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A review by rellimreads
Naked by Raine Miller
2.0
I finished it ~ only because it was an audiobook and I was too lazy to turn it off. I think the fact that it ended on a (completely copied from FSoG) cliffhanger and I had no interest in the next portion was a good indicator of how little it holds my interest.
If you haven’t read Fifty Shades or Grey or the Crossfire series ~ you might enjoy this more. However, there were a LOT of the same elements/plot points/angst “issues”. Granted the writing skill is superior to FSoG (though that’s not much of a benchmark). It was nice that the MC’s had actual tangible employment and Ethan was protective, but not to the level of creepy/stalker of Christian. The nightmares (though given to Brynne) felt lifted from Crossfire.
It just felt like too much like a piecemeal from other popular series.
Audiobook note: The cover says Shane East and Grace Grant are narrators. East only does a 2min prologue from Ethan’s POV and the rest is completely from Brynne’s (Grant) POV. I like Grant as a narrator, however, she can’t seem to stick to British accents consistently here. I’m no expert on the UK, but I feel I know enough to know that she also seemed to be mixing different dialects when she wasn’t completely dropping to American English. I wish they’d found someone more skilled in the accents as it definitely detracted from the story.
If you haven’t read Fifty Shades or Grey or the Crossfire series ~ you might enjoy this more. However, there were a LOT of the same elements/plot points/angst “issues”. Granted the writing skill is superior to FSoG (though that’s not much of a benchmark). It was nice that the MC’s had actual tangible employment and Ethan was protective, but not to the level of creepy/stalker of Christian. The nightmares (though given to Brynne) felt lifted from Crossfire.
It just felt like too much like a piecemeal from other popular series.
Audiobook note: The cover says Shane East and Grace Grant are narrators. East only does a 2min prologue from Ethan’s POV and the rest is completely from Brynne’s (Grant) POV. I like Grant as a narrator, however, she can’t seem to stick to British accents consistently here. I’m no expert on the UK, but I feel I know enough to know that she also seemed to be mixing different dialects when she wasn’t completely dropping to American English. I wish they’d found someone more skilled in the accents as it definitely detracted from the story.