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My Dark Romeo: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Parker S. Huntington

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elllav's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

why when I pictured Romeo did I just picture Levi from AoT

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_nika_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

What you can expect:
- enemies to lovers
- pregnancy
- banter
- moody billionaires

My thoughts:
Through the book we follow Dallas and Romeo. Their very first meeting is already quite scandalous, ending in Dallas being publicly defamed. As a result her arranged fiancé breaks off the engagement and instead Romeo plays the generous savior, offering to marry her himself instead. Having married her for ulterior motives he isn't too happy with Dallas' "in your face" personality. As the story progresses we follow their ups and downs while they find to each other.
With the explosiveness of the opening I was left a little disappointed for the rest of the story, as no plot point really surprised me and was quite predictable. At certain points it felt like there was a trope check list that the authors wanted to complete at all costs.

The main characters themselves were for a lack of better words insufferable. Romeo was so emotionally dense that it was actually painful to read and Dallas on the other hand was beyond childish and one-dimensional. They both felt like their best trait was that they were hot. I particularly disliked that Dallas' only goal in life was to become pregnant, no matter the cost. Specifically I hated the part where she tries to join a campaign for infant health, which Romeo shuts down because it doesn't align with his business values. Instead of fighting him like she does with everything else (down to the most minor things) she immediately gives up and it never gets mentioned again...
They did have some funny quips throughout the story but their relationship felt so toxic that I couldn't root for them even once it improved.
The only saving grace for me was the side characters. The banter from Zach and Oliver was more entertaining than anything else in the story.

The book definitely needed the pov switching between Dallas and Romeo, without it nobody would have be rooting for Romeo. Sadly, the first person pov didn't help with feeling more connected to the characters at all for me. If the writing hadn't included some of the most beautiful metaphors I probably would have dnf'd (that weapon testing scene nearly broke me ngl). It was entertaining in the same way a bad movie is. However because I enjoyed Zach and Oliver as characters I would be hesitantly willing to try the next book in this series. I'd only recommend this if you desperately need something to laugh and shake your head at, though.

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loraberry's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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lindulka69's review against another edition

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funny fast-paced

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

0.5

i've read better "books" on wattpad.
everything about this book is stupid. awful writing. some of the scenes and quotes of the MC were really something... also the names are ridiculously funny. did i say awful writing? i cringed every other sentence... only reason i finished it is the cover and bonnie and clyde by yuqi in soundrack. everything else was atrocious. the characters were shallow and immature. didnt like the age gap and pregnancy obsessed FL and the descripted tropes werent really there?
beauty and beast retteling with romeo and juliet references? my ass...
really do NOT recommend

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becxaa's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced

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

1.25

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rdaacvhiesl's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I found the FMC entitled, juvenile, and hard to root for. The plot dragged and it was hard to see what the arc was. The last 10% introduced and wrapped up about a dozen different points that could've been used earlier on to make the book far more dynamic and enjoyable. Too many half-baked, borrowed themes that just never added anything but confusion (Romeo and Juliet AND Beauty and the Beast ...) I should have DNFd this but I kept hoping for some character redemption.

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