whitneydr's review
2.0
I was expecting more from this title. The blurb pulled me in, but the execution left a lot to be desired. And those are the same problems I’ve had with other Tia Fielding books.
Too much happened off-page. I would’ve loved to actually see Jasper and Cade’s relationship develop instead of being told about it. And I would’ve liked for their sexual tension to last a bit longer than Cade’s first couple days of being there. When Cade came on to Jasper it felt like it was coming out of left field and I was really wondering if I had missed something. After shacking up and doing it like rabbits (which we don’t get to see, either), weeks go by and characters pop in and out giggling and teasing up a storm. If you’re going to deny the reader sex scenes, at the very least make their out-of-bedroom relationship interesting and perhaps give me some delayed gratification.
Information was needlessly repeated, like Cade’s racial/ethnic background. Side note: Jasper’s son is white and he needs to get over it. And caucasian does not mean you’re white.
As soon as the nosy mother-figure came into play, I should’ve known I was headed down the “meddling friends and family members” road. I’m all for secondary characters chiming in to tell the MC(s) they need to take their head out their asses (how many times have you wanted to do that to a character?), but I can not stand when they play the go-betweens and romance advisors when the MCs need to talk to each other directly. I can put up with a lot of horrible writing cliches but I refuse to put up with that one.
I liked Jasper and Cade as a couple for what little on-page time we get to see them together. But there were too many other characters that, though likable, detracted from the story the MCs could’ve had.
2.5 Stars.
Too much happened off-page. I would’ve loved to actually see Jasper and Cade’s relationship develop instead of being told about it. And I would’ve liked for their sexual tension to last a bit longer than Cade’s first couple days of being there. When Cade came on to Jasper it felt like it was coming out of left field and I was really wondering if I had missed something. After shacking up and doing it like rabbits (which we don’t get to see, either), weeks go by and characters pop in and out giggling and teasing up a storm. If you’re going to deny the reader sex scenes, at the very least make their out-of-bedroom relationship interesting and perhaps give me some delayed gratification.
Information was needlessly repeated, like Cade’s racial/ethnic background. Side note: Jasper’s son is white and he needs to get over it. And caucasian does not mean you’re white.
As soon as the nosy mother-figure came into play, I should’ve known I was headed down the “meddling friends and family members” road. I’m all for secondary characters chiming in to tell the MC(s) they need to take their head out their asses (how many times have you wanted to do that to a character?), but I can not stand when they play the go-betweens and romance advisors when the MCs need to talk to each other directly. I can put up with a lot of horrible writing cliches but I refuse to put up with that one.
I liked Jasper and Cade as a couple for what little on-page time we get to see them together. But there were too many other characters that, though likable, detracted from the story the MCs could’ve had.
2.5 Stars.
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