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Evan by Diana Palmer
2.0
Fact #1: I have read some other books by Diana Palmer and didn't like them.
Fact #2: I'm not really into category romance. They are not enough developed.
Fact #3: I don't like caveman alphas...
Fact #4: … or hairy male chests.
Fact #5: I don't mind age differences but I don't care about them either.
Fact #6: The naïve, sweeter then honey brainless virginal heroines are making me angry.
And what I really don't like are the books that have all of above piled on less than 300 pages. Unfortunately, I have not only already had Evan on my shelf but it suited perfectly not one but two of my challenges. So it was a perfect opportunity to take it out of my tbr pile and make some good job while doing it.
Things I didn't hate about this book:
- Anna is not as immature as some other heroines from Diana Palmer and she is less sugar sweet than the others.
Things that made me roll my eyes time after time:
- Evan. He was driving me crazy. He grumbles about Anna chasing after him and when she finally stops he is hurt that she is not interested in him anymore. Oh, poor little boy, Anne doesn't want him anymore! I would weep my eyes if he isn't such an asshole.
- He is toying with Anna all the time wanting her attention to laugh out at her feelings and pump up his ego. He is pulling and pushing her in some strange love-hate relation until you have it above your head.
- Also he talks about her virginity with everyone! With Nina, his ex, with his brother whatever his name is. What kind of man does things like that?
- And how to show your woman that you see her as a sexy grown up and not an immature kid according to Evan? Buy her a big, white teddy bear! And call her 'baby', she would love it!
- This is a contemporary romance written in '90s but Anna is as innocent(?) as some medieval heroine from an old-school body ripper. I met medieval heroines who know more about sex than her. - Also, both she and Evan are afraid that she may get pregnant if they have sex. Good to know you are aware of this possibility but well, have you ever heard about contraception? Still in 90's, right?
- There are also all these dull and clunky conversations full of nonsense. Sometimes they are even worse than frustrating characters.
- Also, I have read some other books in this series (though I can't remember a thing) and I understand that some readers would like to know what happen to the other couples but Mrs Palmer did it in such rough manner I found it annoying. What is the point in making some bizarre conversation enlisting all the other couples and their children without any connection to the current plot and between two people who have no point in being interested in this subject.
- The whole message of this book is overly stupid: you should be stalking your dreamed man until he finally realise he can't live without you. Well, Mrs Palmer, in real life you will probably go to jail instead. Or maybe you shouldn't do it considering how Evan is treating Anna after all.
- Also, what does Polly, Anna's mother teach us? That you should wait until your man grow up (even if it takes him twenty years) and then left everything for him without expecting him to fight for you or even apologise.
You can say I wasn't really impressed with this book. I'm giving it 1.5 star because I was actually able to finish it.
Fact #2: I'm not really into category romance. They are not enough developed.
Fact #3: I don't like caveman alphas...
Fact #4: … or hairy male chests.
Fact #5: I don't mind age differences but I don't care about them either.
Fact #6: The naïve, sweeter then honey brainless virginal heroines are making me angry.
And what I really don't like are the books that have all of above piled on less than 300 pages. Unfortunately, I have not only already had Evan on my shelf but it suited perfectly not one but two of my challenges. So it was a perfect opportunity to take it out of my tbr pile and make some good job while doing it.
Things I didn't hate about this book:
- Anna is not as immature as some other heroines from Diana Palmer and she is less sugar sweet than the others.
Things that made me roll my eyes time after time:
- Evan. He was driving me crazy. He grumbles about Anna chasing after him and when she finally stops he is hurt that she is not interested in him anymore. Oh, poor little boy, Anne doesn't want him anymore! I would weep my eyes if he isn't such an asshole.
- He is toying with Anna all the time wanting her attention to laugh out at her feelings and pump up his ego. He is pulling and pushing her in some strange love-hate relation until you have it above your head.
- Also he talks about her virginity with everyone! With Nina, his ex, with his brother whatever his name is. What kind of man does things like that?
- And how to show your woman that you see her as a sexy grown up and not an immature kid according to Evan? Buy her a big, white teddy bear! And call her 'baby', she would love it!
- This is a contemporary romance written in '90s but Anna is as innocent(?) as some medieval heroine from an old-school body ripper. I met medieval heroines who know more about sex than her. - Also, both she and Evan are afraid that she may get pregnant if they have sex. Good to know you are aware of this possibility but well, have you ever heard about contraception? Still in 90's, right?
- There are also all these dull and clunky conversations full of nonsense. Sometimes they are even worse than frustrating characters.
- Also, I have read some other books in this series (though I can't remember a thing) and I understand that some readers would like to know what happen to the other couples but Mrs Palmer did it in such rough manner I found it annoying. What is the point in making some bizarre conversation enlisting all the other couples and their children without any connection to the current plot and between two people who have no point in being interested in this subject.
- The whole message of this book is overly stupid: you should be stalking your dreamed man until he finally realise he can't live without you. Well, Mrs Palmer, in real life you will probably go to jail instead. Or maybe you shouldn't do it considering how Evan is treating Anna after all.
- Also, what does Polly, Anna's mother teach us? That you should wait until your man grow up (even if it takes him twenty years) and then left everything for him without expecting him to fight for you or even apologise.
You can say I wasn't really impressed with this book. I'm giving it 1.5 star because I was actually able to finish it.