Mimi
The first chapter of this seemed promising but unfortunately I didn't like the writing.
It felt really choppy and the scene changes abrupt I was getting whiplash at what was happening. This is supposedly an enemies to lovers but the transition from enemies was so sudden, it left me confused.
I didn't care about any of the characters and I really wasn't seeing any chemistry.
DNF 27%
The first chapter of this seemed promising but unfortunately I didn't like the writing.
It felt really choppy and the scene changes abrupt I was getting whiplash at what was happening. This is supposedly an enemies to lovers but the transition from enemies was so sudden, it left me confused.
I didn't care about any of the characters and I really wasn't seeing any chemistry.
DNF 27%
This was a book I could not put down for the first 60%. I just devoured it.
I completely dug the forbidden/secret romance between the female lead and male lead, with the female lead being the male lead's best friend's little sister. The female lead in this book has always had a crush on the male lead but even she did not expect the level of obsession she receives back from the male lead. I just loved that he could not leave her alone. He hires her as his personal assistant and day 0, he already has her sleeping over. When the female lead leaves a social evening due to jealousy, the male lead is immediately at her apartment demanding she returns with him.
Smut was also good.
The last 30% was just OK however and I skimmed most of it. Everything from the Paris scenes felt like a forced lead up to a cliche third act breakup. The male lead shares the female lead with some business associates, clearly specifying that they must not hurt her. It seems unrealistic that the first thing they'd try to do is hurt her, and film her.
The female lead's brother, to the surprise of no one, goes ballistic when he finds out about that his best friend and little sister are dating. However, what surprised me was how quickly the male lead gave up. In the first 60% he was controlling, his-way-or-no-way, but suddenly upon having to face the female lead's brother, he instantly becomes a coward and gives up. The female lead even tries to fight for him with her brother there but he breaks up with her. It felt like a complete change in character.
And what made it even more nonsensical is the male lead changes his mind in a week and all he has to say to the female lead's brother to get him to accept their relationship is that he loves the female lead and plans to marry her. That's all it took.
I was so torn on whether to downgrade this to two and a half star because of this. It was sitting at a maybe-reread rating but the last 30% disappointed me so much I wouldn't reread this book.
This author's writing is really good. She writes characters with great chemistry and I'd try a different book by her however
This was a book I could not put down for the first 60%. I just devoured it.
I completely dug the forbidden/secret romance between the female lead and male lead, with the female lead being the male lead's best friend's little sister. The female lead in this book has always had a crush on the male lead but even she did not expect the level of obsession she receives back from the male lead. I just loved that he could not leave her alone. He hires her as his personal assistant and day 0, he already has her sleeping over. When the female lead leaves a social evening due to jealousy, the male lead is immediately at her apartment demanding she returns with him.
Smut was also good.
The last 30% was just OK however and I skimmed most of it. Everything from the Paris scenes felt like a forced lead up to a cliche third act breakup. The male lead shares the female lead with some business associates, clearly specifying that they must not hurt her. It seems unrealistic that the first thing they'd try to do is hurt her, and film her.
The female lead's brother, to the surprise of no one, goes ballistic when he finds out about that his best friend and little sister are dating. However, what surprised me was how quickly the male lead gave up. In the first 60% he was controlling, his-way-or-no-way, but suddenly upon having to face the female lead's brother, he instantly becomes a coward and gives up. The female lead even tries to fight for him with her brother there but he breaks up with her. It felt like a complete change in character.
And what made it even more nonsensical is the male lead changes his mind in a week and all he has to say to the female lead's brother to get him to accept their relationship is that he loves the female lead and plans to marry her. That's all it took.
I was so torn on whether to downgrade this to two and a half star because of this. It was sitting at a maybe-reread rating but the last 30% disappointed me so much I wouldn't reread this book.
This author's writing is really good. She writes characters with great chemistry and I'd try a different book by her however
DNF 26%. The writing in this book is OK. I just didn’t like the characters, plot and romance in this and didn’t feel the chemistry between the leads.
The first chapter was interesting but after that it felt like the female lead was being unnecessarily difficult and playing hard to get, dragging the whole romance out. There is smut but it didn’t feel spicy and I found myself skimming
DNF 26%. The writing in this book is OK. I just didn’t like the characters, plot and romance in this and didn’t feel the chemistry between the leads.
The first chapter was interesting but after that it felt like the female lead was being unnecessarily difficult and playing hard to get, dragging the whole romance out. There is smut but it didn’t feel spicy and I found myself skimming
This was a book I could not put down for the first 60%. I just devoured it.
I completely dug the forbidden/secret romance between the female lead and male lead, with the female lead being the male lead's best friend's little sister. The female lead in this book has always had a crush on the male lead but even she did not expect the level of obsession she receives back from the male lead. I just loved that he could not leave her alone. He hires her as his personal assistant and day 0, he already has her sleeping over. When the female lead leaves a social evening due to jealousy, the male lead is immediately at her apartment demanding she returns with him.
Smut was also good.
The last 30% was just OK however and I skimmed most of it. Everything from the Paris scenes felt like a forced lead up to a cliche third act breakup. The male lead shares the female lead with some business associates, clearly specifying that they must not hurt her. It seems unrealistic that the first thing they'd try to do is hurt her, and film her.
The female lead's brother, to the surprise of no one, goes ballistic when he finds out about that his best friend and little sister are dating. However, what surprised me was how quickly the male lead gave up. In the first 60% he was controlling, his-way-or-no-way, but suddenly upon having to face the female lead's brother, he instantly becomes a coward and gives up. The female lead even tries to fight for him with her brother there but he breaks up with her. It felt like a complete change in character.
And what made it even more nonsensical is the male lead changes his mind in a week and all he has to say to the female lead's brother to get him to accept their relationship is that he loves the female lead and plans to marry her. That's all it took.
I was so torn on whether to downgrade this to two and a half star because of this. It was sitting at a maybe-reread rating but the last 30% disappointed me so much I wouldn't reread this book.
This author's writing is really good. She writes characters with great chemistry and I'd try a different book by her however
This was a book I could not put down for the first 60%. I just devoured it.
I completely dug the forbidden/secret romance between the female lead and male lead, with the female lead being the male lead's best friend's little sister. The female lead in this book has always had a crush on the male lead but even she did not expect the level of obsession she receives back from the male lead. I just loved that he could not leave her alone. He hires her as his personal assistant and day 0, he already has her sleeping over. When the female lead leaves a social evening due to jealousy, the male lead is immediately at her apartment demanding she returns with him.
Smut was also good.
The last 30% was just OK however and I skimmed most of it. Everything from the Paris scenes felt like a forced lead up to a cliche third act breakup. The male lead shares the female lead with some business associates, clearly specifying that they must not hurt her. It seems unrealistic that the first thing they'd try to do is hurt her, and film her.
The female lead's brother, to the surprise of no one, goes ballistic when he finds out about that his best friend and little sister are dating. However, what surprised me was how quickly the male lead gave up. In the first 60% he was controlling, his-way-or-no-way, but suddenly upon having to face the female lead's brother, he instantly becomes a coward and gives up. The female lead even tries to fight for him with her brother there but he breaks up with her. It felt like a complete change in character.
And what made it even more nonsensical is the male lead changes his mind in a week and all he has to say to the female lead's brother to get him to accept their relationship is that he loves the female lead and plans to marry her. That's all it took.
I was so torn on whether to downgrade this to two and a half star because of this. It was sitting at a maybe-reread rating but the last 30% disappointed me so much I wouldn't reread this book.
This author's writing is really good. She writes characters with great chemistry and I'd try a different book by her however
The first chapter of this seemed promising but unfortunately I didn't like the writing.
It felt really choppy and the scene changes abrupt I was getting whiplash at what was happening. This is supposedly an enemies to lovers but the transition from enemies was so sudden, it left me confused.
I didn't care about any of the characters and I really wasn't seeing any chemistry.
DNF 27%
The first chapter of this seemed promising but unfortunately I didn't like the writing.
It felt really choppy and the scene changes abrupt I was getting whiplash at what was happening. This is supposedly an enemies to lovers but the transition from enemies was so sudden, it left me confused.
I didn't care about any of the characters and I really wasn't seeing any chemistry.
DNF 27%
This was a book I could not put down for the first 60%. I just devoured it.
I completely dug the forbidden/secret romance between the female lead and male lead, with the female lead being the male lead's best friend's little sister. The female lead in this book has always had a crush on the male lead but even she did not expect the level of obsession she receives back from the male lead. I just loved that he could not leave her alone. He hires her as his personal assistant and day 0, he already has her sleeping over. When the female lead leaves a social evening due to jealousy, the male lead is immediately at her apartment demanding she returns with him.
Smut was also good.
The last 30% was just OK however and I skimmed most of it. Everything from the Paris scenes felt like a forced lead up to a cliche third act breakup. The male lead shares the female lead with some business associates, clearly specifying that they must not hurt her. It seems unrealistic that the first thing they'd try to do is hurt her, and film her.
The female lead's brother, to the surprise of no one, goes ballistic when he finds out about that his best friend and little sister are dating. However, what surprised me was how quickly the male lead gave up. In the first 60% he was controlling, his-way-or-no-way, but suddenly upon having to face the female lead's brother, he instantly becomes a coward and gives up. The female lead even tries to fight for him with her brother there but he breaks up with her. It felt like a complete change in character.
And what made it even more nonsensical is the male lead changes his mind in a week and all he has to say to the female lead's brother to get him to accept their relationship is that he loves the female lead and plans to marry her. That's all it took.
I was so torn on whether to downgrade this to two and a half star because of this. It was sitting at a maybe-reread rating but the last 30% disappointed me so much I wouldn't reread this book.
This author's writing is really good. She writes characters with great chemistry and I'd try a different book by her however
This was a book I could not put down for the first 60%. I just devoured it.
I completely dug the forbidden/secret romance between the female lead and male lead, with the female lead being the male lead's best friend's little sister. The female lead in this book has always had a crush on the male lead but even she did not expect the level of obsession she receives back from the male lead. I just loved that he could not leave her alone. He hires her as his personal assistant and day 0, he already has her sleeping over. When the female lead leaves a social evening due to jealousy, the male lead is immediately at her apartment demanding she returns with him.
Smut was also good.
The last 30% was just OK however and I skimmed most of it. Everything from the Paris scenes felt like a forced lead up to a cliche third act breakup. The male lead shares the female lead with some business associates, clearly specifying that they must not hurt her. It seems unrealistic that the first thing they'd try to do is hurt her, and film her.
The female lead's brother, to the surprise of no one, goes ballistic when he finds out about that his best friend and little sister are dating. However, what surprised me was how quickly the male lead gave up. In the first 60% he was controlling, his-way-or-no-way, but suddenly upon having to face the female lead's brother, he instantly becomes a coward and gives up. The female lead even tries to fight for him with her brother there but he breaks up with her. It felt like a complete change in character.
And what made it even more nonsensical is the male lead changes his mind in a week and all he has to say to the female lead's brother to get him to accept their relationship is that he loves the female lead and plans to marry her. That's all it took.
I was so torn on whether to downgrade this to two and a half star because of this. It was sitting at a maybe-reread rating but the last 30% disappointed me so much I wouldn't reread this book.
This author's writing is really good. She writes characters with great chemistry and I'd try a different book by her however
This is a dark one.
Originally I thought this was going to be a 3 star book at least for sure. Writing was engaging, pace was fast and smut was good - lots of body betrayal with a sprinkles of forbidden teacher/student dynamics. The female lead is a student blackmailed into a sexual arrangement with her teacher to pass her maths class and afford her rent. There is dark poly/sharing/human trafficking in this book and the female lead had chemistry and smut with multiple male characters in this, so I was hooked working out what's going to happen and who the female lead would end up with.
From 30-50% the degradation/slapping/knife play gradually got a bit too much for me, especially since the female lead was hating what was happening to her.
It also annoyed me once I realized who the male lead was, it took until 57% for her romance with him to start. Yes, there were some cute and sweet moments between them sprinkled in before that point where they were both overly friendly but the 'more than friends' moments didn't start until over the half the book in.
The book continued to go downhill with more appearances of the female lead's friends. I really disliked all of them in this book and they actually made me want to DNF 70% where we started getting their perspective as well.
The plot became really illogical as well.
If Scott is not genuinely a teacher but someone pretending to be a teacher purely to lure the female lead, why would he remain as a teacher after successfully kidnapping the female lead? It made no sense he would stick around, allowing the female lead's friends to punch/kick/torture him and loudly proclaim his crimes at his place of employment, where any of the students or teachers could overhear and report him to police. Logically he would have disappeared like Jared as soon as his kidnapping job was done. Instead, he remains as a teacher for no reason at all other than allowing the friends to murder him and obtain the female lead's whereabouts.
I also struggle to believe these ordinary high school students, with no experience doing any of this at all and no lawyer/police parents to back them up, would be able to or have the courage to so easily obtain surveillance footage, stalk Scott and ultimately murder him.
I also felt like my impression of Rick, the male lead, went downhill when he continued to have sex with Madeleine, a cheerleader, despite claiming to love April, the female lead. Initially I was quite digging the star-crossed lovers dynamics between the leads where they both had feelings with each other but couldn't be with each other and the male lead was persistent despite this. But Rick eventually became a coward.
Things in the book did improve for me with the plot twist reveal that the main villain is actually male lead's father. But I hated that the ultimate ending was male lead running away for 4 years after his father kills himself in a car crash that leaves the female lead permanently disabled. Definitely ruined the book for me.
This is a dark one.
Originally I thought this was going to be a 3 star book at least for sure. Writing was engaging, pace was fast and smut was good - lots of body betrayal with a sprinkles of forbidden teacher/student dynamics. The female lead is a student blackmailed into a sexual arrangement with her teacher to pass her maths class and afford her rent. There is dark poly/sharing/human trafficking in this book and the female lead had chemistry and smut with multiple male characters in this, so I was hooked working out what's going to happen and who the female lead would end up with.
From 30-50% the degradation/slapping/knife play gradually got a bit too much for me, especially since the female lead was hating what was happening to her.
It also annoyed me once I realized who the male lead was, it took until 57% for her romance with him to start. Yes, there were some cute and sweet moments between them sprinkled in before that point where they were both overly friendly but the 'more than friends' moments didn't start until over the half the book in.
The book continued to go downhill with more appearances of the female lead's friends. I really disliked all of them in this book and they actually made me want to DNF 70% where we started getting their perspective as well.
The plot became really illogical as well.
If Scott is not genuinely a teacher but someone pretending to be a teacher purely to lure the female lead, why would he remain as a teacher after successfully kidnapping the female lead? It made no sense he would stick around, allowing the female lead's friends to punch/kick/torture him and loudly proclaim his crimes at his place of employment, where any of the students or teachers could overhear and report him to police. Logically he would have disappeared like Jared as soon as his kidnapping job was done. Instead, he remains as a teacher for no reason at all other than allowing the friends to murder him and obtain the female lead's whereabouts.
I also struggle to believe these ordinary high school students, with no experience doing any of this at all and no lawyer/police parents to back them up, would be able to or have the courage to so easily obtain surveillance footage, stalk Scott and ultimately murder him.
I also felt like my impression of Rick, the male lead, went downhill when he continued to have sex with Madeleine, a cheerleader, despite claiming to love April, the female lead. Initially I was quite digging the star-crossed lovers dynamics between the leads where they both had feelings with each other but couldn't be with each other and the male lead was persistent despite this. But Rick eventually became a coward.
Things in the book did improve for me with the plot twist reveal that the main villain is actually male lead's father. But I hated that the ultimate ending was male lead running away for 4 years after his father kills himself in a car crash that leaves the female lead permanently disabled. Definitely ruined the book for me.