Anne E ♡ emo + OTT Hs's Reviews > Substitute Bride

**Some SPOILERS**

The Good:
Liked the drama. Liked the mix storylines of Cinderella and Ugly Duckling.

MEH or the BAD:
Dyfunctional romance thus iffy HEA. Too much focus on 19yo virgin h’s plain & skinny look. 35yo Barbados plantation-owner H kept making comments on h’s plain looks & how it must be something else (namely, her sexual experience) that’s attracting other men.

Their love declarations were superficial since they hardly knew each other--with H mostly insulting her looks & h fighting with him. their 7-week separation a couple days after their wedding didn't help. Her love feelings for H was her mistaking her hormones & physical attraction for romantic love. H’s love for h seemed borne out of his feelings of competition with other men who are now vying for prettier-h’s affections. Their attraction was lust-based coupled with their own personal issues (her with her loneliness & insecurities from being an orphan to a Cinderella-type maid to her mean Aunt & model cousin and H with his control-power issues).

Hated that H seemed to only look at h 2x after she gained curves & improved her looks via salon treatments while he was away for 7 weeks. He was just a cruel bully and was never really endearing.

Lacked emotionality & romance. Sexual tension was awkward.

Sexual History:
19yo h had never dated or been kissed before until H. She got devirginized by 35yo H via rape (but she kinda stopped towards the end & then orgasmed so 90% rape) 7 weeks after their wedding coz he got jealous & possessive after he heard news re: h’s popularity with some men in the island. No direct apologies for raping her but some indirect apologies for previously misjudging her as a “slut”. He did soften up to her after but still made sure she knew her limits with him.

H was engaged to h’s model cousin (OW) for months before he pushed h towards an arranged marriage with him as his revenge against OW cheating on him with another man. He was attracted to OW and enjoyed a sexual relationship with her and was a convenient pick to have kids with until he caught her cheating on him. He told h he hadn’t been with any other woman since he married her, including the 7 weeks he was away from her. Could be true.