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A review by mastersal
Swapped Bride by Cassie Mint
2.0
A completely random KU novella about a totally healthy way of handling business disagreements - something about the hero seeking revenge through marriage. It’s fine - none of this really matters in these short little novellas as it’s about romance.
The trope of twin switching places and discovering true love is kind of fun so I gave it a whirl. Unfortunately, this wasn’t as fun as I expected - mostly because of some odd writing choices. The insta-love is usually fine given the length of these stories but the hero came across as deranged.
The book opened with this gem:
“... I want to ruin him. I want him gutted and hollow; I want him to lay awake in his bed at night, sweating and trembling at the horror of what I’ve done. I want him to know, down to his wretched bones, that he brought it on himself. That he roused me. He poked the beast. Angered the Fox.
“Inside, I’m a maelstrom. And I will have my vengeance.” - this is probably when I should have bailed as I had the sounds of the Gladiator theme playing in my head.
The plot went as expected but there wasn’t much in the writing which I found fun - meh, I am going with 2 stars. It was ok - possibly because it was too short to really annoy me.
The trope of twin switching places and discovering true love is kind of fun so I gave it a whirl. Unfortunately, this wasn’t as fun as I expected - mostly because of some odd writing choices. The insta-love is usually fine given the length of these stories but the hero came across as deranged.
The book opened with this gem:
“... I want to ruin him. I want him gutted and hollow; I want him to lay awake in his bed at night, sweating and trembling at the horror of what I’ve done. I want him to know, down to his wretched bones, that he brought it on himself. That he roused me. He poked the beast. Angered the Fox.
“Inside, I’m a maelstrom. And I will have my vengeance.” - this is probably when I should have bailed as I had the sounds of the Gladiator theme playing in my head.
The plot went as expected but there wasn’t much in the writing which I found fun - meh, I am going with 2 stars. It was ok - possibly because it was too short to really annoy me.