Review: NOT SO Pleasure Wars...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 10, 2014
- First I must say that I am a huge Jess Michaels fan. Her writing has proved to be funny, engaging in storylines and have the ability to create characters we can form a connection to. Now, with that being said, I was extremely shocked that none of these qualities were found in this book. The storyline was so predictable from start to finish. I found it odd that the author was Jess M. I will point out the pros and cons below...Cons:- Too much like a Romeo and Juliet scenario to the point where the author even mentions a particular tid bit from the actual Romeo and Juliet saga (so predictable)- I didn't like how the characters where describe or lacked thereof, it wasn't enough about the characters to form a connection with them- The characters themselves didn't really have a connection with themselves like Liam Windbury and Ava who are brother and sister, they didn't spend any time together for us to form a real family relationship  and their (allege) closeness even when she desperately wanted to help him...It wasn't believable- Also, we didn't any real look into what Liam was going through. He was locked in his room for months, who is taking care of running things, the household, the other estate business, etc. Even when Ava was kidnapped we still didn't get a glimpse to what Liam was going through or his actions, they were blithely told to us towards the end in hear say.- The sexual scenes between Christian and Ava was just "SEX" there was no true emotional connection there, even when they both realized they loved each other I still didn't feel the (aaawww) moment. I wasn't convinced they were truly in love. No tugging at the heart strings.- I didn't like that Ava as a "Lady of the ton" would degrade herself in the fashion she did, such as trading her virginity to save her brother and a debt...like some whore from St. Giles...really I couldn't respect her as a "Lady". Especially when she didn't truly do it to save her brother, she wanted the Duke and has wanted him for years and she used her brother as an excuse. Then she had the nerve to get upset at her brother for basically doing the same thing to her by selling her off to a man to save her reputation and clear a debt and at THAT she decided to get some integrity. Like really... what's the difference.- I didn't like that when the characters talked to themselves or were thinking out loud..the author used quotation marks which was a little confusing because you wasn't sure if they were talking to someone in the room, not up until the next sentence did you realize they were talking to themselves. Weird!- Pros: NONE sorry