Glitterland

I didn't love this book, but I didn't hate it either. I think it requires a certain taste, and it's just not my thing. The two main turn-offs for me were the writing style and the characterization of Darian. This book is saturated with similes and metaphors, to the point that they completely distracted me from the story and interrupted the flow of the writing. I like to become immersed and lose myself in what I'm reading, and I wasn't able to do that with this book.As for Darian, I just couldn't get into him. I know the author was trying to write his words in a way that helped the reader imagine the Essex dialect, but it just made him sound like a young child to me, which felt all kinds of wrong! He was also much too unintelligent for my tastes. I personally think Richard Rider wrote a much better romance between a working class, ridiculously dressed younger man and a reserved, posh, intelligent older man in [b:Stockholm Syndrome 9788080 Stockholm Syndrome (Stockholm Syndrome, #1) Richard Rider https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1291018502s/9788080.jpg 14678106]. Pip is similar to Darian, except he's got so much more depth of personality. Of course, his and Lindsay's relationship is completely twisted and deliciously wrong on so many levels, and I know that's not everyone's cup of tea. So if you love metaphors and find dense models adorable, you'll probably like this book. Otherwise, give Stockholm Syndrome a try :)