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A review by madlereads
Princess and the Player by Ilsa Madden-Mills
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
🔥 One night stand into more
😛 sex club meet cute
🤰 surprise/accidental pregnancy
I really wanted to like this! I loved the first book so much. And I do love the pregnancy trope.
But this let me down more than not. 😅 I hated both the MCs. I thought this was gonna be a cute and funny book about strangers who experience the ups and downs of pregnancy and co-parenting while falling in love.
Wrong!
The heroine Francesca didn't tell the hero Tuck she's pregnant for most of the book. In fact, when she first found out, she was absolutelty 100% resigned to keep baby a secret because she's "afraid of rejection." And when it came time for shit to hit the fan, she was such a whiney baby after being the one in the wrong.
And Tuck didn't seem like he was that in love/really pined for Francesca considering how he barely rejected or detered advances from other women. He would let them hang on him and kissed a previous fling in front of the heroine (for the kiss, I will say the MCs weren't a thing yet then but still ew to turn around like the next day and be like "I haven't stopped thinking of you and that night. I'm obsessed" Sounds like ya moved back to your life fine, my dude.)
Heck Jasper put in more effort to shoo the previous flings away than Tuck then.
I think the side characters sorta saved the book. I loved Cece, Brogan, Jasper, and even Darden. They were really fun! But there wasn't enough funny shenanigans like the first book. Or cutie bonding moments really.
😛 sex club meet cute
🤰 surprise/accidental pregnancy
I really wanted to like this! I loved the first book so much. And I do love the pregnancy trope.
But this let me down more than not. 😅 I hated both the MCs. I thought this was gonna be a cute and funny book about strangers who experience the ups and downs of pregnancy and co-parenting while falling in love.
Wrong!
The heroine Francesca didn't tell the hero Tuck she's pregnant for most of the book. In fact, when she first found out, she was absolutelty 100% resigned to keep baby a secret because she's "afraid of rejection." And when it came time for shit to hit the fan, she was such a whiney baby after being the one in the wrong.
And Tuck didn't seem like he was that in love/really pined for Francesca considering how he barely rejected or detered advances from other women. He would let them hang on him and kissed a previous fling in front of the heroine (for the kiss, I will say the MCs weren't a thing yet then but still ew to turn around like the next day and be like "I haven't stopped thinking of you and that night. I'm obsessed" Sounds like ya moved back to your life fine, my dude.)
Heck Jasper put in more effort to shoo the previous flings away than Tuck then.
I think the side characters sorta saved the book. I loved Cece, Brogan, Jasper, and even Darden. They were really fun! But there wasn't enough funny shenanigans like the first book. Or cutie bonding moments really.