*I won this through Goodread's First Read Giveaway*I should have known to stay away from erotic novels. They're not exactly my cup of tea to begin with, but, what the hell, I thought. Let's delve into this genre.
Ughhhhhh.
Honestly, it could have been good, but there were entirely too many flaws. Like, for instance, the main two characters are the two must frustrating characters I have ever read in my life. They constantly jump to conclusions and fight and claim that they can't live without the other one blah blah blah. I get enough of this bs in YA novels, I don't want them in my adult novels too.
The rest of the characters (which there a LOT of) are about as useful as a cardboard cutout. They literally only tell the main character, Phoebe, what she wants to hear and, when they actually tell her useful information, Phoebe blatantly ignores it.
So...what's the point of these people then?
The sex scenes were pretty descriptive, but I wouldn't have minded them if they were more realistic. Like they were just going at it the whole time and didn't do anything that would represent a real relationship. Once in a while, Phoebe and Jeremy would have a cute and touching moment but those were few and far between. And then they were getting in their epic fights so it was hard for me to actual WANT them to be together. Friends with benefits? Okay. Boyfriend and Girlfriend? Hell no.
From a nitpicky standpoint, the paragraph structure was extremely rough. It honestly was mostly single line paragraphs with such unnecessary information that I wondered why the hell it was included in the first place. Like, I do NOT need to read the conversation between Jeremy and the waiter ("What would you like to drink today?" "A coke" "Do you want to see the specials?"). *Not exact quotes but you get the gist. It's annoying.
Overall, the book is only okay. I'm not going to read it again, but if this seems like your thing, more power to you.
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