Started off well, then got messier and messier. I actually got more annoyed with the wishy washy heroine in this one. Also surprised to find an HP dipStarted off well, then got messier and messier. I actually got more annoyed with the wishy washy heroine in this one. Also surprised to find an HP dipping its toe into mild, awkward mentions of BDSM (seriously, so embarrassing!) as well as what appeared to be the suggestion of the fiancé possibly being gay.
Read this because I just found out the author is Charlotte Lamb’s daughter! I had no idea. ...more
I’ve read hundreds of romances and I’ve never seen any heroine work so hard to excuse inexcusable behavior. Dated, sexist attitudes, doormat martyr heI’ve read hundreds of romances and I’ve never seen any heroine work so hard to excuse inexcusable behavior. Dated, sexist attitudes, doormat martyr heroine, ridiculously weak hero, and some of the worst writing and mannered, stilted dialogue I’ve ever read. Honey, if it’s a betrayal to your vows as you understood them, it’s cheating, even if he didn’t stick his dick into her. (Until after she divorced him, that is.) Ugh.
Also, wtf with the murder trial subplot. No one cares, throw everyone in jail for being so pathetic and annoying....more
I'm astounded by how obvious the antagonists and secrets were and how limp and unconvincing the herA humorless, charmless Christmas The Westing Game.
I'm astounded by how obvious the antagonists and secrets were and how limp and unconvincing the heroine was. The clues are also lacking in any kind of cleverness and wit, the lesbians are token, and the characters are one-note and resoundingly uninteresting.
One thing I'm not surprised by is how annoying third person present tense was. NEVER THE RIGHT CHOICE, GUYS....more
Not enough swoon to make up for the incredibly problematic behavior from beginning to end.
He’s her guardian, 14 years older, her business partner, knNot enough swoon to make up for the incredibly problematic behavior from beginning to end.
He’s her guardian, 14 years older, her business partner, knew her as a child, started noticing her sexually when she turned 15, got engaged to her when she was 18, and ends up back with her again when she’s the ripe old age of 21. Not to mention repeated forced seduction, imprisonment for her own good, controlling and jealous behavior, etc., etc. Wait, why am I giving it 2 stars instead of 1…?...more
I really don’t know why so many of Penny Jordan’s heroines are reduced to trembling, tearful wrecks every time the hero is in the vicinity. This H isnI really don’t know why so many of Penny Jordan’s heroines are reduced to trembling, tearful wrecks every time the hero is in the vicinity. This H isn’t even a shouty, abusive one, and this heroine is supposed to be a modern, forward-thinking businesswoman. Instead, she’s just a frozen-in-time version of her virginal teenage self, and an annoyingly patronizing clean beauty-rainforest saving-near vegetarian (etc, etc) one at that.
The set up is nicely angsty, and has a few good but all-too-brief moments of his regret in leaving her, but this one really has nothing I enjoyed. In trying to turn this heroine into such an admirable paragon of virtue, the author instead made her a tiresome bore....more
He’s a typical Harlequin jerk and she’s a silly cow. She gets stranded because she forgets to fill up her tank and then also gets into TWO car accidenHe’s a typical Harlequin jerk and she’s a silly cow. She gets stranded because she forgets to fill up her tank and then also gets into TWO car accidents by the time the book is only halfway through. Ugh....more
At least 50% of this book involves criminally boring office machinations.
About 40% involves her stupid married friend who isn’t much of a friend thatAt least 50% of this book involves criminally boring office machinations.
About 40% involves her stupid married friend who isn’t much of a friend that she continues to see despite it causing all kinds of issues and not any pleasure. The boring wife makes boring trouble and the heroine has to deal with the fallout in boring ways.
The 10% that’s left—I’m probably being generous with that percentage—is the kind of romance where the hero/new boss is constantly accusing her of ruining marriages and having low morals, or snatching a kiss from her unexpectedly.
I skipped about a third of the book and read the last chapter, where the HEA we’re presented with involves her telling him nervously that she’s 26 and still a virgin, and his responding enthusiastically that that’s her most precious gift. *hurl*...more
Amazing how she starts off strong in the first chapter, but the more contemptuous and condescending and hurtful and sexist he is, the more of a doormaAmazing how she starts off strong in the first chapter, but the more contemptuous and condescending and hurtful and sexist he is, the more of a doormat she becomes. ...more
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