He Loves Me Not

i loooove this series, so i was very bummed that this book didn't work for me. on a technical level, there were more than a few typos. there is a lot of DMing and the structure of that didn't really work visually on either my kindle or my phone because the lines were so awkwardly placed. they also used emojis that were not visible on my kindle so i mostly just guessed what they were. occasionally i would check on my phone because they showed in the kindle app, but that was more work that i wanted to put in. i also didn't love the use of modern slang at first, but it definitely grew on me over the course of the book.

it also takes soooooooo long to get to the spice, which is not typical of this series. the first sex scene was around 80% in, and there's only a second briefer scene. the pacing was also an issue for me with how drawn out everything is, only to be solved in what felt like a matter of seconds.and speaking of how it was solved! i'm really not fond of the fact that Ranar actually sold his family's shop and that Sumi is going to continue working for the corporate overlords we all know are bad. the natural outcome to me would be for them to combine efforts and for Sumi to work in the family shop so that Ranar can step back from that piece of it. but what do i know! i guess this is better!

i tried to persevere because i do adore this series, but this one really didn't hit for me. hoping the next one that comes out is more my cup of tea.