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Io: The Shrew by Minerva Spencer, S.M. LaViolette
DID NOT FINISH: 35%

The book starts off with a bang - literally the two main characters banging - then backtracks. I spent over 100 pages waiting for the enemies-AND-lovers part to start, but felt like the author was disingenuously adding as much page time as she could to get those additional KU page flips. LaViolette/Spencer needed a better explanation for inclusion of the cartoonishly evil fiancé - particuarly since it was tearing apart the family Zeus just found and clearly wanted to have a relationship with. Down with cheap plot devices to manufacture conflict.