Reham

Dnf @ 76%

though i enjoyed this more than the last one, but it was..just too fucking long. like it wouldn't stop, it wouldn't fucking end. i don't understand why the author has dragged on both books for this long, even though this one was shorter than the last but like, for god's sake, just end already.

I feel like this book had a side that could have been explored more with how the captain of the basketball team was half black. like there was so much potential about his need to prove himself instead of the fact he is a homebody. can anyone with sport knowledge confirm if this really affects the performance? like i don't know, given how the author who wrote this is white, maybe she was afraid of exploring that side but it would have been interesting to see it like that instead of simple doubts about him not being a social butterfly hence not a good enough captain.

anyway i no longer care about the third act conflict and i could care less about how they will resolve it

There were some things that didn't resonate with me, that felt weird and unnecessary. However, i rarely ever feel the angst between characters and it was present here. I teared up a bit and that alone deserved a star from me.

Some things I enjoyed/liked:

- how the fmc learned to pick herself up after downfall
- the writing
- the fact that there was not much complication in the third act
- thank GOD no pregnancy trope

What i didnt particularly enjoy:

- how josiah got to move on first even though he was reluctant to divorce. Im trying not to think too much about it but like, josiah slept with someone else while yasmen couldnt even date
- how despite therapy josiah couldnt accept that yasmen's reaction or asking for a divorce wasnt as terrible as he made it out to be
- how he downplayed deja's reactions to yasmen when she brought it up calling her senstive

It was a different kind of romance, i liked it and so 4 stars remain.

I will not be rating this because 1. I can not know what to rate this book b. I wanted to read a book for personal enjoyment instead of obsessing over the rating I'd give.

This is technically my second book by the author, as I had dnf'ed a man called ove. This took me a bit by surprise and inserted me into the story. I laughed, well, didn't exactly cry, but my heart broke so many times for some of the characters while I wanted to kill others.

not going to lie, i was aiming for 4/5 stars up until i found out the real reason simon was killed (OR, spoiler alert, killed himself to get back at bunch of other kids who didnt include him in). I was rooting for either of them to be the murdere but i was really disappointed.

Before reading this book, I thought to myself that reading eroticas will not make me dumb but I was so wrong. I wasted two hours of my night reading this awful book, to the point it made my brain become a mush.

- this book had no plot or storyline. The summary of the book was quite capturing and it was what caused me to read it. Not only that, but the writing was equally bad. The book was clearly not properly editted.
- Ava is an interior designer, and she's supposed to be working on the extension for The Manor but somehow, eighty percent of the book she's just fucking the owner. I only read half of the book, but she only goes there twice and both times, is somehow tricked into getting into his bed.
- I thought Ana from Fifty Shades was stupid, but boy, Ava takes the crown. I believe the author wanted to keep the readers in suspense perhaps, but how hard is it to tell the man (who wants to fuck you) that the reason you don't want to is because you think he has a girlfriend? Like, it takes her how many pages and encounters to finally fess up that thats one of the reasons shes running.
- The obvious racism Ava showed in the first chapter (i think) when she enters The Manor the first time. I should've stopped there.
- Jesse Ward is not hot, contradictory to Ava's beliefs. I did not find him attractive at all, or perfect as she liked to put it. He is the most horrible male protagonist I have ever read about. I think the author tried to base him off of Christian Grey, but my man Grey was always in his limits and never tried to control Ana's breathing as well. Just by reading, I felt suffocated by the way he commanded Ava, I don't know how did she put up with him. The way he would ask her not to curse but would talk shit himself. I wanted to punch him square in the face.

I'd like my some hours gone to waste by reading this book back. I lost so many braincells reading this, I want to read something smart now to get them back. Dear God, I don't know why did I even bother reading it!!