A review by bfdbookblog
Filthy Rich by Raine Miller
2.0
I always try to start my reviews of books I don’t care for with the positives but that’s going to be hard for me this time around.
I know this is an old argument but I am baffled by the 5 star reviews of this book. I guess beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder because this book just wasn’t for me. One of my biggest complains about the author’s other Blackstone series was the insta-love but this book takes that to a whole new level. The speed with which Brooke went from you can’t love me to I love you too made my head spin. Everything about this story was predictable and scripted, even with the supporting cast…and that was so frustrating.
I never connected with or really cared for these characters. They were both over the top sappy and I’m really big on the low angst, feels but these were so cheesy they just made me cringe. Neither of them did anything outstanding that I’d care to learn more about.
The potential for really good suspense and angst is here but it just never happened. Brooke’s past and estranged in-law family was dangled as a possible plot line and absolutely NOTHING happened there. Is that foreshadowing or is that just a tease to make the readers think something will happen? I have no idea. The potential angst with Caleb’s ex was off the charts and I was prepared for a huge ordeal but fizzled before it had a chance to be a big deal. Caleb’s mother was a cold hearted, conniving witch but even she lost her steam when her big secrets were revealed.
There appear to be two Blackstone families here but the connection to Ethan is still unknown, at least to me as I didn’t recognize any of the names mentioned in this book. That to me means we’re going to be strung along through this series before the connection is revealed.
I am truly torn after reading this book. There were several characters I want to know about and that have the potential for great stories but I’m afraid they will be disappointing like this story. I honestly am not sure where to go from here.
I know this is an old argument but I am baffled by the 5 star reviews of this book. I guess beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder because this book just wasn’t for me. One of my biggest complains about the author’s other Blackstone series was the insta-love but this book takes that to a whole new level. The speed with which Brooke went from you can’t love me to I love you too made my head spin. Everything about this story was predictable and scripted, even with the supporting cast…and that was so frustrating.
I never connected with or really cared for these characters. They were both over the top sappy and I’m really big on the low angst, feels but these were so cheesy they just made me cringe. Neither of them did anything outstanding that I’d care to learn more about.
The potential for really good suspense and angst is here but it just never happened. Brooke’s past and estranged in-law family was dangled as a possible plot line and absolutely NOTHING happened there. Is that foreshadowing or is that just a tease to make the readers think something will happen? I have no idea. The potential angst with Caleb’s ex was off the charts and I was prepared for a huge ordeal but fizzled before it had a chance to be a big deal. Caleb’s mother was a cold hearted, conniving witch but even she lost her steam when her big secrets were revealed.
There appear to be two Blackstone families here but the connection to Ethan is still unknown, at least to me as I didn’t recognize any of the names mentioned in this book. That to me means we’re going to be strung along through this series before the connection is revealed.
I am truly torn after reading this book. There were several characters I want to know about and that have the potential for great stories but I’m afraid they will be disappointing like this story. I honestly am not sure where to go from here.