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A review by jaypeg
The Girl in Between by Miranda Silver
3.0
This book was given to me free in exchange for an honest review
The plot:
Diana has decided to pursue her relationship with Ian and friendzone Branden, but she wars with this throughout the story. The plot focuses on her and Ian’s relationship development and the obstacles in their way. Diana fights her lingering attraction to Branden, her parent’s dim view of Ian and faces her transition to university, whilst continuing the theme of exploring her sexual awakening. This is book two. This is not a stand-alone.
The characters:
We learn more about both brothers in this book and the characters they portray to the world. Diana continues to challenge the roles they have created for themselves. Ian seems to exhibit the greatest character growth as we see the positive influence Diana has on him.
Diana’s character development is slower in this book. She has a few anxieties which she faces with the help of Ian via a series of surprise dates they go on but I found these a bit slow going and sentimental. If anyone produced a huge volume of poetry in front of me asking me to read it, I’d probably jump out of the nearest window. But that’s just me. This book is far more about the characters falling in love. It's slightly softer and slower in its approach which either you are going to prefer... or not. Totally a case of personal taste.
What happens:
Well the answer is ‘not a lot’ really. I was excited by the blatant erotic journey in the first book. Diana going from innocent to the extremes of sexual experience took up about 85% of the story. I know I said maybe it was a bit too erotica-heavy but in comparison, this second book was probably 35% erotica, which felt like too little. I am never happy it seems. I guess I just came into it with an expectation and suddenly the second book was very different.
Why did I drop two stars?
As I have stated previously, I wanted it to be a little more erotic, but my main gripe was that I simply missed Branden. I love a good menage where everyone is happy, but for 85% of this book there is no Branden. I guess he's a slow burn. But I hated thinking about him going off with other girls. I wanted Diana to love him just as much as she loved Ian. I guess I just wanted more equilibrium. I kept worrying about Branden. I wanted to know how he really felt. I actually wanted more of the twins POV, but we get none.
In general, this was a good read and everything works out happily in the end, but I think I preferred the first book when they were more of a unit and I am not sure I can bring myself to read the next book unless the three are definitely together throughout it.
The plot:
Diana has decided to pursue her relationship with Ian and friendzone Branden, but she wars with this throughout the story. The plot focuses on her and Ian’s relationship development and the obstacles in their way. Diana fights her lingering attraction to Branden, her parent’s dim view of Ian and faces her transition to university, whilst continuing the theme of exploring her sexual awakening. This is book two. This is not a stand-alone.
The characters:
We learn more about both brothers in this book and the characters they portray to the world. Diana continues to challenge the roles they have created for themselves. Ian seems to exhibit the greatest character growth as we see the positive influence Diana has on him.
Diana’s character development is slower in this book. She has a few anxieties which she faces with the help of Ian via a series of surprise dates they go on but I found these a bit slow going and sentimental. If anyone produced a huge volume of poetry in front of me asking me to read it, I’d probably jump out of the nearest window. But that’s just me. This book is far more about the characters falling in love. It's slightly softer and slower in its approach which either you are going to prefer... or not. Totally a case of personal taste.
What happens:
Well the answer is ‘not a lot’ really. I was excited by the blatant erotic journey in the first book. Diana going from innocent to the extremes of sexual experience took up about 85% of the story. I know I said maybe it was a bit too erotica-heavy but in comparison, this second book was probably 35% erotica, which felt like too little. I am never happy it seems. I guess I just came into it with an expectation and suddenly the second book was very different.
Why did I drop two stars?
As I have stated previously, I wanted it to be a little more erotic, but my main gripe was that I simply missed Branden. I love a good menage where everyone is happy, but for 85% of this book there is no Branden. I guess he's a slow burn. But I hated thinking about him going off with other girls. I wanted Diana to love him just as much as she loved Ian. I guess I just wanted more equilibrium. I kept worrying about Branden. I wanted to know how he really felt. I actually wanted more of the twins POV, but we get none.
In general, this was a good read and everything works out happily in the end, but I think I preferred the first book when they were more of a unit and I am not sure I can bring myself to read the next book unless the three are definitely together throughout it.