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A review by agrippinaes
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
5.0
2023 REREAD
Enjoyed it a lot more than the first time, changed my rating to 5*. Not a perfect book by any means but very enjoyable and hard to put down. Love the dynamic between Meg and Ted.
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FIRST READ (2020)
I liked this a lot more than I thought I was going to. I thought the concept for it was an interesting one, but the plot didn’t really unfold the way I quite expected it would.
I really liked the character of Meg. She was good fun, very strong, I liked how she tried her best to stand up for herself even when everyone was trying to keep her down. Teddy I liked a bit less than her, but I warmed up to him as the story went on. Despite that I thought they had a lot of chemistry together and there was a lot of sexual tension between them.
However, I thought that the way Meg was treated by literally everyone else in the story for the majority of the book was really harsh and a bit over the top at points. She was a bigger woman than I would have been. Whilst I understood it from a narrative perspective, I found it a bit repetitive at times. I just wanted her to catch a break.
I also didn’t really like the side plot involving an investor in a new golf park. It felt dragged out and a little forced.
Finally, whilst I knew this was part of a series when I read it (I didn’t fancy the descriptions of any of the other books in the series), I did think it very heavily relied on the reader knowing who everyone was. Sometimes a character would show up and the way it was presented in the text was as if there would be big cheers if the scene was being filmed in front of an audience. I liked it despite this but at points it was a bit annoying.
I would recommend it if you like enemies-to-lovers, small-town romances.
Content Notes: Hate-to-love, small town, best friend's ex.
Warnings:
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Enjoyed it a lot more than the first time, changed my rating to 5*. Not a perfect book by any means but very enjoyable and hard to put down. Love the dynamic between Meg and Ted.
***
FIRST READ (2020)
I liked this a lot more than I thought I was going to. I thought the concept for it was an interesting one, but the plot didn’t really unfold the way I quite expected it would.
I really liked the character of Meg. She was good fun, very strong, I liked how she tried her best to stand up for herself even when everyone was trying to keep her down. Teddy I liked a bit less than her, but I warmed up to him as the story went on. Despite that I thought they had a lot of chemistry together and there was a lot of sexual tension between them.
However, I thought that the way Meg was treated by literally everyone else in the story for the majority of the book was really harsh and a bit over the top at points. She was a bigger woman than I would have been. Whilst I understood it from a narrative perspective, I found it a bit repetitive at times. I just wanted her to catch a break.
I also didn’t really like the side plot involving an investor in a new golf park. It felt dragged out and a little forced.
Finally, whilst I knew this was part of a series when I read it (I didn’t fancy the descriptions of any of the other books in the series), I did think it very heavily relied on the reader knowing who everyone was. Sometimes a character would show up and the way it was presented in the text was as if there would be big cheers if the scene was being filmed in front of an audience. I liked it despite this but at points it was a bit annoying.
I would recommend it if you like enemies-to-lovers, small-town romances.
Content Notes: Hate-to-love, small town, best friend's ex.
Warnings:
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Sexual harassment, sexual assault (not involving hero), dubious consentSpoiler
There's a scene where the hero and heroine have sex; he is aggressive during it, and whilst she is presented as enjoying the encounter, he feels guilty.Other: