Temptation

I could not bring myself to finish this book.

First, it feels suspiciously like a Fifty Shades knockoff. Right down to the “girl in a situation with a guy she doesn't want, big Dom man happens to be there under totally normal and not stalking circumstances after to take care of her”.

Second, while the writing is not terrible, it does not go deep enough into any situation characters thoughts to make me feel connected to them or understand them or care at all about them.

Third, she is a weak-willed idiot. Kind of an offensive sub stereotype. I'm sure she eventually gains some sort of agency, I mean I'd hope, but a wilting violet isn't the poster child for a submissive. Not that all subs have to be ultra-powerful girl-bosses in control of their emotions by day or w/e, but she's clearly a sub stereotype of the worst kind. Either way, I don't have the time to continue reading and find out if she does gain agency, I have too many more-promising books to spend my time on.

All things considered, it lost me around the part after a man tries to force himself on her and as she's walking home she thinks to herself, regarding the tank top and mini skirt and heels she's wearing, “ugh look at me, no wonder he thought that's what I wanted”.