A review by raquelinabook
Birching his Bride by Golden Angel
1.0
(1.5) I’m sorry, but there are too many scenes in the beginning that feel low-key rapey for me to rate this anything higher. I don’t expect every romance book to have explicit consent (though those are just *chef’s kiss*), but this left a sour taste in my mouth. After the two-thirds mark it gets a little better, which is the only reason I’m giving this 1.5 stars instead of 1.
Even if those scenes had been written in a way that didn’t make me feel uncomfortable, the protagonist was infuriating enough to deserve the low rating. Eleanor is too childish and inane to be realistic. Plus, the sex scenes are BAD. Every single word describing either genitals had me cringing. I wanted to skip them but that’s the one downside of audiobooks: you usually can’t skip until the cringe is over without potentially skipping something that might come in play later.
I already got the audiobook set for the quartet so I’ll give the next book a try. But omg, this was a bad start.
Even if those scenes had been written in a way that didn’t make me feel uncomfortable, the protagonist was infuriating enough to deserve the low rating. Eleanor is too childish and inane to be realistic. Plus, the sex scenes are BAD. Every single word describing either genitals had me cringing. I wanted to skip them but that’s the one downside of audiobooks: you usually can’t skip until the cringe is over without potentially skipping something that might come in play later.
I already got the audiobook set for the quartet so I’ll give the next book a try. But omg, this was a bad start.