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A review by tylilac
Man's Weakness by Smauggy
1.0
*Deep Breathes*
Third book in Sons of the Elite, really tests your actual patience. This book focuses more on the pain and trauma of Gabrielle who actually becomes insufferable. Are we all to believe that this MC is a neurosurgeon? Because let me say this now she is anything but. I wanted to desperately keep loving Gabrielle in this series but I think this was my breaking point. I understood that Smauggy wanted to create a vulnerable Black woman, slightly naive—but the naivety— was just too much too bare. In the begging of the third book we see here dealing with her rage, which is completely understandable but this woman, who is COMPLETELY aware of the world she is entering due to being in love with these three men who are heads of the Mafia— becomes reckless. I was here for her grasping what she was going through and even going after the man who brought on this suffering but again, we are going to sit here and believe that she can just pop up and go when she just opened up a new clinic and is a Neurosurgeon? At first I was very into Gabrielle turning into a savage to learn her truth of her past but the woman whose Black, Beautiful, but dumb is not one I can get behind. Black women don’t need to be strong all the time, and yes we deserve to be reckless, but we are not delusional, and if you are going to write a character that is this vulnerable damsel in destress then please MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. Cause I lost all mine having to put up with what this character was bringing to the table. She went from being ruthless to being naive and not worth the attention. I cannot say more without giving everything away, but it really boggles my mind that men fall at the feet for this woman no matter how attractive she is. At this point, I was surprised I even kept reading.
Third book in Sons of the Elite, really tests your actual patience. This book focuses more on the pain and trauma of Gabrielle who actually becomes insufferable. Are we all to believe that this MC is a neurosurgeon? Because let me say this now she is anything but. I wanted to desperately keep loving Gabrielle in this series but I think this was my breaking point. I understood that Smauggy wanted to create a vulnerable Black woman, slightly naive—but the naivety— was just too much too bare. In the begging of the third book we see here dealing with her rage, which is completely understandable but this woman, who is COMPLETELY aware of the world she is entering due to being in love with these three men who are heads of the Mafia— becomes reckless. I was here for her grasping what she was going through and even going after the man who brought on this suffering but again, we are going to sit here and believe that she can just pop up and go when she just opened up a new clinic and is a Neurosurgeon? At first I was very into Gabrielle turning into a savage to learn her truth of her past but the woman whose Black, Beautiful, but dumb is not one I can get behind. Black women don’t need to be strong all the time, and yes we deserve to be reckless, but we are not delusional, and if you are going to write a character that is this vulnerable damsel in destress then please MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. Cause I lost all mine having to put up with what this character was bringing to the table. She went from being ruthless to being naive and not worth the attention. I cannot say more without giving everything away, but it really boggles my mind that men fall at the feet for this woman no matter how attractive she is. At this point, I was surprised I even kept reading.