Review: Great Premise, Well-Written, But Annoying Main Character
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 9, 2014
On the whole, I loved the premise of this story, but there was so many missing pieces to the puzzle; it left me confused for the most part, and just not really sold on the connection between the main characters and the plot in general. And when the main character isn't all that likeable or interesting, it made me even less impressed with it. The theme of discipline, spanking, and caning though, very hot. It wasn't shown in graphic detail, it was pretty subtle, but its subtlety is something to admire; it made it hotter. And I liked the younger woman/older woman pairing too, in general. The writing style of the author---for the record, I can't stand the first person narrative---but despite that it was very nice, engaging, and smooth. The Korean culture was well-drawn and very fascinating. These two qualities---the writing style and the cultural education---is where the book truly shines. The main character though; I just didn't like her; she was a pet peeve. I enjoyed Desire in Any Language for all the positives that I mentioned, but unfortunately, its negatives (and Mira) spoiled the book for me.