Nope. Can't do. I thought that maybe after the "brain-rape" the hero will somehow redeem himself, but instead when confronted by the heroine, he just Nope. Can't do. I thought that maybe after the "brain-rape" the hero will somehow redeem himself, but instead when confronted by the heroine, he just laughs it off. And if that isn't enough, he forcibly removes her clothes. I feel violated and I'm only reading this.
The women hate is strong with this one. After sleeping on it, I realized I'm still spitting mad about this book and the heroine, and just saying fuck yThe women hate is strong with this one. After sleeping on it, I realized I'm still spitting mad about this book and the heroine, and just saying fuck you Suzanne doesn't cut it.
The heroine is weak, insensitive, manipulative, rude and just plain dumb. She never talks out her issues, never voices what's bothering her and expects everyone to read her mind. She's trying to start up a business as a wedding planner and the one client she has, she treats like dirt. Not to mention all the (in)discrete skinny shaming going on.
Women all over the world have it already hard enough, we don't need to turn against each other as well. You don't need me to tell you that. This book is not a friend of feminism.
I haven't read the books before, so I don't really know if the reason they divorced is mentioned before, but almost 80% into this book and I still had no fucking clue why. I'm thinking lack of communication on her part might be dead on, but I don't give enough fucks to find out.
I don't think I've ever been as pissed off while reading a book as I have been while reading Reparation. This book like shaved 10 years of my life.I don't think I've ever been as pissed off while reading a book as I have been while reading Reparation. This book like shaved 10 years of my life....more
Well, that was disappointing. I don't want to go into a big rant, but if I do, don't hold it against me. It's only because IThis review is spoilerish.
Well, that was disappointing. I don't want to go into a big rant, but if I do, don't hold it against me. It's only because I love the series and the author so much.
I've been a fan of the original series since forever. Seriously, it was pure luck when I stumbled upon Lauren Layne and After the Kiss, but I was hooked. I was sold on the banter and the writing style, the funny and cute characters, the dynamics between the supporting characters, it was just perfect for me. Every now and then I return to my favorites for a quick reread and a book high. Reading those books makes me happy, like genuinely puts a smile on my face. If I get to eat chocolate too, then my day is made.
And then comes this book. Now, let's be honest, I was not a fan of the prequel either (actually I still am not completely okay with it), but it's nowhere near as bad as this book. The author decided she wanted to take a more serious route with this book, but in my opinion, the issues this book tries to handle are too difficult and it's just a fail.
The beginning was actually strong, I felt it really had potential, but after 30% or so the story loses its momentum and never catches up. Daisy's trust issues were glossed over, and in a span of a few weeks she went from a woman wary of touch and men, to pouring her heart out to the first man she meets. Lincoln's ex, Katie, never goes away, so there is this weird love triangle between Lincoln, Daisy and Katie. Even on the day Daisy gives birth to their twins, Katie's ghost is there. And Daisy is the one who brought her up, which says quite a lot actually. Does that mean that Daisy realizes that she will never be number one in Lincoln's life, but that she's okay with it? Because that's the feeling I got from reading this book.
And the cheesy speech in the end!! Oh my god what the hell was that?! So painful to read. He told her something along the lines of I didn't want to call you love like I called every other woman because I thought if I called you love then it would be for real like gag seriously it's disgusting. My eyes are offended. Just that whole chapter was awful. And the epilogue was yuck.
I am not a happy reader right now. No cute banter. No cute story. No cute characters. No emotions (besides being disgusted). No fun bickering with supporting characters. This book ruined every other book Lincoln is mentioned in and I.am.not.happy....more
I see people raving about this short book a lot, so now I feel I missed a crucial part somewhere in it that is responsible for all the raving. ConsideI see people raving about this short book a lot, so now I feel I missed a crucial part somewhere in it that is responsible for all the raving. Considering this is the first book in a series, I was expecting more, something to hook me in, to make me wanna read the second book. The way it ended almost did it, but then I had to think about it for just a second and realize I knew how it's gonna wrap up (my suspicions were confirmed in the teaser chapter for Heat).
Of course what seems plain and boring to me, might be thrilling to someone else, so don't let my lack of excitement stop you in reading this book. It may not have (m)any merits, but it's got an awesome heroine.
I still can't decide if I feel weird or creeped out or psyched that I find so much of myself in Kaitlyn and the way she feels and thinks. Her use of logic and common sense, how she didn't like to be pushed around and how she avoided drama felt eerily familiar. It helped a great deal in getting into the story. Her voice did come across as robotic at times, which in turn made for a really weird all around feeling of the situation, like when you talk to someone about something that's common knowledge for you, but you get the feeling they've no clue what you're talking about and so you just sit there feeling silly and slightly embarrassed? That's what it felt like for me. It was a mood killer.
Speaking of mood killers, if I have to read random people telling Kaitlyn how gorgeous and beautiful she is and she pretending outrage at such statements ever again, I'm gonna hurt somebody. Possibly set something on fire. Chop it in little pieces and pour gasoline on it and watch as it turns into a magnificent fire à la GoT's Melisandre. Let me clear this. Pretty people know they're pretty and false modesty doesn't suit anyone. And btw the whole speech about the marrying girls and hook-up girls at the end gave me cancer.
Truth be told, I feel more excited about Reid's next book, Truth and Beard, than about the sequel for Attraction. As it turns out, my review isn't a little bit helpful. Feel like you're not getting anything out of this? Well, join the club....more
This book and I were not ment to be. From the first page I realized it's not gonna work for me, and as I continued to read the realization only seemedThis book and I were not ment to be. From the first page I realized it's not gonna work for me, and as I continued to read the realization only seemed to set in more firmly.
Saddest thing is, I was excited after reading the blurb. I mean, a girl kisses a federal marshal to get herself out of questioning. Incredibly crazy stupid idea in real life, unless you wanna end up arrested, but in a fictional world where everything is possible - super exciting. I should've kept my imagination on a tight leash, at least where this book is concerned.
If you ask me to pinpoint what I didn't like, it would be hard because there are no major deal breakers, more like small things that kept piling on. For example, all they ever think about is how drop-dead-gorgeous and beautiful and hot the other one is and no one can function properly because they're minds are in a thick lust haze the second they lay eyes on each other. Everything with them revolves around their physical attraction. I'm serious. Landon can't interrogate Emma because all he thinks about are her breasts and her neck, and Emma counts his eyelashes and thinks he looks hot when he's angry. I'm sooo over this. Insta-lust was never cool, furthermore it has always been very lame. Just putting it out there.
Secondly, was is it really necessary for us to know every designer item Landon wore to his mission, stalking down Emma in a shady club? So we can tell for sure he's loaded? Really? And then his whole speech how he doesn't like the silver spoon in his mouth he's born with, but his family is not supportive of his lifestyle because he wants to do the honorable thing and put the bad guys behind bars, all the while spending his trust fund on designer clothes and watches. (Am I the only one who notices the hypocrisy?)
It could've been so good. I imagined some hot make out session and then she'd go renegade on his ass, but he'd hunt her down followed by some fine making out, by when she'd tell him what the real deal is with her father and he'd help her save the day and they'd live happily ever after.
Too bad, but there you have it. The book's coming out late February, read and decide for yourself.
Thanks to Kensington Books for providing me with a copy via NetGalley....more
I'm very tempted to rate one star and be done with it because of that idiotic conflict. She breaks up over a list? Seriously?! Completely unnecessary,I'm very tempted to rate one star and be done with it because of that idiotic conflict. She breaks up over a list? Seriously?! Completely unnecessary, stupid, cheesy, misplaced. Not even that big of a deal. Damn it, I was looking forward to this book and it was a freaking mess. Just like my review. One thing's for sure, you read one book in this series and you've read them all....more
what.the.fuck. what tHE FUUUUUCK. Are you fucking kidding me with this? Fuck me if this makes any sense. *takes a deep breath* Okay. I'm okay now. Sorrywhat.the.fuck. what tHE FUUUUUCK. Are you fucking kidding me with this? Fuck me if this makes any sense. *takes a deep breath* Okay. I'm okay now. Sorry about the profanity, it couldn't be helped.
I don't know if you could tell, but I sorta had some issues with this book, starting with the writing style. It was very disruptive, very Dan Brown-like (now that I'm writing it, I realize they share a last name, so I'm wondering now whether they're related and is the writing style something that runs in the family). You'd start reading about Honor and Emily discovering Coburn and that storyline would be interrupted to tell you about some dumb character doing dumb things who'd get killed three chapters later. So many characters and so many storylines I could go without. What's even worse, the author would make you read about some characters, their daily life, make you read about their struggles and make you care about them just to kill them off halfway through. And then, what's even worse, you don't get a happy ending for the two "main" characters. Apostrophes because if you thought Honor and Coburn, only two characters mentioned in the blurb (besides her daughter), are the main characters in this book, prepare yourself because Stan, Tori, Diego, Janice, Tom, Hamilton, Hawkins brothers, Crawford... I'm missing someone for sure, all they get the same page count as Honor and Coburn, you know, the "main" characters.
And after all these interruptions I got through, did I get a happy ending?! Fucking no. Fucking super macho Coburn pretended for some fucking reason to be fucking dead and had fucking Hamilton tell Honor that he didn't fucking made it when he very fucking well did on the off-fucking-chance that she'll magically know that he's not fucking dead but fucking well and breathing and that she'll for the same fucking magical reason find him in Iowa. Fuuuuuck me. Don't mess with my HEA....more
I don't know, maybe it's me, I gotta lot of things going on at the moment, but this book was so boring, I'm dying here. The beginning - interesting. TI don't know, maybe it's me, I gotta lot of things going on at the moment, but this book was so boring, I'm dying here. The beginning - interesting. The heroine - awesome. Random funny things - check.
But round about 60% when they started talking about crazy love and how they possibly couldn't be in love because they've known each other for a short time, I was like insta-love, really? Gimme a break! Then there was all this, well brainwashing seems a bit harsh, but I don't know what's the subtler way of saying manipulating someone's opinions by strongly suggesting some things are better than others. Like small towns are such a good place to live and big cities are bad and wrong, ranching and farming is so good for you, country music is just so meaningful, and all the Army propaganda. By the 70% mark I started skimming. Probably read only a fifth from then on.
Maybe I could've tolerated the bullshit this books spews better if the hero was a worthy one, but he turned out to be a giant douche. Dickhead. Jerk. Asshole. Count his brother Jackson in this string of insults, too.
Know what?! The more I'm into this review, the more I realize how this was anything but sweet. Screw this book, I have better things to do. [image]...more
Oooh I'm sooo mad at myself! I knew it would be a long shot if I end up liking this book, but I saw magician and illusionist and my curiosity got the Oooh I'm sooo mad at myself! I knew it would be a long shot if I end up liking this book, but I saw magician and illusionist and my curiosity got the best of me. I suppose if you're a NA fan, you're going to love this book. This book isn't even the generic NA, with mopy characters who whine all the time how damaged and broken they are, creating unnecessary angst and frustrating the reader six ways to Sunday, but more like a watered down version. Which doesn't make it better at all. I'm kind of sad, because the book started kinda good, it had some really funny references in the beginning, but the appearance of Jay and Matilda's drooling over him ruined it. The story made no sense, the characters were obnoxious (except for Jessie and Michelle) and Jay's darlin' made me wanna scratch my eyes out, because it was sooo fake. I really wanna rant my heart out, but it's not even worth ranting. Unless you're a New Adult fan, this book is not for you....more
·Khamsin and Wynter, ·the main characters never really talked, so they could get to know each other, to find something I didn't like this book because:
·Khamsin and Wynter, ·the main characters never really talked, so they could get to know each other, to find something else to fall in love with besides amazing skill in the bedroom, ·corny conversations in the end, ·cheesy plot, ·Khamsin's purpose as a baby-making machine, ·Wynter's distrust of Khamsin even after she saved his ass time and time again, ·insta-lust, ·insta-love, ·it's about 300 pages too long, ·even though it's easy to read, the story is drawn out waaaay too much, ·awful cover (in this case, judging a book by its cover is worth it)....more
I still love Linda Howard, but this book and I were not meant to be. I don't like the story, the heroine, the hero or the villain(s). I wenDNF at 49%.
I still love Linda Howard, but this book and I were not meant to be. I don't like the story, the heroine, the hero or the villain(s). I went through the same torture with LH's Dream Man and don't care doing it again.
The same amount of pages is devoted to some random characters that have nothing to contribute to the story, as it is to the main characters. And Marc. Ugh. At first he's such a judgmental SoB and after he notices how Karen tightly holds her hands, he decides she needs some of his lovin' to get her through life. Waaay too alpha for my taste. Karen is just a spineless nobody. Leaves as much as an impression on you as say, a mop does.
People might like it, but it's not my cup of tea....more
Here's the thing. Once upon a time a young girl was seduced, under the pretenses of true love, marriage and happily-ever-after. OfThis book! I can't.
Here's the thing. Once upon a time a young girl was seduced, under the pretenses of true love, marriage and happily-ever-after. Of course, nothing like that happened, the girl is ruined and pregnant at sixteen. She is despised by everyone, condemned, they're calling her a whore and whatnot. It's the nineteenth century after all. If you're a girl, you better be a virgin or you can drop dead, nobody would care.
So this girl vows revenge on everyone, they are all going to pay for the way they mistreated her and her daughter. She creates this alter ego, pretends to be a man and manages to fool the whole world.Chase, her alter ego, is smart, wise, ruthless, cunning, and with her three partners she creates an exclusive gaming hell where all the aristocrats who once made her life living hell, now lose their fortunes and respectability. She creates another version of herself, Anna the prostitute (she isn't really a prostitute), so she can monitor everything that happens in the gaming hell from the front rows.
Ten years later, she is the ultimate puppeteer. She has all the threads in her hands. Chase is one of the most powerful men in London. The king has nothing on him. But now, her real self needs a respectable husband, so that her daughter has a shot at normalcy. And here's what makes no sense to me.
Everyone, I mean everyone, knows of your scandal, knows your daughter is a bastard (it's the same as with non-virgins, if you're a bastard, you just better drop dead, no one cares about you) and yet you still insist on marrying a viscount, thinking that somehow this marriage will save your daughter. How? You think she's gonna find a family where that won't be held over her head? It's roughly the Victorian era, people are judgemental hypocrites, it will not be easy on her, any way. Logic flaw aside, she doesn't even love that viscount (and it was strongly hinted he might be gay). She is in love with the second most powerful man in London (after her ofc) , the newspaper magnate, Duncan West. Plenty of drama ensues.
My god, you would think that a woman who rises from the ashes with no one's help, all on her own, is a strong, confident, brave woman, who takes life by the balls and allows no one to tramp on her. Yeah, no. Georgiana is a wuss. She is insecure, she is a coward, she is a friggin sheep and Duncan her sheppard. She allows him to blackmail her, to humiliate her, to disrespect her, to push her around. She is pathetic.
Duncan on the other hand is a lying hypocrite with a hero complex. Apparently he wanted Anna for a long time, but she a ho, so no go. Only when he found out she's really Georgiana, a daughter of a duke, he's after her, wants to save her from that awful life in that gaming hell. Duncan requests that Georgiana gives up all her secrets so he can protect her from Chase, who is using her and who is terrorizing her, while in the meantime he evades every question she asks. Georgiana explicitly says that her relationship with Chase is not like that, not even sexual, but Duncan won't hear it, because she's a stupid female, what does she know about anything. She needs rescuing and that's it.
Dear god, this story had so much potential! Imagine a power play between the two most important people in London, while battling an ever-growing attraction to each other. Imagine them realizing that battling is counterproductive, and then unifying their forces to beat every one of their enemies. Imagine them living as equals, being a family and just enjoying what life has to offer. That would be something worth reading.
Read and decide for yourself. As for me, I've outgrown this kind of stories. Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover might have been once a tolerable read, but like everything in this world, my reading tastes have evolved....more
DNF at 85% and I don't even care I had like 15% left, this is a godawful book and I highly recommend you just run away quickly as far as your legs wilDNF at 85% and I don't even care I had like 15% left, this is a godawful book and I highly recommend you just run away quickly as far as your legs will carry you!!
Edit: After this fiasco, I'm giving up on the NA genre. God knows I've tried, and it always ended in me getting pissed and the book with a one-star rating. It's always the same crap and I don't have the patience or will to cope with it....more
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