The Italian's Inexperienced Mistress

I've read my fair share of Harlequins and know what to expect at this point but this one really peeved me and left me feeling unfulfilled. In my opinion, Angelo was not at all redeemable and Gwenna was far too naïve and innocent, she had absolutely no backbone and bent over backwards for literally every character in the book.

Her rude and entitled step-sisters and step-mother that constantly belittled and bullied her. Her own father who stole from her when she was just a child and used her as a prawn in his schemes, who was also a sniveling, spineless loser that didn't get the comeuppance he rightfully deserved and was forgiven far too easily. And the supposed Hero who treated her terribly and made her feel awful from the very first moment they met and then all through their “relationship”, if you can even call it that, and yet all he had to do was kiss her and suddenly everything was okay again. I've given myself eye strain from the amount of times I rolled my eyes at Angelo being “oh so irresistible” that Gwenna simply couldn't stay mad at him. I spent the whole book wanting to shake the woman by her shoulders and demand she stand up for herself for once.

2 stars for Piglet and Piglet only. What a good boy.