Gennifer Albin

1.5?

I wanted to read this because I thought it would be goofy fun, but it was simply infuriating.

I don't understand. Romance fiction's primary demographic is women. Trashy romance fiction is primarily written by women. BUT DESPITE THIS, romance fiction all caters toward patriarchal ideals of romance. Tell me. What is so sexy about the objectification of women? The vampire/human dynamic did not feel fun as I had hoped- it made the woman protag feel like an Object. Subjugation is sexy, according to this book. I had trouble focusing on little else when I felt like I was being propagated. The power dynamic is so large: this is something that is so common within this genre, and instead of diffusing it somehow, we love that? I don't want to rail this book too harshly; I'm just getting frustrated at how common of an occurrence this is.

So, idk, I felt like the biggest issue was that they didn't have enough fun with the vampire thing. It just felt like a really, really rich guy. Vampirism only acted as an allegory for his level of control, and it was very thinly veiled imo. Sometimes it was self-aware and funny, but it was only like a sentence at a time. Also why are they both so ridiculously hot???!

Idk. There was a "cliff hanger ending" and some meandering plot that could get interesting, but I would not recommend.… (altro)