Kyrie
I'm 50-50 as to whether or not I really minded this book. The writing itself wasn't bad. It was an amusing story, with colorful characters and scenery, I found myself wanting to know more about the characters in this world, and I was rooting for them to work things out. I also want to know where Leonard learned to cook.
But...well, I can't exactly say the premise wasn't great, because the idea itself makes for an interesting story. Five bad boys needed to be hooked up with the one woman who can redeem them. It's romance-smut that basically writes itself!
It's just...the using of already established fairy tale characters. For instance, in this one, the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.
Now, not all the bachelors are ripped from other stories. There's a Djinn in there that I'm pretty sure was an original construct - or, at least he wasn't based on the Robin Williams Genie from Disney's Aladdin. But otherwise, you've got Hatter, the Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, Gerard (Gaston) from Beauty and the Beast, and Captain Hook.
Maybe part of my problem is all I can picture are the Disney equivalents of all those characters...actually, I think that might be it.
Also trying to figure out how she gets around the whole bestiality thing with Wolf. I'm very, very tempted to get the rest of the books, just to find that one thing out.
...another problem I had was the romanticizing of Hatter's madness. Hall painted him as a tortured soul, caught just at the border of insanity and sanity, jumping between the two at the drop of a hat. (Hehe.) During his fits of insanity, he could be cruel, and nasty...which, fine. I get that. But the way it was handled in the relationship left me a bit uncomfortable.
“Does your boyfriend often fly into random fits of anger, causing you physical harm and emotional trauma? Don't worry about it! He'll be in a better mood later...he's just a tortured soul! You can temper his insanity if you just love him enough!”
And I thought Twilight was bad with that...
I'm 50-50 as to whether or not I really minded this book. The writing itself wasn't bad. It was an amusing story, with colorful characters and scenery, I found myself wanting to know more about the characters in this world, and I was rooting for them to work things out. I also want to know where Leonard learned to cook.
But...well, I can't exactly say the premise wasn't great, because the idea itself makes for an interesting story. Five bad boys needed to be hooked up with the one woman who can redeem them. It's romance-smut that basically writes itself!
It's just...the using of already established fairy tale characters. For instance, in this one, the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.
Now, not all the bachelors are ripped from other stories. There's a Djinn in there that I'm pretty sure was an original construct - or, at least he wasn't based on the Robin Williams Genie from Disney's Aladdin. But otherwise, you've got Hatter, the Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, Gerard (Gaston) from Beauty and the Beast, and Captain Hook.
Maybe part of my problem is all I can picture are the Disney equivalents of all those characters...actually, I think that might be it.
Also trying to figure out how she gets around the whole bestiality thing with Wolf. I'm very, very tempted to get the rest of the books, just to find that one thing out.
...another problem I had was the romanticizing of Hatter's madness. Hall painted him as a tortured soul, caught just at the border of insanity and sanity, jumping between the two at the drop of a hat. (Hehe.) During his fits of insanity, he could be cruel, and nasty...which, fine. I get that. But the way it was handled in the relationship left me a bit uncomfortable.
“Does your boyfriend often fly into random fits of anger, causing you physical harm and emotional trauma? Don't worry about it! He'll be in a better mood later...he's just a tortured soul! You can temper his insanity if you just love him enough!”
And I thought Twilight was bad with that...