I re-activated my dad's audible account so that I could listen to this after running out of spotify audiobook credits, so I can't pretend to not like I re-activated my dad's audible account so that I could listen to this after running out of spotify audiobook credits, so I can't pretend to not like it. ...more
Neither of the main characters ended up meaning that much to me. The betrayal by her boss seemed inevitabl**spoiler alert** I just didn’t really care?
Neither of the main characters ended up meaning that much to me. The betrayal by her boss seemed inevitable from the start. It’s a little more serious than her other books, which, to give her credit, she does mention at the start of the book.
Halfway through the book I stopped reading because I realized I was dreading continuing. ...more
**spoiler alert** I always love the female main character's in Kevin Kwan's books, but inevitably hate the MMC.
In Crazy Rich Asians, I really thought **spoiler alert** I always love the female main character's in Kevin Kwan's books, but inevitably hate the MMC.
In Crazy Rich Asians, I really thought that Rachel should never have gotten back together with Nick Young. How are you going to marry a man who keeps his entire family a secret from you? There is an entire genre of AO3 work that is just Rachel leaving Nick for a reason.
My issue with Rufus is that he's incredibly naive. I actually loved the scene where Arabella screams at him, citing how he always says he's "perfectly happy in his little surf shack", but the shack in question actually cost 5 million dollars of HER money, and she had to install a new septic system for it. He just swans through the novel, and while, "of course", he isn't marrying Eden for her money at the end, it really helps that he never has to make a hard choice now as well.
I also didn't really buy into the "romance" between him and Eden. It comes out of nowhere at random points in the novel, and is mostly relying on readers imagining that they had this long friendship. I was honestly hoping for Eden to end up with Freddy the whole time.
I liked Eden. I think it was kind of hard to get a sense of her personality. She mostly existed in relation to the other characters. They were money-obsessed, so she is ascetic. They are prone to fits of rage and selfishness, so she is controlled.
It's also a funny note how, in all of the books, the underlying message is to not rely on money or be superficial, but the characters all have some giant windfall at the very end that renders them ~finally~ marriage material. ...more
I thought that this book could have been 60% shorter. The concept is interesting and I think very relevant. However, by the third chapter, the topic oI thought that this book could have been 60% shorter. The concept is interesting and I think very relevant. However, by the third chapter, the topic overlap meant that I was no longer interested in reading further. ...more
Sometimes you really just need a roommates-to-lovers romance where a millennial proves that the housing crisis is the real dating app of our generatioSometimes you really just need a roommates-to-lovers romance where a millennial proves that the housing crisis is the real dating app of our generation.
It was kinda fun and campy. The plot dipped and turned in weird directions some time. I feel like it gives exactly what you think it would, and it made my lunch break more fun.
**spoiler alert** While I did really enjoy this book, there were a couple of funny YA tropes I noticed:
-lightning powers [Red Queen coded] -dead-brothe**spoiler alert** While I did really enjoy this book, there were a couple of funny YA tropes I noticed:
-lightning powers [Red Queen coded] -dead-brother-revealed-to-be-not-dead-as-end-of-the-book punchline [also Red Queen coded] -terrible nickname from the love interest ["Violence"?] -18-year-olds are the only ones who can save the world -"her compassion is the reason why is she is gifted with this incredible power, because some how, she is only person who is truly compassionate" -Hogwarts-esque training houses - Dain reminds me of Gail [secondary love interest is an overburdening big brother who doesn't understand her] ...more
This book was fantastic. A little hard to get into at the beginning because all of the spy terminology, but a great time. I felt like the big4.5 stars
This book was fantastic. A little hard to get into at the beginning because all of the spy terminology, but a great time. I felt like the big reveal was a little predictable, but overall this was so much fun....more
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