DNF @ 33%

Well, wasn’t it love at first sight (the cover... THE COVER!) and hate at first sentence (why was “crunch” in cursive? I was tempted to read the previous paragraph, only there was none).

I waited for this book, I anticipated the moment I sat down with it and opened it and turned the pages past that gorgeous cover; after all, the first book was pure delight. I saved this installment for months for just the right time and place to start.

The more the disappointment.

First and foremost- parent/family issues. I am on the third book by RH right now and similarities are glaring. Of course, the setting are all different, but in the heart of it? I feel like I am reading the same book all over again.

But that’s ok. Everyone has a favorite trope, this one is simply not mine, so I can’t blame the author for sticking to what she likes to write about.

My issues here are with the Huntsman, The Asshole we supposed to accept and ...be fond of (at least). Nope. No such thing. An asshole is always an asshole. The way he jumps to assumptions, the way his mind works towards one goal only - revenge, the way he belittles Snow at every turn.

33% in, and the book is still aggravating me to no end. There are hints that the two MCs are coming to terms with each other, there are good little deeds both of them performing that mean to show the other character that they are decent, likable man. Yet there is no vibe between them, no matter how persistent the author in telling us.

Frankly, I got bored. With Asshole in charge, with book settling into domestic go-abouts and the author pushing the MCs towards the L word, when they are clear not ready yet.

I am also disappointed in writing. Somehow it is very immature, from the use of italics for no apparent reason to “unshed tears” in every paragraph, to minor other annoyances here and there that made me think I skipped something (and maybe I did, I still blame the author’s bland writing for it).

....my iPad is about to run out of juice, so I am going to leave this review be for now. ( )