Courtney's Reviews > Damiano De Luca

Man...*cracks knuckles & neck* I Haven’t written a Review like this in Ages..
Let’s get started..

I will start with how much hype this book got, I Saw it Everywhere. When I saw this Book was Live I wanted to 1-Click this book So bad, but something told me to just wait, a few days later I saw an ARC was Available and I Jumped on it immediately, thinking I was so lucky(!).

I Find it Ironic the Repetitive word & Clearly ‘Meaningful’ word is Deception.

I would like to say that the Synopsis is Extremely Misleadingly, and I’m disgusted. So Therefore I feel like I was Deceived.

This is ones of those books that you judge based on the Cover & Synopsis, the cover looked scrumptious yet what was inside was so far...dry and bland
I kinda got the impression..like this Book was supposed to feel...strong & dramatic...it just felt cheesy.

Overall feeling of the Book: SnoozeFest, and it was like a slow tennis matching that just felt like it took hours. Drawn out & Annoyingly Simple. Felt like I was reading Teen Fiction.
Well because of this book I will be adding a new category in my rating list or maybe just for this book, we’ll see.
Book Concept Rating: 1.5/5, When your closing the book you shouldn’t be left feeling like...wow...the big deal was over something so..ridiculously petty?!
I went into this book thinking this was going to be Amazing, due to the reviews and synopsis, but it didn’t at all live up to my expectations.

HEA(?): Yup..............Congraaaats...
Dark(?): Absolutely Not & What as Shame.
Heat: 2/5
Romance: Pish Posh. I’m Just Gonna Roll My Eyes & Skip This If You Don’t Mind.
Drama: -No Rating- Oh There’s Drama but I’m not gonna rate it, just another eye roll.
Suspense: Sure...3/5, some I didn’t see coming... due to the fact that I thought it was gonna be Deeper not so Simplistic.

I was actually liking the feel of the Role Reversal between them, but even that seems to lackluster. I just never felt a spark between them, clearly it’s written there but..you as the reader should FEEL a/the connection between them, and for me it just was lifeless.

Ren’s BETRAYAL & Secret?! - Oh Come on it’s Pathetic.
That Wedding Ring...Unbelievable.
Domiano’s Crueler?! - What a load of Crock.

When I Read a Book the Character I (Personally) Need to Like more is the Female Character, that’s the one I need to ‘Click’ with, Honestly I just couldn’t like her at any point and I seriously tried, she is such a weak character.

Damiano was a pretty decent character, but even he felt like a side character. Like he wasn’t that important enough and I feel bad for the poor guy that he’s gotta be saddled with Ren.

I weirdly felt like Maman was a Bigger character that overshadowed the two Main Characters, and the whole Chess & Checkmate etc. terminology was just not as meaningful to me when it was so obvious throughout the book.
That ‘Checkmate’ Moment should’ve been impactful,and should’ve left you ‘wowed’ cause you DIDN’T see it coming, but I saw it coming from a mile away.

All the Quotes before a chapter and mentioned through the book, just didn’t feel Impactful either, they just felt like wasted spaced.


I Guess they both were supposed to be strong powerful characters, but I just found them pitifully weak.

The Heat is Short, Minorly Descriptive, and Fast.
Therefore bland to me.
Also is had ‘Hours Later/Next Day’ feel to it also.

I Received this ARC from BookSprout.

I Give This Book a 2/5 Star Rating.

Would I recommend: -Leaving Blank-
Would Read More from this Author? Flat No.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.