This was not dark romance. This was a story about a girl being drugged, raped and scared shitless for pages and pageDNF @ 50%
I. Couldn't. Care. Less.
This was not dark romance. This was a story about a girl being drugged, raped and scared shitless for pages and pages, interspersed with Zade's bullshit bellyaching on how he let her down and him counting the days since she was kidnapped and how he felt each and every second. Boo fucking hoo.
This is made worse by the fact that I was iffy with the whole human trafficking ring BS to begin with (in book 1 you could even skim through those bits because book 1 is about Zade and Adeline together, and i could pretend the surrounding cringe wasn't there).
Look, ma'am, write a warning that the books are interconnected stand-alones, and call it a day....more
- writing - simple but addicting - 2,5 out of 5 - character development - 3 out of 5 - plot - 2 out of 5 - leWell this was very mid. For all the reasons:
- writing - simple but addicting - 2,5 out of 5 - character development - 3 out of 5 - plot - 2 out of 5 - level of creepiness / unhingedness - 2 out of 5 - romance steam - 2 out of 5 - spice - 2,5 out of 5
Erika was meh, Michael was a douche-canoe and then a golden retriever, so also mid on average.
The other guys were bland and Damon was just Damon from TVD minus the Vampire.
There are much more captivating dark romance novels out there. Ones that score higher on all the points. Go read those!...more
Unpopular opinion incoming: will probably be adding cowboy romance to the list of contemporary romance subgenres which do nothing for me. Joining the Unpopular opinion incoming: will probably be adding cowboy romance to the list of contemporary romance subgenres which do nothing for me. Joining the tight knit group of gems like sports romance, mafia romance and rockstar romance. I'm weird that way, I know.
But in a tropey sugary way this was okay. Like. 2.5 stars. All the tropes here :
- forced proximity - grumpy sunshine - boss - employee (kinda) - HEA - couple of 'good girl's
Also, Summer was annoying. We were told so many times she was a badass I stopped believing she was a badass....more
I loved it actually. The atmosphere, the plot (with all its shortcomings), the romance, the spice. Lucian can get it. What. A. Treat. That man is. LauI loved it actually. The atmosphere, the plot (with all its shortcomings), the romance, the spice. Lucian can get it. What. A. Treat. That man is. Laura has turned into a nice pruney surprise ...more
**spoiler alert** Listen! This was a tropey dark mafia romance swirly, with Disney Peter Pan sprinkles! I loved imagining the characters like that. Ex**spoiler alert** Listen! This was a tropey dark mafia romance swirly, with Disney Peter Pan sprinkles! I loved imagining the characters like that. Except for Hook, that's obvi the Hook from OUAT, no discussion. Spice was spicy. I liked it more than I thought in the beginning. So a solid 3.80 stars rounded up - go read it if you want contemporary dark romance with reshuffled characters you already know!
But I wanna rant, so off I go. That part where James decides that Wendy is the reason behind all his life's troubles.... That made me lose my shit. And not in a good way. Like, excuse me, sir. Are you gods' gift to humanity? Must we just dump blame on the first person who came along, sporting a hymen, and just turn their life into a straight up trainwreck? And let me say this, I L.O.V.E. me a MEAN man, who is just down right asshole to the bone, put a gps tracker in that girl, deny her and keep sending her off, tie her up, introduce a little gun play, some cnc - I'm down for that ride, but don't go all - she betrayed me, she evil, when the gal in question doesn't have an inch of badassery in her. Like she wouldn't know betrayal if it bent down and bit her on her labia. So. Just for that you will always be know as a whiplash dishing douche, because it was that and suddenly he knew she wasn't the bad female jn his story. Man, small dick energy from wanting to kill her on a hunch she might be behind all the this bad stuff happening to you.
But I liked the sub vibes I got from Wendy. Spice rating: ...more
**spoiler alert** NoCringe galore, why though?? maybe it's my headspace. Imma keep listening for a bit longer. maybe it will turn around on me
UPDATE: **spoiler alert** NoCringe galore, why though?? maybe it's my headspace. Imma keep listening for a bit longer. maybe it will turn around on me
UPDATE: okay, so the fact that it was dual narration made it a 5-star listen. BUUUUUT
I'm knocking 2 stars off for the fact that
1. Most sex scenes were hot but cringey AF. Especially the whole shark sitch. Just no. Also, the epilogue was totally unnecessary. We get it. He loves to boink her in front of sharks. Also all the squirting was just unbelievable. Hot, but still unbelievable.
2. While they were stuck on the island, he kept smelling her pussy from a distance and i get it, it's a metaphor of how he can sense her arousal, but ma'am excuse me, he's not a fae or shifter, this isn't a PNR deal, so basically we are reading about your normal guy smelling a pussy from a distance. Which is just never a good thing.
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