Susan Napier (1)

I actually didn't like the most of the characters and there were an awful lot of side-plots for such a short book, but I was really in the mood for an HP melodrama. Which is weird, because 4 years ago I hated the Harlequin Presents line. And I didn't like Susan Napier's style all that much. Funny how tastes can change.

For a book that paid so much lip service to feminism, it sure seemed like the moral was "Every strong woman is just waiting for the man strong enough to dominate her". Which, NO. NONONONONO.

Also, the "hero" is fully 100% a shit monkey.

The "hero's" behavior is reprehensible and repugnant for like, 3/5's of the book. And I don't think he ever actually apologizes for it (the "explanation" is an excuse, sorrynotsorry). I liked the last bit of the book, once they are at Piha, but the beginning was so upsetting that I can't really get past it. Also, the melodrama just kept ramping up.

I have no idea why, but that was fun. All of the drama of Harlequin Presents, but with zero irredeemable jerk-wagons.