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A review by lanaekirby
Mr. Spencer by TL Swan
2.0
I really wanted to like this book. But the ending was just kinda ridiculous and cringy and a lot happened with a very abrupt ending.
We have Sebastian who has a playboy persona, wealthy bachelor photographed with a new girl nightly, meets and becomes infatuated with a very sheltered young woman who comes from a billionaire family and set to inherit billions herself. First, it's adorable Seb's infatuation. He is also completely honest which is admirable. But then as they connect more we learn that Charlotte is also a virgin. Why? Just why? I hate when stories get infatuated with the fact someone is a virgin and then it gets fetishized. Seb just loves the fact she is so "pure" and that he is the only man that's every touched her. Gag. I hate the trope.
Anyway, romance ensues. Lots of hot steamy sex, but we get half a build up of drama going to happen and then bam it all happens in the last 20% of the book. Half the shit doesn't get resolved. Like are we never gonna fully confront Charlottes best friend sleeping with her brother? Or why the hell Edward is so overprotective and psycho (seriously like it's way past normal protectiveness). What about the fact Wyatt was like abnormally protective of Charlotte almost to the point of flirting, but then he asks Seb if he has slept with men and then we find out randomly he is bisexual? Like so many things get brought up and then it kinda just goes nowhere. It was so strange!
Also they get back together after their big blowup rather quickly. And then we get really quick random epilogues with marriage and babies. This book was just very disjointed for me with a lot of loose ends.
We have Sebastian who has a playboy persona, wealthy bachelor photographed with a new girl nightly, meets and becomes infatuated with a very sheltered young woman who comes from a billionaire family and set to inherit billions herself. First, it's adorable Seb's infatuation. He is also completely honest which is admirable. But then as they connect more we learn that Charlotte is also a virgin. Why? Just why? I hate when stories get infatuated with the fact someone is a virgin and then it gets fetishized. Seb just loves the fact she is so "pure" and that he is the only man that's every touched her. Gag. I hate the trope.
Anyway, romance ensues. Lots of hot steamy sex, but we get half a build up of drama going to happen and then bam it all happens in the last 20% of the book. Half the shit doesn't get resolved. Like are we never gonna fully confront Charlottes best friend sleeping with her brother? Or why the hell Edward is so overprotective and psycho (seriously like it's way past normal protectiveness). What about the fact Wyatt was like abnormally protective of Charlotte almost to the point of flirting, but then he asks Seb if he has slept with men and then we find out randomly he is bisexual? Like so many things get brought up and then it kinda just goes nowhere. It was so strange!
Also they get back together after their big blowup rather quickly. And then we get really quick random epilogues with marriage and babies. This book was just very disjointed for me with a lot of loose ends.