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A review by kendallsbookss
The Rise of an Heiress by Paulina Pany
2.0
i don’t even know how to start this review.
i was excited for this book, but it didn’t really live up to my expectations.
this is suppose to be princess diaries meets mafia but i honestly didn’t get those vibes.
the majority of the book takes place in one location, which was pretty boring, and mundane.
now i enjoy smutty romances, don’t get me wrong, but 3-4 chapters of it is just a little repetitive tbh. esp when some of it was so random.
there’s also no chemistry or tension between the two characters. when i say insta-love, i mean insta-love. the inner monologues of the main characters kept talking about enemies, but they kissed the very first time they Actually met. they were never enemies. the relationship moved so quickly that i never once was rooting for, or seeing a reason as to why these characters should be together.
the male main character had absolutely no personality. i found myself rooting for the side characters instead at multiple points. our fmc had more chemistry with them then she did with the love interest!
the only time we get to see them together, or acting as a couple is when they are having sex. we never got to see them get to know each other, or actually fall for each other. it was literally sex, sex, boom in love.
for this book to only have 294 pages, it dragggged. the pacing was so odd. this is a large piece of mundane information and setting with a short burst of actual action. it had a weird usage of capitalization, with the added affects of ‘SMACK!’ being featured that really made me cringe.
the epilogue was weird. it should have been included in the actual book as a chapter, considering that was the entire plot of the book. i think putting a plot twist like that at the end, after an epilogue, was weird as well.
overall, this book felt very cliche to me. it read like a culmination of tropes & scenes added that didn’t make sense. it honestly felt like a fever dream.
i was excited for this book, but it didn’t really live up to my expectations.
this is suppose to be princess diaries meets mafia but i honestly didn’t get those vibes.
the majority of the book takes place in one location, which was pretty boring, and mundane.
now i enjoy smutty romances, don’t get me wrong, but 3-4 chapters of it is just a little repetitive tbh. esp when some of it was so random.
there’s also no chemistry or tension between the two characters. when i say insta-love, i mean insta-love. the inner monologues of the main characters kept talking about enemies, but they kissed the very first time they Actually met. they were never enemies. the relationship moved so quickly that i never once was rooting for, or seeing a reason as to why these characters should be together.
the male main character had absolutely no personality. i found myself rooting for the side characters instead at multiple points. our fmc had more chemistry with them then she did with the love interest!
the only time we get to see them together, or acting as a couple is when they are having sex. we never got to see them get to know each other, or actually fall for each other. it was literally sex, sex, boom in love.
for this book to only have 294 pages, it dragggged. the pacing was so odd. this is a large piece of mundane information and setting with a short burst of actual action. it had a weird usage of capitalization, with the added affects of ‘SMACK!’ being featured that really made me cringe.
the epilogue was weird. it should have been included in the actual book as a chapter, considering that was the entire plot of the book. i think putting a plot twist like that at the end, after an epilogue, was weird as well.
overall, this book felt very cliche to me. it read like a culmination of tropes & scenes added that didn’t make sense. it honestly felt like a fever dream.