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2.5
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Ugh.  I really wanted to love Gideon's book, and I was excited that this book attempted diversity in a Scottish romance that went beyond hair color but it was so disappointing.  Even from the beginning I kind of got a bad feeling about the Aldaba family being written poorly, and I wish I was wrong but there were instances in this book that made me cringe.  For one thing, I noticed that the names of individuals in the Aldaba family would just get changed or misspelled throughout the book.  This happened to Alia's dad and brothers.  The author kept referring to "her father's" heritage or culture but never really specified what that culture was except for like once in the book where it explicitly says that he's Muslim.  I don't know.  I wish I could like this book more, but it has felt like the author stopped investing in the series and I think the quality of this book really reinforced that feeling.