A review by cat_theodore
The Dog Sitter by Zara Stoneley
2.0
Realising too early on that a book won't work for you when you were excited to read it is the worst. I wanted to dnf this WAAYYYY before the 25% mark, but I'm stubborn af and I like to give books a chance to change my mind. This book didn't even TRY.
Insta-love just ain't it for me and I KID YOU NOT Becky wanted to jump Ash's bones from the second she saw a photo of him on Instagram. I also found Ash's character really creepy with all the dog-napping thing and the always being RIGHT THERE. I didn't feel ANY chemistry between them. I felt so disconnected that I don't think I'd care if they didn't end up together. The author also tried too hard to make Georgina a villain. Sure, she was already annoying and highkey a control freak when she was away, but once she got back? OBNOXIOUS. MANIPULATIVE. DISRESPECTFUL. Not to mention that her HEA was unrealistic.
I ended up reading most of the non-dialogue parts diagonally because honestly I just wanted to be done with it ASAP. The only thing that did it for me (and is preventing me from giving this 1* tbh) was Bella, because let's face it, no other character was likeable enough or rememberable, and YET it still pisses me off that the dog on the cover is white and not BLACK. I know it's a minor mistake but DETAILS . ARE . IMPORTANT.
Insta-love just ain't it for me and I KID YOU NOT Becky wanted to jump Ash's bones from the second she saw a photo of him on Instagram. I also found Ash's character really creepy with all the dog-napping thing and the always being RIGHT THERE. I didn't feel ANY chemistry between them. I felt so disconnected that I don't think I'd care if they didn't end up together. The author also tried too hard to make Georgina a villain. Sure, she was already annoying and highkey a control freak when she was away, but once she got back? OBNOXIOUS. MANIPULATIVE. DISRESPECTFUL. Not to mention that her HEA was unrealistic.
I ended up reading most of the non-dialogue parts diagonally because honestly I just wanted to be done with it ASAP. The only thing that did it for me (and is preventing me from giving this 1* tbh) was Bella, because let's face it, no other character was likeable enough or rememberable, and YET it still pisses me off that the dog on the cover is white and not BLACK. I know it's a minor mistake but DETAILS . ARE . IMPORTANT.