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A review by josb
Ticket To Love by Donna Jay
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This was not for me and it wasn't the BDSM that I had a problem with. The book felt really split in half, there was the pre romance where both characters had mild attraction but identified why it could look like the other was being taken advantage of and then the dating part which ignored all those blurred lines after the mains decided to be an official item. The reasons why they could not act on the attraction in the first half were swept away in the second half, which could have been quite poetic if they weren't so heavily impressed. There just needs to be a little bit more work to make me feel okay after you've listed reasons why you shouldn't act on your attraction because they are your boarder, coworker's niece, and homeless.
There was some decent chemistry between the two leads especially during the steamy scenes but some of the interactions felt awkward to me. There was not always a description after orders were given, making the affirmative response come across as wooden. I just had a hard time picturing the change in these two characters from their personal lives and wished I was walked through it a bit more.
The characters seemed to feel like they were in their 40s with the specific language they used. The 20 year old was using old colloquialisms that I have rarely heard a person under 30 use, even when I was under 30. I could have probably let it slide if, again, there was more reasoning as to how Tara adopted this at such an early age.
Not something I would suggest to anyone interested in trying a book by Jay. I was pleasantly surprised by 44 hours but this one just felt a little all over the place compared to it.
There was some decent chemistry between the two leads especially during the steamy scenes but some of the interactions felt awkward to me. There was not always a description after orders were given, making the affirmative response come across as wooden. I just had a hard time picturing the change in these two characters from their personal lives and wished I was walked through it a bit more.
The characters seemed to feel like they were in their 40s with the specific language they used. The 20 year old was using old colloquialisms that I have rarely heard a person under 30 use, even when I was under 30. I could have probably let it slide if, again, there was more reasoning as to how Tara adopted this at such an early age.
Not something I would suggest to anyone interested in trying a book by Jay. I was pleasantly surprised by 44 hours but this one just felt a little all over the place compared to it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Homophobia