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Bullying is not sexy
I was excited at first that this wasn't a harem story. And there were interesting parts to her history. But, what killed it for me, is that I hate it when writers make being bullied out to be something sexy or attractive. It's not. Liam had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. He was constantly verbally abusive, dominating, and controlling-- and most of the other males treated her the same in the story. He never even had moments that showed us another side, that it was all a front and he does care about her. All he ever did was hurt her (and reject her), repeatedly. Then suddenly out of the blue at the very end of the book, he's a changed man. But still mean to her and controlling. I think not. Why would she even trust him to be genuine? He did nothing to earn it. It was frustrating how she never resisted Liam and just ignored everything Liam did to hurt her, like sleeping with other women to try to forget her or putting skunk pee on her clothes, all "because they're mates." It made no sense. No one would date this guy. The character's needed more development to have made this come together in a believable enemies to lovers way. Liam needed to dial it back some times, rather than be mean all the time. I actually thought at one point she was going to start to fall for Evan because they kind of had a small moment where she saw into his life and she took care of his wound and then he was always stepping in getting the bullies to back off and trying to diffuse the situation... like that needed to be Liam. And I loved how the disclaimer on this book said "some instances of bullying." The bullying never stopped from the moment she met Liam in Chapter 2 to the very end of the book. Save yourself some time and pass on this.
January 2021 · Kindle Store · verified purchase
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