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nope. giving this author a second shot was not worth it. idk what's up w making these so called superior alphas so bloody dumb?? like how do u not notice ur ex is a scheming person?? these women deserve better men & better grovel. though i did warm up to him around the end. jaime was cute though, not nearly as annoying as the previous fmc.
fmc was cute! i love it when they pursue the mmc. the mmc was okay, he was not all that memorable. i liked how he stood up to his sister, and how he tried to right his wrongs. i liked freda quite a lot. i also liked how the fmc's sister actually shined without her being there and how it was brought to the fmc's attention (though it felt a lil mean).
so so sweet! i love historical romances because there is so much build up to the actual love story, and proper exploration behind the characters' personalities & motives. i adored the fmc and i can relate so much to her, it was lovely to see friendship being the basis of their love and how she came to trust him. really liked the mmc!! one of my favourites of all time, i liked how charming he was, how he didn't become a grumpy woe is me dude that so many HR hero's tend to become. he was understanding & kind, and i could truly see why she'd fall in love w him. now im gonna read the whole series hehe.
i love non contemporary romances so so much! loved how the story properly explored the characters & their motivations, we got to see them falling in love and understood why they would in fact fall in love. i liked the fmc so much, especially how she refreshingly did trust the man she loved & didn't shy away from her love. i have realised that men like asa are exactly my type
read a review here before reading and i was apprehensive whether the i'd like the book. but i really did. it was angsty & i did cry. honestly, i understood both the MC & the ML, and i especially could relate w millie, she was such a sweet character. most men (in fiction & otherwise) are anyway pretty bland to me, and though i didn't like fitz, i did understand that he was in love w an idea of what his life could have been. i feel like friendship before love is the sweetest thing to explore in books, and i appreciated how the author showed that. i was NOT a fan of all the sleeping around the guy did, but it seems pretty typical for the that historical period. even the ‘other woman' was not demonised which is pretty rare imo.
love an enemies to lovers but just didn't love this. i'm very proudly a Mean Person™️ but honestly just being around this couple would have made me want to bash my head in. i love a lil snark, some banter, different ideologies on life kinda vibe.
this however wasn't it. the guy was mean to her for no reason and i'm not a fan of that. he was also suddenly so into her for no reason, like yes the sex was great i suppose but what about her do u actually love dude?
and omg, the way he kept shitting on her field, i could never respect a man who spoke to me in that way. then he kept saying no that he did in fact respect her, but his words just didn't indicate that. also if someone kept saying that i ‘screech', they would honestly never be graced w my presence again. what a loser 40 year old.
i didn't completely love the mc, even though i completely understood the whole mean inner persona + people pleaser stuff. totally relatable. but man, you're nearly 40, please get your act together & cut off your narcissistic dad.
i guess i realised that i like messy characters only when they have a reason to be & stay messy. i also just don't like doctors
cutee book! really liked the healthy & realistic body rep, the genuinely cute romance bw the mc's. towards the end i feel like the male mc's declarations of love were a lil too superfluous (“u are interwoven into my tapestry” - like boy chill). also didn't really buy him hiring her in the first place either, i'm not a fan of the insta-love trope. similarly w the baby daddy, that plot point didn't make much sense (why would the son of a billionaire steal money from his bestfriend?) and why did our girl like this dude in the first place if he's such an asshole. let's pls make our villains multidimensional characters! or u could just not make him a villain also
interesting read! i liked the friendship between the girls & the cute banter-y romance between the cop & the mc. but i found the thriller aspect a lil lacking, since they didn't spend enough time in my opinion discussing the aftermath of the murders. like “oh, one more bestfriend of mine died, so sad, lemme go make my wedding plans to the guy ive known for a week.” bruh
i cried so much. and i laughed so much. i LOVE and adore dean & i wish i could keep in a little pocket and carry him everywhere.
read this during a time where i really needed to smile and feel better, and this book did all that & more.
everything was so so cute. and also realistic. no one was demonised. just a really really feel good book.
i really really enjoy the author's writing style. it just suits contemporary romance so much. i liked the heroine & the hero separately, they seemed like well fleshed out characters and i'm surprised there's no sequel to this because the author could've done more w them. there was surprisingly pretty healthy communication & the mcs made sense.
what didn't totally convince me is why & how they fell in ‘love'. like yeah they were hot but what else? still an enjoyable read, couldn't put it down :)
have v mixed feelings about this. there was too much unnecessary politics & business bullshit that i skimmed over. i loved matt. i HATED the father & the daughter constantly pushing his shit personality under the rug. the father just sucked too much for me to enjoy the book. the whole step-grandma bullshit also just felt kinda misogynistic? like ofc she's the villain, and not the father who probably stressed out his daughter enough into having a miscarriage.
reddit promised me a delicious dark romance, and well it really wasn't :(
i usually like this author's work, but this was disappointing. the beginning was well written, the frustration she had w adam and the reasons why she couldn't just walk away, but that was it though.
derek, after hearing her sob story, for some reason, instantly loves her, and worships the ground she walks on. like ok, u like a challenge, but she wasn't even much of a challenge? and then he's not even slightly smart or cunning enough to actually manipulate her & play games (usually my favourite part of dark romances), he's just straight up “yo i wanna be w u 4eva.”
towards the middle, i was just skipping stuff because it was the same old, derek pushes and she's scared, but he thinks that she thinks its hot. like ok we get it, u guys like sleeping w each other. but there's no more substance
coming back after two rereads in just 2 months. dUDE I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. everything in this book is perfect. like this is what i want every historical romance to be like.
suCH AMAZING WRITING. the most lovely heroine ever, like i could completely get where she was coming from and she was so smart & witty w the hero, oof. and the duke??? god, if men like this truly exist, i'll wait a lifetime for one. i can write 5000 word essays on how much i love and adore the duke, his cunning intelligence, his honesty w the heroine, his admiration of her.
thank u god & reddit for recommending me this.
loved the premise & beginning so much. it was genuinely so promising, and i was like dayum, this is gonna be my favourite book of the series! merikh was a 10/10 character, and his viciousness to get what he wanted was just chefs kiss.
my fav part of the book was when rae found out he wasn't what he seemed, and he did that whole malicious chuckle thing. wow. i was like at the edge of my seat, because how tf would these two fall in love.
even the whole build up to go to the temple was nice, and it made me understand and appreciate the characters a lot.
after the whole village/temple visit thing, the book kinda fell flat for me. rae, supposedly being super genius mad scientist, just didn't seem to have a lot of power, but i was like oh maybe she's just not familiar w earth. but when they went back to the elvish realm, she was still treated like a child?? like no one listened to her, or told her anything of importance. and i genuinely just felt bad for merikh, because she had built up the realm so much in his head, but the people there were kinda stinky too yk.
i was disappointed w the end so so much. i waNTED desperately for their to be a confrontation w jazbez and rae, and i really wanted merikh & jazbez's friendship & bond to be explored. i lOved the whole elder sibling trauma stuff too! there was just so mUCH potential. wouldn't have minded this book being even longer. but nah, the ending felt rushed. rae, my girl, disappointed me with not defending merikh strongly enough, not even trying to help bring merikh's family to the elvish realm, or even trying to help the humans out. she just became this wishy washy, self righteous character who felt so much for the people, but really did fuckall to help anyone who was not her species. and merikh kind of just became this losery whipped dude. i mean i love those characters too, bUT merikh was just so much more interesting earlier. couldn't he have kept a lil bit of his personality
ayo wtf was this now?
the author is great so the writing was obviously good bUT WHAT AN EW MALE CHARACTER
like the constant back & forth between wanting her & then acting like he doesn't or can't be with her was so so annoying, which made me so mad because i think i would've liked the book otherwise.
i liked jules, she was so cute and i wish we went a lil more deeper into her whole childhood and stuff, it was actually worth exploring. the guy, max, was hot. and that's about it. idk what was the rest of his personality, because that's all literally everyone was hung up on.
i just didn't seen any romantic development? it was all very oMg u're so hot.
AAAAAAAA
I LOVE THIS BOOK
literally everything and everyone in it.
hilarious heroine & hero. and both of them were super self-aware & honest about their flaws. and they were just so good together!!!
very very wholesome romance. the mystery i couldn't care less about. but the couple was just one of my all time favs.
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loved the heroine, 10/10. and surprisingly, really cute relationship with the hero's mom. vv adorable. the beginning especially was so solid. everything was believable & cute.
also liked the fact that the hero wasn't like the best at everything, or like the coolest dude in his entire lineage. refreshing.