Okay but what the fuck was that? Ending was rough, conflict was unclear, plot was blurry- what is the fucking point of this??? And why the fuck am I sOkay but what the fuck was that? Ending was rough, conflict was unclear, plot was blurry- what is the fucking point of this??? And why the fuck am I so pissed with this- ...more
It was just so messy and I was surprised when I found out that the romance and interaction between Bailey and GAlright first thing first, it's a mess.
It was just so messy and I was surprised when I found out that the romance and interaction between Bailey and Greyson was going everywhere. Okay first of all, I was actually pretty intrigued and hooked when I got the gist that this is suspense romance with whodunit trope- and not to add the instalust between a stripper and a bodyguard, sounds interesting right? The potential was right in front of your nose but sadly the execution was just messy. There were a lot of things that felt unnecessary. Like the 3rd break up act over a loan was just so fucking stupid- though yes I did laugh my ass off when I read it but I still think it was kinda unnecessary. Not to mention the way they fought with each other, it was just plain stupid and the only picture I caught was they were basically just screaming at each other in the face without understanding each other.
The plot twist was also predictable. Like boringly predictable. When I first suspect the real killer, it was like wait it was no way that he is the killer. But the way the real killer was rarely appeared in the story didn't make sense to me in my head, it's like giving an important role for someone who's not really exist in the story. honestly there were so many things that really made me shaking my head the whole time reading this and mainly because how idiot and stupid some things in this book, but tbh I did enjoy this book!
This was fun, as I said the book actually has a lot of potential despite how mess the execution was. It was a quick and fun read, and hot too. I know I have said a few hundred times that fuck instalove and instalust, but this instalust was surprisingly good! It's the way that none of the mcs appeared too horny or horny all the time, it's the way it really was instalust because they were really sexually attracted to each other appearance. It's not cringe to the point that both my fingers and toes were curling, the sex scene was hot but too brief, the writing was surprisingly very eloquent! And the characters were just okay- nothing too special but if I could say one thing about both mcs, they were stupid af ...more
NAAUURRRR. I don't want to fucking review this- how the hell do you erase a whole book inside your head?NAAUURRRR. I don't want to fucking review this- how the hell do you erase a whole book inside your head?...more
There are some things that I'll mention is based on my preference but there are some that doesn't quiWelp- this doesn't work well for me and it's bad.
There are some things that I'll mention is based on my preference but there are some that doesn't quite working in my opinion.
This book really made me realized that writing is a really important skill for an author to have and in order to have a great writing skill, one of the thing that you must have is a deep understanding and collection of vocabulary. Which the author lacks. And why do I think about this and highlight it in my review? Because I felt this with what happened in the book and I feel very unfortunate because this could be easily rectify. To explain more is why do I think this is a very important matter to highlight is because when you write a book with characters in it everything that the characters did in the book (and I meant it every little thing that the characters did), has a very huge impact for the character development and identity.
Now I felt this so badly throughout my reading because the writing doesn't do any good for the characters in the book especially the main characters, it was due to how some certain words were used at the wrong times and too often (like the word spat, hissed, snapped were used even when the situation wasn't fit). Honestly, the characters were bland and has nothing special to begin with and the writing just added fuel to the fire in making them portrayed in "not bad but not good either" light.
Other than how the writing impacted the characters, it also impacted what the author was trying to convey or to deliver to the readers and it didn't do any of that to me. It didn't deliver or convey what the author trying to and I'm honestly quite sad with this you know. Throughout my read I really trying to find something that I liked and I found none because of this.
Now on to my preference, this is not my go-to writing that I like but it did it job adequately. Though there were some weird things that I dislike about how the author described the mc with their job and it just plain weird in my opinion (she described them too often with "the musician" and "the painter", and sometimes when they were together she described them as "the couple"), and it's because I was often confused who is she talking about with that.
The flow was dragging a lot without going anywhere. The first half book was fine and it was great, I enjoyed it better in the first half. But the second half was just badly dragging and a lot of pages and chapters exists but nothing significant was happening and to be honest I started to skimmed a lot toward the second half. So the verdict is the book is unnecessary long.
The story was okay and as I said in my update this is nothing new and we've seen this a lot in every romance books so it's just so-so to me. As I suspected, since this is just the common fake dating romance, there was nothing new and refreshing to make this book different from any other. It was great at first hald but get messy in the second half especially near the end where the last final blow. I admitted I was laughing my ass off because I thought Jet was going to messed up, you know? But Oak did and she blamed it on him ...more
Welp- I don't like it. Although yes, I did enjoy it at some points but it's not my favorite go-to type of fiction.
It was like a slice of life, fluffy,Welp- I don't like it. Although yes, I did enjoy it at some points but it's not my favorite go-to type of fiction.
It was like a slice of life, fluffy, heartfelt and heartbreaking type of fiction and actually I really like it but it's the way that this book has a very unclear plot and undecided destination that made me dislike it.
It's also in the way that this was very dragging, and although it worked well in the end for all the characters, it also left a lot of loose ends that I just don't understand why there was no clarity for it.
I mean the characters were great and we have a lot of main characters, sice it's the type of story that includes a lot of people that intertwined together by the guest house and have their own stories to tell. Like the movie Valentine's Day or the New Year's Eve. Which is great and pretty interesting, but the execution was just weak.
It just had a lot of potential and it could use a little bit of drama, you know? It just felt so flat that I had a hard time finishing this one- so 2 stars from me. It's pretty disappointing cause I had some expectations when the plot got interesting in the beginning but oh well- here we are.
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huge thanks to Faith Hogan, her publisher, and netgalley for providing me the arc in exchange for an honest opinion....more
GUYS. I'M PISSED. I'M SO PISSED. HELP ME- HOW DO I UNPISSED MYSELF??
gosh- if I really really have to describe this book in one word, it would be ANTICGUYS. I'M PISSED. I'M SO PISSED. HELP ME- HOW DO I UNPISSED MYSELF??
gosh- if I really really have to describe this book in one word, it would be ANTICLIMACTIC.
I swear to anything in this world that this book is very much anticlimactic and I have no words other than that. The build-up was very very strong and honestly, I am so hooked and intrigued, I couldn't even stop reading this. Because I was very much curious about the story and I would really like to know where is this going. IT'S GOING NOWHERE.
At this point, I really want to flip a table.
To really open this review, I would like to say that selling this book as a romance is misleading because yes there was romance in this book but it was even under the bare minimum. Sure, it was marketed as Suspense Romance but I only felt suspense like 70% of the book and then there was barely even romance. And honestly, I'm so pissed because I felt like I'm on a roller coaster. I had certain hopes and expectations for this book but none, and I said NONE, had gone exactly like my hope and expectation. At first, it was great you know? I mean how do you feel when a book went beyond your expectations? It should be good, right? This book didn't give that to me. Sure, it went beyond my expectations but it went too far that it became weird and it caught me off-guard and it wasn't in a good way. It's weird. Odd. I have to admit that wasn't pleasant for me. Not even a little.
Second, writing was not my go-to so I don't like it. This one is just my own preference but I like to add it here because I've been too pampered with POV that focused mainly on the main characters. This book jumped even to the smallest side character in the book, that just weirded me out and it was tbh misleading. Because at first, the book started from Drea's POV and then switched to Rafael's, I really thought Rafael is out mmc here and when I suspected he was not I thought we were going to have a triangle love. But nope. That went beyond my expectations badly.
Characters, god- other than Drea everyone is blurry and unsolid. Does that even make sense to you? Because tbh the book felt like started in the middle of the timeline and automatically the characters did too. The background on Simon was just... nonexistent. Rafael was also nonexistent. I supposed this book is about Drea but that didn't make sense to me because the author added a lot of different POVs from every character in this book. But I have to say Drea has a solid background and it was touching, I mean it did succeed in making me sympathize with her and side with her (at a certain point). Do I even count this as great? Because honestly none of them were annoying or annoying enough for me to dislike and hate. It's not bland also but it didn't deliver anything. Does that make sense? Which category does this count as? So-so? Not good? Bad?
The story. Fuck that. Seriously. I'm pissed. I wasn't joking when I said the book was anticlimactic. It really was. So I'm just gonna add a very mild spoiler here, basically, the book should end with both mcs would hold-hand with the FBI and fighting the antagonist together, or serving justice for him, I mean that's what the synopsis implied right? If you read the synopsis I'm sure this would be your assumption, because that was my assumption when I read the synopsis. But nope. It's not. What happened was the mmc single-handedly (and I mean this literally) killed the antagonist. Boom. How anticlimactic. How disappointing. And then? The mcs both flew to Mexico to live happily ever after. But I doubt that lool.
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There. I flipped a table.
Gosh- it should be a crime to write a book this anticlimactic and disappointing and unsatisfying. It should be a crime, istg. The fact that sacrificed Harry Potter to finish this breaks my heart in two ...more
Welp- I don't like this. And I think that it's safe to say that this type of book isn't my cup of tea.
You know where a book ends with a vague and ambiWelp- I don't like this. And I think that it's safe to say that this type of book isn't my cup of tea.
You know where a book ends with a vague and ambiguous ending.
The plot was great and pretty amazing about the whole multiverse thing. But that was just it, I mean sure it was thrilling but too thrilling to my liking. It doesn't even help that I'm currently too sick to even understand the whole conflict especially the whole box and multiverse thingy. I guess the suspense and mystery works since I was constantly hooked and basically hoping for the best for Jason. But the ending was just so vague I don't even know what to say about it, sure it could count as a happy ending but it wasn't what I expected so yeah- I supposed it was intentional but I felt unsatisfied with it.
The flow was fast and like really fast also the writing was weird for a science fiction book? I just thought the writing would be more complex than this but it was great that it wasn't complex since the whole box thing was already complex. Can't say I complain about this since I knew well enough if it was written in a very dense and complex way, I wouldn't be able to enjoy this.
The characters were great, Jason was.. well, stupid, but I did hope for the best outcome for him. But I sided with him through the whole reading and I really hoped he could get the ending he wanted, he was a good written character. His story with Daniela however was amazing, I could feel the story between them, the chemistry, the connection, the tension, everything. I really like Daniela too, she's just gorgeously written and I loved that she immediately recognized her Jason.
I could really tell you more about this book but the fact is I'm too sick to make a complete and coherent review right now due to all the side effects from the mess that I took. The thing is although this book was great and incredibly thrilling, this wasn't what I was looking for and what I craved for (especially as a person who very much enjoy a satisfying ending). There were just so many loose ends that untied and unexplained, a lot of things doesn't clicking in my head, and there were many questions unanswered in my head. I suppose this would be better enjoy in a buddy read with a partner who usually enjoy this type of mystery suspense science fiction book.
I mean what the fuck am I expecting? I'm here for the smut and smut only I mean what the fuck am I expecting? I'm here for the smut and smut only ...more
Nope, because there's SH in the middle and fuck that. But I enjoyed the consent sex. It's hotNope, because there's SH in the middle and fuck that. But I enjoyed the consent sex. It's hot...more
Welp- I'm just speechless with how predictable and boring this book turned out in the end Welp- I'm just speechless with how predictable and boring this book turned out in the end ...more
Dang, I really devoted myself to finish this book in whole. This was enjoyable and great, until the author started to feel greedy then it became too mDang, I really devoted myself to finish this book in whole. This was enjoyable and great, until the author started to feel greedy then it became too much.
In my humble honest confession, I love the plot. It has such a great premise and I saw potential on it. The execution went so well and as I said I love it. I am a huge sucker for a book that so packed and could make me feel thousand different feelings throughout the book, and this book was it. It was unbearably sad and heartbreaking, tragically painful in the chest, and it is my kind of book.
But.....
But then it went wrong. And there were some things that I like to mention here that made me feel like a bummer in the end.
First, the fmc. She was just very much childish, inconsistent, and very much fickle. I didn't like it because it was clear to me that she was poorly written. It didn't make me side with her and it just made me question her whole existence and what did she really want? It's annoying.
Second, the writing. Oh my gosh, just kill me already. I don't like it a lot. Brrrrr, my body shivers and cringe because of it. The 1st person POV writing is my go-to but the lyrical, poetical, and hyperbolic writing was just sending me to hell. I don't mind romantic and lyrical writing style, I think it's beautiful and sometimes necessary to dramatic a scene or situation. The big turn off for me was the author constantly doing it and sorry to say it was almost disgusting. There were a lot of pages that full with that writing. It was too much so for me it was yucky. I mean I get that since the plot was painfully heartbreaking and tragic, but how about once in a few pages? ...more
The question that I'm about to throw came from the bottom of my heart that rose into the surface because of how annoyed I was when I read this book. OThe question that I'm about to throw came from the bottom of my heart that rose into the surface because of how annoyed I was when I read this book. Okay. So, who the hell create the miscommunication trope?? Who in this freaking world that think miscommunication between main characters are interesting enough to become a trope in a romance?? And last and the very least that I'd like to ask is why?? Why??
Who the hell needs a plot when you have a sex scene with a hot dominant CEO?
I still can't stop laughing at the ridiculousness of this book. The authorWho the hell needs a plot when you have a sex scene with a hot dominant CEO?
I still can't stop laughing at the ridiculousness of this book. The author really throws the plot in the garbage in an exchange for a very hot and steamy sex scene lol.
The writing was very off, the descriptions of certain things were cringe and doesn't make sense, the flow of it was off too. Starts by describing A and then suddenly switch to describing Z, it really threw me off guard and I couldn't help but laugh in disbelief.
The characters are just fucking weird. The MMC's vibe and character felt forced, didn't well-developed, and some of the puzzles didn't match one another. The FMC was so cringe, there were inconsistencies with the character, she was A but she was also J and Z which didn't connect in any way. The characters' interaction was a bit cringe and felt forced, there was no chemistry or anything because for me it didn't make sense that they worked together for years then suddenly they were all over on each other quite literally. No romance or some sort just full-blown non-existent sexual tensions that didn't make sense then bam! Oral sex in the office.
Side characters were also weird, the interaction felt forced too, and it didn't naturally fall into their places in the story.
But hey, at least the book has some good quality spices ...more
Well, I'm sad. Very sad to be honest because I really love Devney Perry and this is my first book from her alter ego and I'm sad because it didn't worWell, I'm sad. Very sad to be honest because I really love Devney Perry and this is my first book from her alter ego and I'm sad because it didn't work for me.
First thing that I noticed is the writing was somehow very different from her Devney Perry's book, I'm not sure was it was because this one is from her alter ego or was it because this is a novella.
The thing that made me giving this 2 stars probably because of the formula that she's working didn't work in a novella. I personally think that this book feels like a novel (which means usually should go for 300-400 pages) but made it shorter to 165 pages (the time scoop was very wide but the author was trying to fit it into a short book), so everything happened in the book felt rushed. I don't wike that ...more
I still have this feeling that EmHen's book is like that high intelligence joke that I'm too stupid to understand, and I caYeah, no. This was not it.
I still have this feeling that EmHen's book is like that high intelligence joke that I'm too stupid to understand, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why the fuck I'm feeling this- (I'm just going straight to the review) it's in the way how I think her writing was just unnecessarily intelligent and use intelligent words, also how it resulted in how hard it is to digest for my slow brain, and it's just so fucking difficult for me to really focus in the paragraphs. I guess it's my own problem? Lol but I truly couldn't enjoy the writing and I didn't enjoy this freely.
The characters were okay but it was just it. The okay characters and none of them were mesmerizing in my eyes, they didn't move a thing inside of me too. It was just bland and meh, it almost feel like same with Nora from Book Lovers but whatever if you don't agree with me on this.
The plot was amazing and it has a lot of potential- but it ended in a very unsatisfying way. Not sure why, I supposed I might have currently craving for a huge drama in the middle or something but this book didn't deserve it. But I want to admit that some moments were beautiful and funny in the book but it wasn't often- like I said I couldn't enjoy this maximally because of the writing and it really impacted my views for the whole book. Also the ending was just... so hastily wrapped up and it felt like it rushed the whole thing, hence the unsatisfying for me. I genuinely thought we're going to see the wedding scene more cause wasn't it main event of the trip? I thought the climax was going to be in that very moment but it wasn’t- oh well. I also think this book could end in 30 chapters too, cause there were some chapters that were basically a stretch out and basically a filler.
*Tyra banks voice* it is so bad I wanna give you a zero, but that's not possible. So I give you one. Or in this case, I'm gonna give it two.
Out of al*Tyra banks voice* it is so bad I wanna give you a zero, but that's not possible. So I give you one. Or in this case, I'm gonna give it two.
Out of all the spices and flavors in the world, you chose to be bland :( God, it's disappointing. I am dissatisfied, to say the least, the book has a good premise. It has a big potential but the author let it slide away just like that. I have a lot to rant from this please bear with me.
So throughout the reading, I felt nothing. Like literally nothing. I thought that maybe it'll stop and get interesting in the middle but it did not. I saw a review saying that she should've just dnf this book in the beginning due to how boring this is and I am afraid I agree with that. I was gonna give this a 1 star and a harsh review, but I thought it kinda earns itself another star toward the end.
The only thing that kept me going reading was none other than Elias Stoneheart himself. Only because I found that he is an interesting character, his development on him was pretty intriguing so I let myself finish this book. He was so well equipped with his fear, insecurities, and sadness all over him and I couldn't help but look forward to how he will solve his problems. Boy oh boy, the execution went weak and lame. It was so good that he was an almost cruel and cold-hearted bastard at the first but the author unraveled him so badly. So, the only thing that kept me going suddenly vanished where did that leave me? pissed :) it left me pissed and annoyed due to how disappointing this is.
everything was so bland. I suppose the story had a good premise as I said earlier but as I said again the execution was just so weak. it could've been so much more but it gave nothing. Isabelle was so ordinary and bland, she didn't very well equip like Elias. it's really weird though because this book is a dual POV book but Isabelle's POV felt--again-- bland like an unseasoned cooked chicken breast. I felt Elias' POV showed even more of his insights and characters, it showed more of him. Isabelle's friendship with Anika and Marigold also felt like friendship in elementary school istg. When the author described her as a sassy country girl, I had to swallow the urge to say "wdym by sass girl", she was mostly acted and described as someone who's pissed and mad because some company wants to buy her family farm. That ain't sass, that's just how she feels in her current situation. Sure, she clapped and retorted back but it wasn't witty and funny to make me laugh. As I said--again--, bland.
It was disappointing. I didn't even get to see how the farm was finally resolved. It didn't show how Elias resolved with his rival and his boss, the author also didn't give him a chance to resolve with his parents. How much Elias feels indebted to his uncle and aunt also resolved weakly. GAAH, it frustrated me how weak is this book. I don't get why it has 4 stars, how could people be satisfied with that ending? I mean I suppose people have different opinions BUT STILL.
Okay, I might admit that the ending was pretty sweet and cute. I also admit that I add one more star because of that. But several strings cut so abruptly without an end. the romance was bland, they kissed near the end, and they finally allow themselves to be with each other near the end, and all of that just pissed me off. gah. I can't-
I'm sorry if this sound so means but it just has so much potential but the execution was disappointing. and I'm disappointed. and pissed. and annoyed....more
Not me reading this in one fucking sitting but feel sad because it's disappointing : - )
So it was like there were five stars inside my head. They wereNot me reading this in one fucking sitting but feel sad because it's disappointing : - )
So it was like there were five stars inside my head. They were all filled cause I was excited. I remember Ronan and Nova's story, I remember how I felt magical when I finished their book. Throughout the book the stars keep getting emptied and filled and so on. To say it's like a fucking roller-coaster is an understatement. But unfortunately the stars emptied out and ended up filled only two of them. To say the least is I'm disappointed. But it's a sad disappointed book, which is few inches better than pissed disappointed book. The thing that kinda made me unsatisfied it's how Ilsa kinda zoom zoom the whole thing. It's so fast I kinda had a hard time keeping up. I remember the 1st book went so smooth and everything happened in the book had their times. But this? It was like a rush. I don't like it and I feel genuinely sad cause I love Ilsa's books : - ( Also I have an odd feeling of some scenes inspired by a drama called Nevertheless from Netflix ; - ) nice touch though!
*sigh* I really want to like this but it's not giving me : - (...more
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