Dorottya's Reviews > Delicious

2.5

Aaaaaargh. Why? Why do you have to ruin the execution of a wonderful idea? I just can't...

I loved the main concept and the moral / emotional dilemmas that came with Penny and Cal's history and relationship. It was really unique, realistic enough for me to care, interesting to ponder on, and full of tension... I really liked those parts of the novel that dealt with their personalities, decisions, getting to know what happened in the past, what led to those happenings and how they find their way to each other again (OK, I have to admit, I am a SUCKER for second chance romances).

However... when I started reading this book, up until about the 20-30th page, I was like, "WHOAH. I think I found the 1 star book of the year". Some of the dialogues were REALLY cheesy and forced and not too unique (basically your typical run-of-the-mill "sassy" female character with wayyyy too over the top banter to be taken seriously and badly written lines)... and the characters... oh god... I mean, there was a bit of backstory built for them, but whoah... it not only had one token overly sex-crazed best friend but TWO! This is one of my most hated tropes ever, when you have a supporting character whose personality ends in "she's / he's my friend" and "all she thinks about and does is sex and seduction". And it was just pushed too far.
Later, there were still some stuff I did not really like. The portrayal of the sex scenes for most part was decent, but oh god, there were some really clumsy (and that type of ridiculous that was supposed to be sexy) sentences. I also did not care for this typical "now I love him, now I hate him" thing for no reason, just to fill the pages and create conflict. The last thing I really did not like was this typical soap opera "let's have every single bad thing that could happen to people for shock factor and plot tool from miscarriages to cheating".