I didn't buy it.
The male lead's reconciliation with his family at the end also seemed overly optimistic and unrealistic. It just felt like a forced happy ending.
Wouldn't reread this book.
This book was mostly OK, initially looking like a 2.5-3 stars but I really wanted to DNF from 70% and the book really did go downhill from there.
The spice in this was good, and there was some 'will they or won't they' tension before the main couple got together. Normally I don't dig a dynamic where the female lead pursues the male lead but it worked here.
The main leads were OK character-wise. I do dig an age gap romance from time to time but the female lead came across as too young in this book, which did give me the ick in this book, despite the male lead's actions towards her not necessarily being creepy. I also wasn't the fan of the male lead's history.
I hated every single side character in this book. Lola/Pete were unlikeable and felt unnecessary. The increased spotlight on them was what prompted me to lose interest and me wanting to DNF the book.
The female lead's mother and her best friend, Trisha, I absolutely hated. I really wanted the main couple to move away from the estate altogether. Given the female lead's tolerance of her mother's ex-boyfriends and her mother kicking her out of the apartment not caring where the female lead was going to stay, the mother really acted like an ungrateful brat. I hated the redemption of them at the end. It felt forced and I didn't buy it.
The male lead's reconciliation with his family at the end also seemed overly optimistic and unrealistic. It just felt like a forced happy ending.
Wouldn't reread this book.
Added to listWould Reread For Spice Onlywith 33 books.
First 20% was a good read but couldn't enjoy the plot in this so dnf
First 20% was a good read but couldn't enjoy the plot in this so dnf
Added to listMaybe Rereadwith 25 books.
This is the book that got me out of my book rut. The best historical romance I’ve read in a while and the best dark historical romance I read yet. The first 50% was deliciously dark I could not put it down.
Forced marriage, blackmailing, breeding kink with spice sprinkled in between in a historical setting.
Unfortunately after the 50% mark, the male lead becomes soft and I wouldn’t even call it a dark romance after this point. The plot post 50% was just OK. I assumed the male lead would murder anyone who hurt the female lead or at least blackmail, but he disappointingly isn’t a bad guy that stays bad in this book. The aunt and the female lead’s father are all just left alone. The book ends with the main couple fleeing to another country to avoid judgement, which felt anticlimactic.
I still don’t understand why the male lead had a duel with a side character when he was innocent; felt like an unnecessary plot arc.
I did like the book ended with a pregnancy after everything the female lead went through
I would read another book by this author
This is the book that got me out of my book rut. The best historical romance I’ve read in a while and the best dark historical romance I read yet. The first 50% was deliciously dark I could not put it down.
Forced marriage, blackmailing, breeding kink with spice sprinkled in between in a historical setting.
Unfortunately after the 50% mark, the male lead becomes soft and I wouldn’t even call it a dark romance after this point. The plot post 50% was just OK. I assumed the male lead would murder anyone who hurt the female lead or at least blackmail, but he disappointingly isn’t a bad guy that stays bad in this book. The aunt and the female lead’s father are all just left alone. The book ends with the main couple fleeing to another country to avoid judgement, which felt anticlimactic.
I still don’t understand why the male lead had a duel with a side character when he was innocent; felt like an unnecessary plot arc.
I did like the book ended with a pregnancy after everything the female lead went through
I would read another book by this author
DNF 74%. It was looking like a 4 star book with great chemistry between the MCs, great writing and great plot. The sexual tension was incredible. The conflict in the middle with the FMC running away because they slept in a hotel room of the MMC was stupid though and I felt the plot went downhill from there. Iost interest and stopped reading for a while, almost giving up but tried to push through.
The sexual tension and chemistry really ended after the hotel scene though at 50%
It was really cliche for both the MCs to both have tragic background stories and communication problems being the reason for the demise of their relationship. And the trope of the MMC having a nightmare and sleep talking about their trauma is really overdone.
There's a really great scene where the MMC wins the FMC back at a party but after that, I lost interest again
Neither the FMC or MMC were likeable or unlikable. I did find the MMC swoonworthy at times but other times he was just bland and cliche
DNF 74%. It was looking like a 4 star book with great chemistry between the MCs, great writing and great plot. The sexual tension was incredible. The conflict in the middle with the FMC running away because they slept in a hotel room of the MMC was stupid though and I felt the plot went downhill from there. Iost interest and stopped reading for a while, almost giving up but tried to push through.
The sexual tension and chemistry really ended after the hotel scene though at 50%
It was really cliche for both the MCs to both have tragic background stories and communication problems being the reason for the demise of their relationship. And the trope of the MMC having a nightmare and sleep talking about their trauma is really overdone.
There's a really great scene where the MMC wins the FMC back at a party but after that, I lost interest again
Neither the FMC or MMC were likeable or unlikable. I did find the MMC swoonworthy at times but other times he was just bland and cliche
Comfort Object
I got bored reading this. DNF 40%. It was supposed to be a smutty read but there wasn’t anything I really enjoyed about it - the writing, the smut, the characters, the plot. I didn’t have it, I was just bored
I got bored reading this. DNF 40%. It was supposed to be a smutty read but there wasn’t anything I really enjoyed about it - the writing, the smut, the characters, the plot. I didn’t have it, I was just bored
Auctioned to the Prisoners
DNF 50%. Couldn’t get into this. I didn’t hate any of the leads but I didn’t exactly like or get attached to any of their stories
DNF 50%. Couldn’t get into this. I didn’t hate any of the leads but I didn’t exactly like or get attached to any of their stories
DNF 39%. The first chapter was interesting with the backstory of how the FMC and MMC first met but after that I was bored. I didn't care about the FMC, MMC or the plot. I wasn't seeing any chemistry between the leads either. It wasn't an issue of triggers, nothing bothered me in this, I was just bored
DNF 39%. The first chapter was interesting with the backstory of how the FMC and MMC first met but after that I was bored. I didn't care about the FMC, MMC or the plot. I wasn't seeing any chemistry between the leads either. It wasn't an issue of triggers, nothing bothered me in this, I was just bored