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Duty & Desire - Vorsätzlich verliebt by Tessa Bailey

3 reviews

witcheep's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Very smutty, but the plot still manages to be very funny. I've enjoyed Tessa Bailey's newer books more (they have a deeper take to the characters beyond lusting relationships), however I had a good time listening to this one as well. 

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kell_yeah_reads's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

per my spreadsheet:

i don't like cops but it was cute

spice 🌶  - a 4 🌶  spicy (romance.io scale)
length - just right
reading speed - read in 1 day
did it make me cry? - no

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kb33's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I found it hard to like Charlie, and Ever was a bit of an idiot, too, with a dumb name. Charlie is so bent on keeping his fuck buddy he tries over and over to prevent her from finding someone to have a happy relationship with.... shitty. Later he realizes he’s in love with her. Doesn’t really excuse what he did when he just wanted in her pants, but the author really tries to twist it to make it romantic. 

Both Ever and Charlie were raised by idiots who teach them some really toxic and harmful lifestyle choices, and somehow they both make it to the age of 23 without confiding this horseshit to a friend or somehow discovering it’s dumb, and they really don’t seem to know any better. This book just wasn’t for me.  

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