It was ok? Look my thoughts are all scattered everywhere and I still can't wrap my mind if I did or not like the book. The main issue is that I think It was ok? Look my thoughts are all scattered everywhere and I still can't wrap my mind if I did or not like the book. The main issue is that I think it was so hyped that willingly or not my expectations where high for it. And I'm sorry but we barely reach half of it :/
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• King of Wrath. what wrath??? I don't even know where to begin with this one?? there were barely 2 episode of this so called wrath ((view spoiler)[the robber and the confrontation with the father at the end but this one not so much? I mean I'm more menacing with my cat when I tell him not to tear my flesh apart when he plays so pls understand my disappointment (hide spoiler)]
• Vivian, good Lord where I begin with her. She was one of the most bland FMC I've ever read, I could not find one thing I liked about her, wall paper has more personality of her. My main issue with her was the relationship with the Father & family in general. Gurl I had second hand anxiety reading this book. I get that her family worked hard and elevated themselves to achieve a better lifestyle, I get you must respect your parents for is them they provide your maintenance, I get that they paid everything to get you where you are. What I don't get is the word -sacrifice- thrown like that, they choose to build a family, if you make one, you don't get to guilt and coerce the 2 very people you choose to put in this world to do your bidding. You call them to their shit. As the very Dante said to her. So, yeah, I did not like her at all, even when she had the so called "closure". It was shit, it was nothing and nothing changed, I'll be not fooled like this the issue still remains.
• The story. Uhm? Bland, again? I really don't know how to describe it, it was one year of nothing really, a few moment scattered here and there, cute ones, steamy ones, unnerving ones, but in the end I really don't get why they fallen SO in love, and if I'm gonna be honest my face was blank reading about the moment of realization. The grovelling, boi oh boi, you wish you had the year long grovelling Alex had, damn that was good shit, that was written really good and I really felt that one. This one? eh not so much.
• Dante's OCD? ngl was a really interesting aspect of his character that I would have LOVED to read about more and how it affected his life, but sadly was not elaborated and I think was a great loss for the entire story development. I cannot refrain myself to compare him and Christian from The Maddest Obsession For a few aspect I found both characters be alike, both dark alpha male, dominant etc, Dante being a little more rough and law abiding citizen, while Christian, although being a CIA agent was a little too unhinged lmao (I loved him) -- what I want to compare is the OCD aspect, my god, C's one was so well analyzed and developed I felt it was almost a third character in his book, you could feel how it really affected him and not thrown there like nothing as "omg my peas might not be touched with the steak in the plate" or "the candles have to be places at exactly 6 inches apart" OR ELSE WHAT? WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF?? WOULD YOU THROW A TANTRUM? and finally act it up to the title of the book? I wouldn't know. [a little digression, I do not condone of sympathize with the author of TMO, what I'm doing is appreciating this particular work of hers while disassociating it from her person and opinions]
OVERALL, there where a few moments that made me upgrade the rating to 3 stars, only for being movies/books references I noted and loved:
• Vivian's passion(?) for astronomy? How Andromeda was nominated and this:
“How’s living with Dante? Has he driven you mad with his insistence on spacing all his candles exactly six inches apart yet?”
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