Ashleyjo's Reviews > Utterly Forgettable

Here's why I hated this book.

Fucking OW For 50% Isn't My Idea Of Romance



I Hate When The MMC Is Still Fucking OW after he 1) meets 2) realizes he wants and 3) says he has a connection with the FMC.

The MMC, Zane, brings a woman home and flaunts her in front of the FMC.

At 46% he is giving and receiving oral from yet another OW in public, in front of the FMC...because the FMC is off limits as his friend's sister and his employee. He wants the FMC but is too much of a chickenshit selfish ass. He knows seeing him with OW hurts the FMC ( "I'd fucked up again.")

She's Plain To His Adonis

I never buy a romance where the gorgeous Adonis MMC thinks the FMC is:

• stupid
• nondescript
• very plain
• annoying

Until he eventually really looks at her weeks later and she's beautiful, smart, funny, easy to talk to, has such a hot body, and is just so perfect.



Uhm, ooookay, yea that's plain Jane *eyeroll*. Her description of herself btw:

• 5'3
• big boobs
• big butt

Anyway...

This is a grown man condescendingly, often cruelly, picking on a woman he holds power over as his employee. He's a pussy when she feebly tries to do it back.

She's A Doormat : He's A Pussy

First of all, she's dumb as a brick. She actually believes the Adonis God MMC is in a relationship with an old lady that goes around in muumuus and curlers. Seriously?!?

I have zero respect for this chick.



She's a puppy tripping over herself to get attention through coffee, doing his laundry, playing nurse and mama to his rude cuntish self.

She has this thought right after witnessing him get blown by OW:

"I thought about Sally and wondered what he saw in her. Was it her wild hair, piercings, and tattoos? I always wanted a tattoo. I pulled up my shirt and stared at my less than flat stomach. Maybe I should get that belly button piercing I'm always thinking about.

** No, boo, maybe you should be you and expect a man who wants you for YOU, not tats and studs.

Then she eats Oreos, which is about the only thing she does I this book that I'm down with.



After they share a kiss that he runs away from (PusSY,) she overhears him call her "plain." She cries. She blames herself for thinking anyone as GD wonderful as him could like her. He walks in on her in her apartment masturbating before running away, again. Guess who apologies for all the above - yep, her.

After they finally screw, she overhears the BJ OW propositioning him for a repeat. She runs off without listening to his answer (TSTL.) He chases and demands (hypocritical bastard) she either instantly believe he has shed himself of his manwhore suit or they're over. He then runs off (pussy) without bothering with an answer (TSTL.)

Can you guess who goes back to apologize? Yep.

He threatens to fire her and insults her some more until she confesses her love and all is right again in the last 5% ... where they move in together and get married.

Boring



You know a book is bad when the most exciting thing is the OW scenes. Seriously. No shit. It's a cycle of waking up, doing their work chores, him screwing someone, her masturbating, woe is me they want each other, drinking coffee. Rinse and repeat.

Why Bother?



His former PA storyline of sexual harassment. Why bother to make a big deal of its existence and then never address it again?

All the oh so very obsessed OW appear, get em' some MMC dick, and just move on along never to be seen or heard from again. Why bother?



He was almost molested as a child and she had an ex that almost wanted to fuck her with a wine cork. Is this explored? No. Is it detailed? No. Does it contribute anything on any front of the plot or romance? No. Again, why bother?



The whole brother will be oh so mad if they hook up. He's told and in the span of ONE PARAGRAPH, the brother goes from "I'll kill him" to 'let me tell you how to win him back because you didn't instantly believe the manwhore wasn't a manwhore.' Why bother, brother?



There's an entire chapter devoted to nothing but introducing a dozen other characters, who it's clear will or have gotten their own series. It's the most out of place pitch toward other books I've ever seen.

Here's what was good about this book..



Bottom Line



Is it really winning if the prize is a pussy asshat and a doormat?

I wouldn't piss on this book if it was on fire in my own hand. Yeah, "Utterly Forgettable" is just that.