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Unfortunately I don't think Jessa Kane's stories are for me - writing style and length-wise.
I loved the start and tropes in it. I love the idea of a bad boy who instantly becomes obsessed with a shy female lead to the point he'd move her in with him on day 1 and go completely insane that he can't find her, needing her by his side all the time. He hires bodyguards to watch her. He refuses to wear condoms. He'd genuinely rather die that live a life without her, and he really does go through with a suicide attempt.
The writing was just OK and the romance felt too fast and not fully explored. I could understand the romance from the male lead's side and I loved his obsession. But the female lead didn't question how fast it was going at all or freak out. This is supposedly a female lead who grew up in a monastery.
The story lost me completely when the male lead lied to his teammates about how much the female lead meant to him. It's such a predictable future conflict/third act breakup trigger that I just inwardly groaned when I saw it. I understand the book is short but I wish the story built towards something different.
Unfortunately I don't think Jessa Kane's stories are for me - writing style and length-wise.
I loved the start and tropes in it. I love the idea of a bad boy who instantly becomes obsessed with a shy female lead to the point he'd move her in with him on day 1 and go completely insane that he can't find her, needing her by his side all the time. He hires bodyguards to watch her. He refuses to wear condoms. He'd genuinely rather die that live a life without her, and he really does go through with a suicide attempt.
The writing was just OK and the romance felt too fast and not fully explored. I could understand the romance from the male lead's side and I loved his obsession. But the female lead didn't question how fast it was going at all or freak out. This is supposedly a female lead who grew up in a monastery.
The story lost me completely when the male lead lied to his teammates about how much the female lead meant to him. It's such a predictable future conflict/third act breakup trigger that I just inwardly groaned when I saw it. I understand the book is short but I wish the story built towards something different.
For most of the book I was torn between 2.5 stars or 3 stars.
I liked both of the characters, the plot, the pacing and the romance. I really liked how manipulative the male lead was. He tricks her into spending time with him, tampers with her birth control and is completely shameless and not remorseful about it. And he gets away with it all in the end as well! The female lead never finds out. I love it when an author stays consistent with their characters from start to end. The male lead's jealousy in this book were the highlight and all scenes were utterly hilarious. For example, he's so obsessed with the female lead he burns all of her underwear just because her ex had seen her in them, even the ones she's currently wearing.
What really let the story down was the writing. It came across as very choppy. It didn't read like it flowed smoothly and some of the language choices were odd. For example, "extravert" was used instead of "extrovert". Marissa, supposedly a friendly face, called the female lead "infamous". It did improve in certain areas but the dialogue especially sounded cringe.
The ending ruined the book for me unfortunately. I was torn whether I might reread it someday but I hate it when a book has a cliffhanger ending that comes out of nowhere hinting at a future romance between their kids. Sometimes in works and it's cute, but in this book it annoyed me that we were romanticizing children out of nowhere I dropped half a star.
For most of the book I was torn between 2.5 stars or 3 stars.
I liked both of the characters, the plot, the pacing and the romance. I really liked how manipulative the male lead was. He tricks her into spending time with him, tampers with her birth control and is completely shameless and not remorseful about it. And he gets away with it all in the end as well! The female lead never finds out. I love it when an author stays consistent with their characters from start to end. The male lead's jealousy in this book were the highlight and all scenes were utterly hilarious. For example, he's so obsessed with the female lead he burns all of her underwear just because her ex had seen her in them, even the ones she's currently wearing.
What really let the story down was the writing. It came across as very choppy. It didn't read like it flowed smoothly and some of the language choices were odd. For example, "extravert" was used instead of "extrovert". Marissa, supposedly a friendly face, called the female lead "infamous". It did improve in certain areas but the dialogue especially sounded cringe.
The ending ruined the book for me unfortunately. I was torn whether I might reread it someday but I hate it when a book has a cliffhanger ending that comes out of nowhere hinting at a future romance between their kids. Sometimes in works and it's cute, but in this book it annoyed me that we were romanticizing children out of nowhere I dropped half a star.
For most of the book I was torn between 2.5 stars or 3 stars.
I liked both of the characters, the plot, the pacing and the romance. I really liked how manipulative the male lead was. He tricks her into spending time with him, tampers with her birth control and is completely shameless and not remorseful about it. And he gets away with it all in the end as well! The female lead never finds out. I love it when an author stays consistent with their characters from start to end. The male lead's jealousy in this book were the highlight and all scenes were utterly hilarious. For example, he's so obsessed with the female lead he burns all of her underwear just because her ex had seen her in them, even the ones she's currently wearing.
What really let the story down was the writing. It came across as very choppy. It did improve in certain areas but the dialogue especially sounded cringe.
The ending ruined the book for me unfortunately. I was torn whether I might reread it someday but I hate it when a book has a cliffhanger ending that comes out of nowhere hinting at a future romance between their kids. Sometimes in works, but in this book it annoyed me that I dropped half a star.
For most of the book I was torn between 2.5 stars or 3 stars.
I liked both of the characters, the plot, the pacing and the romance. I really liked how manipulative the male lead was. He tricks her into spending time with him, tampers with her birth control and is completely shameless and not remorseful about it. And he gets away with it all in the end as well! The female lead never finds out. I love it when an author stays consistent with their characters from start to end. The male lead's jealousy in this book were the highlight and all scenes were utterly hilarious. For example, he's so obsessed with the female lead he burns all of her underwear just because her ex had seen her in them, even the ones she's currently wearing.
What really let the story down was the writing. It came across as very choppy. It did improve in certain areas but the dialogue especially sounded cringe.
The ending ruined the book for me unfortunately. I was torn whether I might reread it someday but I hate it when a book has a cliffhanger ending that comes out of nowhere hinting at a future romance between their kids. Sometimes in works, but in this book it annoyed me that I dropped half a star.
DNF 21%. I liked the idea of a duke that was so obsessed with a courtesan he’d track her down after she ran away and make her his wife, despite the social expectation he marry someone of similar standing.
However this book felt very slow and dry throughout. The punctuation also was odd in this book. And I wasn’t feeling any romance or chemistry between the leads either.
DNF 21%. I liked the idea of a duke that was so obsessed with a courtesan he’d track her down after she ran away and make her his wife, despite the social expectation he marry someone of similar standing.
However this book felt very slow and dry throughout. The punctuation also was odd in this book. And I wasn’t feeling any romance or chemistry between the leads either.
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I really wanted to like this book.
The first chapter hooked me right away. I completely forgot how much I loved Mason and Linnet. Seeing how much Mason continues to adore Linnet, their energetic and cute children and even Cuthbert really made me feel warm and fuzzy. I totally did not expect twin girls and a terror of a son.
Then the story cuts to the female lead, Fenella who has received news from her sister-in-law that her husband is going to divorce her. She then rides to Oswald, hoping that he'd help advocate on her behalf and prevent the divorce only for him to force her to marry him.
Strangely this story had all the tropes I typically love reading, a male lead who forces the female lead to marry him, a manipulative male lead who tricks the female lead, a male lead who becomes utterly obsessed with the female lead and goes completely mad when anyone hurts her or he can't find her. However, I kept wanting to put this book down.
I really had to force myself to keep reading this book because the plot felt so dry. I did like the first smut scene, the glimpses of Linnet and Mason's happily ever after and there were so sections of dialogue I liked or found funny. But most of the book bored me and I just couldn't keep reading from 73% and had to DNF.
The whole Oswald being the spymaster plot weirded me out and Fenella going on walks in the morning and socialising with court ladies didn't interest me.
It wasn't like Mason/Linnet's story that had me cackling at Linnet's innocence, blushing at Mason's unhinged jealousy and fanning myself at all the spice.
I really wanted to like this book.
The first chapter hooked me right away. I completely forgot how much I loved Mason and Linnet. Seeing how much Mason continues to adore Linnet, their energetic and cute children and even Cuthbert really made me feel warm and fuzzy. I totally did not expect twin girls and a terror of a son.
Then the story cuts to the female lead, Fenella who has received news from her sister-in-law that her husband is going to divorce her. She then rides to Oswald, hoping that he'd help advocate on her behalf and prevent the divorce only for him to force her to marry him.
Strangely this story had all the tropes I typically love reading, a male lead who forces the female lead to marry him, a manipulative male lead who tricks the female lead, a male lead who becomes utterly obsessed with the female lead and goes completely mad when anyone hurts her or he can't find her. However, I kept wanting to put this book down.
I really had to force myself to keep reading this book because the plot felt so dry. I did like the first smut scene, the glimpses of Linnet and Mason's happily ever after and there were so sections of dialogue I liked or found funny. But most of the book bored me and I just couldn't keep reading from 73% and had to DNF.
The whole Oswald being the spymaster plot weirded me out and Fenella going on walks in the morning and socialising with court ladies didn't interest me.
It wasn't like Mason/Linnet's story that had me cackling at Linnet's innocence, blushing at Mason's unhinged jealousy and fanning myself at all the spice.