Heartbreaker Bay, Book #6
Heat Factor: There’s innuendo and sexy kissing in the first 90 pages
Character Chemistry: Eh
Plot: Bad Santa, Alpha Male Posturing, and some other stuff
Overall: DNF
Review: Hot Winter Nights by Jill Shalvis (2018)
Tag: DNF
Other – Did Not Finish
Review: Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson (2021)
Heat Factor: I can neither confirm nor deny any on-page sex
Character Chemistry: So far, our heroine has spent pretty much all her time with her mother and sister, so there’s not really any chemistry to speak of.
Plot: Everyone decides to SHUN THIS FAMILY
Overall: DNF because the premise strained all credulity
Review: Hunting the Hunter by Shiloh Walker (2006)
The Hunters, Book 8
Heat Factor: She’s a fucking Surprise Virgin
Character Chemistry: Fate keeps bringing them together. Or something.
Plot: She is a vampire who hunts vampires. He is a human who hunts vampires.
Overall: DNF at 30% after the first sex scene
Review: Romancing the Pen by Kara Winters (2018)
Heat Factor: There is a long and detailed sex scene in the first 20%
Character Chemistry: He is extremely patronizing
Plot: Author with writers’ block starts banging his publisher slash muse
Overall: DNF
Review: A Royal Disaster by Jennifer Bonds (2020)
Heat Factor: I did a text search and confirm sex but as to quality I cannot say
Character Chemistry: It was good, but I should have been more invested by the time I DNFed in order to make it really click
Plot: He’s the heir with overbearing parents and political problems blah, blah, blah; she’s the clumsy commoner who’s a breath of fresh air but could never really be with him blah, blah, blah
Overall: I was so optimistic about having a fun fake relationship comfort read but I really just cannot deal with this one
