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A review by mspilesofpaper
A Wolf in the Garden by Allegra Hall
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
DNF @ 29% (Chapter 8)
The book is by far too long (500+ pages) for a secondary chance monster romance, especially since they are already together by ~30%. What is supposed to happen for the next 400 pages aside from non-stop sex and the Fae issue? 🥲 I would have expected more grovelling from him (and actually explain early on why he was an arse) but no ... she runs scared to him and sex happens relatively shortly afterwards. If I'm in shock, sex would be the last thing on my mind. It is also so extremely cringy. When they aren't fucking, one of them is crying (often her) and sometimes both at the same time. Concerning the sex: it is too much. It's "porn without plot" because he's constantly knotting her (I think four times just in one night and then in the morning again).
Also, I wouldn't really consider the male love interest a monster. He is a werewolf/wolf-shifter hybrid (yes, both) and that's it. It's paranormal romance at best.
Further: all the fucking inner monologue. God, I hate them. The author mentions that she had beta readers, a professional editor and an ARC team but I think all of them forgot to tell her that less is more in terms of inner monologue.
The book is by far too long (500+ pages) for a secondary chance monster romance, especially since they are already together by ~30%. What is supposed to happen for the next 400 pages aside from non-stop sex and the Fae issue? 🥲 I would have expected more grovelling from him (and actually explain early on why he was an arse) but no ... she runs scared to him and sex happens relatively shortly afterwards. If I'm in shock, sex would be the last thing on my mind. It is also so extremely cringy. When they aren't fucking, one of them is crying (often her) and sometimes both at the same time. Concerning the sex: it is too much. It's "porn without plot" because he's constantly knotting her (I think four times just in one night and then in the morning again).
Also, I wouldn't really consider the male love interest a monster. He is a werewolf/wolf-shifter hybrid (yes, both) and that's it. It's paranormal romance at best.
Further: all the fucking inner monologue. God, I hate them. The author mentions that she had beta readers, a professional editor and an ARC team but I think all of them forgot to tell her that less is more in terms of inner monologue.