Reham
i am sorry am I supposed to feel sympathetic toward an asshole who doesnt understand the necessity of personal life and professional life, or that he doesnt care to realize the mental physical stress his employees are going through, who thinks just because he is rich as fuck so he gets to have the right to be pretentious asshole and a douchebag, just because his family was killed, he doesnt have the ability understand emotions so he tortures others because of it, or that he took care of the female mc's allergy behind her back because i am sorry i think i have grown into the person who can differentiate between toxicity and what's healthy. maybe my 15 year old self would have enjoyed this.
the smut sucked too. no romance, no sex, no chemistry. ugh
it's not the same as josh and hazel's guide to not dating, because nothing can beat josh im (duh) but it was fun to read this because this was one of those books for me where i was like huh doesnt seem like my kinda book but then it surprises me and makes me enjoy it. Although i dont like the miscommunication trope, or the lying, but it was really fun to read about their friendship and dynamics.
wasted 1.5 hours reading this where i could have read something better?
also i just realized that this book is written by a white author representing a black female character like that is so unnecessary
also, the book is so boring and slow paced. like i get that the author tried to invest us in laurie's previous relationship just as much as she was so we can understand her pain but because of that i no longer cared about the main plot of the book. there was absolutely no chemistry between the main characters in the beginning and that...put me off.
time and time again i am reminded that british authors are not worth my time (maybe except for beth o'leary)
Although it is refreshing to read romance books about men who are not full of themselves, who are inexperienced and have flaws, but this particular book just didn't do for me. First of all, the writing in the start was so boring and a yawn. So many things seemed redundant, like I already read this in the previous paragraph and I get it, why do you have to repeat it? Move on. Second of all, Jeff's role in this seemed a little ridiculous to me. I understand the first time he was introduced and was doing the challenge with Winnie but then when he came home drunk and harassed her, that seemed kind of unnecessary. It didn't fill any storyline except that maybe Byron kicked him out.
However, the chemistry between the MCs was good, i felt it from the start until the end.
i dont understand why the author found this plot okay, because the idea of forced marriage and forced relationship isnt appealing. i understand that there are many romance books with marriage of convenience etc trop but you actually feel them falling in love. in this, i felt as though the love is being pushed upon by everyone surrounding them.
Maybe I had expectations going in with this, maybe because how cute the cover is (I know you shouldnt judge a book by its cover but i think this one is exceptionally well made) but this was really...bland. The MCs didnt even have any chemistry in the start when they first meet, I felt nothing, no tingling feelings, no sexual tension whatsoever. Perhaps, I did when they met ten years later. I feel like the story had no point whatsoever, it didn't make me go like woah or omg sweet and romantic. It was just...meh?
Really disappointed
i'd like to know what is the point of this book. I cant even say that it started out great and went downhill, it was bad from the beginning. So bland and dull. The characters felt as though they have no depth, no purpose, no reason. I understand the message conveyed by the book perhaps is that regardless of how much you plan, fate intervenes and all, but it still didn't make sense to me. In simple and short words, I hated it.
1.5/2
son. of. a. bitch.
these words are obviously not enough to describe the rollercoaster of emotions I had to go through whilst reading but dear god. this was so so good, it hurt so good as well. my feelings have been a bit off about shae throughout but by the end i realized that they all have lost something, have sacrificed way more than they should have. its true shae's assumption of hilo being too haughty or always resorting to violence will piss me off but i also understand her as a human who wanted to be her own person. it's true that if she had joined the clan as soon as she came back, Lan could have been alive or better yet, things wouldnt have been so bad. i hate that hilo is so misunderstood, that no one appreciates his love and devotion to the family, to always protect them at what ever cost. but i love them all the same. though hilo is my favorite.
PS. fucking bero wont drop dead would he. like i dont want even ayt madashi to die as much as i want bero to do so
cant wait to see what happens next. but also terrified.
What in the world was this book. First of all, there was no substance to the characters. I've never been this bored at reading a book. I felt absolutely no chemistry between the two MCs. There was no romance — even tho this book is supposed to be considered one?— and the plot twist was even worse than all of that.
this book was so much more than I had expected. I dived into this unknown to what the story would be like, but all I knew it was a love story about two people who suffer mentally. The intimacy, the details, the love that these two main characters shared with each other, the reality of having bpd and depression, of needing something to constantly live every day, it hit too deep. This was incredible and so well written it took my breath away.
i cant stop thinking about how olivie blake talked about hand holding in such an intimate, intricate way that made me literally tear up for a whole two fucking pages.
A bit conflicted about how to review this. The storyline was good, it felt almost real and there wasn't much cliche of cringeworthy stuff in it as there is in usual mafia related books. I liked that there was no exaggeration, no dragging, no unnecessary drama. I appreciated that the male MC knew what he wanted from the female MC, knew that his feelings were real and acted on it. I liked that the smut wasnt prolonged or felt too unnatural, except maybe the mention of eight inches.
However, i was unable to enjoy it as i normally do with romance books. I cant point my finger at it but it just didnt feel the same to me.
3.5/4