After Hours

The characters in this book were interesting and caused me to rethink certain ideas I had about personal agency However, I never fully got on board with the hero. He constantly ignored certain boundaries that the heroine had set and I never got over that. I really hated that he confronted her sister's ex despite her pleading with him not to. I hated moreover that it was later presented as a relatively good thing because the hero was capable of physically intimidating the ex while the heroine wasn't, and the hero felt like helping the heroine out. I understood the point being made but I am never on board with going against somebody's explicit wishes. It never sits right with me. In reviewing [b:Give It All 22668806 Give It All (Desert Dogs, #2) Cara McKenna https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1419610900l/22668806.SY75.jpg 42170995] by the same author, I remember complaining about the heroine's lack of openness with the hero and after reading this book, I think that Cara McKenna's characters may just not be my cup of tea. She writes characters who are often not nice, and I fundamentally think that at least when I read romance, I want the characters to be if not nice people, then at least kind and thoughtful to each other.

For some reason, I was initially resistant to Kelly's charms but I ended this book feeling like he won out. This is a little bit of a gracious 3 stars, but only because I think I've seen Cara McKenna do better. The psych ward helps it get up to that third star.

dnf 2024-april-27