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The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward

5 reviews

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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challenging emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

I tried so hard to like this book! But omg, it was awful!!!! This book should have been right up my alley, but it didn't have one redeemable quality, except maybe Edward. His story seems compelling, and I cared more about him than anyone else. But even still, I just couldn't stand the rest of the characters. Chantal was disgusting, and so was William! Lane was a douche who didn't deserve Lizzie. And Lizzie was such a doormat!! I get she still loved Lane and love like that is hard to let go of, but she just rolled over for him and let him back in with very little fight! If the characters weren't bad enough, the writing itself was awful. How much drama did she need to fit into a 400-page book? Choose one or two things and write it well! Not fill the book with so much drama and horrible characters that it eclipses everything. I normally love books with drama and second chance romances, but this one wasn't done well. It was not written with compelling characters nor a storyline that made any sense. It felt like the author threw out all the abuses and bad things and thought that it made a novel 😔 I'm so disappointed with this book!!

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medium-paced

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

0.25

This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read.

Lizzie and Lane have 0 chemistry, we’re told they’re in love but that’s just it, we’re told. They ‘fall in love’ after being together for two months when (shock) his playboy antics break them up. They pine for two years and then when they see each other, get back together almost immediately. There is absolutely zero tension. Lane loves Lizzie because she’s not like other girls and Lizzie thinks Lane is hot. Their actions aren’t believable and every single obstacle they face as a couple is contrived.

“What. Wait, I weigh too much-“
“Oh please.”
“No really- I’m not one of those tiny little females-“
“Exactly. You’re a real woman.” He hit the stairs and kept going. “And that’s what real men are attracted to. Trust me.”

The writing is just boring, the author doesn’t like women and nothing even remotely interesting or surprising happens in this ‘mystery.’

I finished it as it’s the first book I’ve read this year, and that is the only reason. The sequel is ‘set up,’ whereby nothing is resolved at the end of the book. I expect this is meant to keep you in suspense for the next book however I just felt annoyed, like she’s forgotten to finish the story. You could probably combine the two books, pick out 45 chapters at random to delete and it would still make sense (this book is 50 chapters long).

The only redeeming quality is the multiple POVs because I couldn’t stand to read 400 pages from either Lizzie or Lane’s POV. They’re utterly flat and boring characters. However in this story there are some POVs that are randomly introduced and completely unnecessary as they give no further insights to anyone’s motivations.

Overall, a terrible read, don’t waste your time.

Scoring:

Finished - 0.25

Writing Style - 0

Plot - 0

Characters - 0

Bonus - 0

Total - 0.25

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