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A review by claudiap
Detained by Ainslie Paton
3.0
Detained is a contemporary novel written by Ainslie Paton, who also mixes the erotic and thriller genres.
It is a story easy and quick to read, with an accelerated pacing . Full of action scenes and some erotic scenes well delineated. The best point of this book is that the main characters are strong. Darcy is the typical woman without emotional life and very dedicated to her work, while Will is a rich and arrogant, that only has superficial love affairs.
Although being a book that reads well, it's filled with clichés. And in that sense , although it is easily read until the end, it doesn't mark us in any especial sense. The story starts with insta-love which makes a lot of sense in YA books, but in adult book it makes me uncomfortable. The suspense was terribly predictable. And Will's "dark" secret past made me roll my eyes. A man who was an arrogant, rich, charming and cultured, but had horrible traumas in the past. Really? I do not know how many times I've read the same thing. The twists that appeared were not anything unexpected.
So, it's not bad, but not great either. It is above all a book to relax a bit and enjoy the ride.
#I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review#
It is a story easy and quick to read, with an accelerated pacing . Full of action scenes and some erotic scenes well delineated. The best point of this book is that the main characters are strong. Darcy is the typical woman without emotional life and very dedicated to her work, while Will is a rich and arrogant, that only has superficial love affairs.
Although being a book that reads well, it's filled with clichés. And in that sense , although it is easily read until the end, it doesn't mark us in any especial sense. The story starts with insta-love which makes a lot of sense in YA books, but in adult book it makes me uncomfortable. The suspense was terribly predictable. And Will's "dark" secret past made me roll my eyes. A man who was an arrogant, rich, charming and cultured, but had horrible traumas in the past. Really? I do not know how many times I've read the same thing. The twists that appeared were not anything unexpected.
So, it's not bad, but not great either. It is above all a book to relax a bit and enjoy the ride.
#I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review#