haithar's Reviews (744)

funny slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

It was puzzling when I expected the marriage in trouble to start from present day said troubled marriage but 3/4 of it was the couple from incidents to marriage. Best read after the other two as it blurs the events together. I still enjoyed it though and was pleasantly surprised. When they were together, they were formidable. A quiet kind of love and a supportive one.
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Thanks to Elizabeth Roubaix for a review copy and this is my honest review.

A woman's journey to find her self worth and appreciate her body through getting ploughed by a train of men. These men want to worship her and feed her stomach and her soul with their spend. 

I do love Roubaix's work but I think this one lacked a bit of the oomphf for me. I needed just a tiny sliver more of the voluptuousness worship side.
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes

I think if I didn't listen to this on audio, I never would've made it through. It is definitely dry humour and otherworldly adventure. 
tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No

Thanks to Elliott Rose for the review copy and this is my honest review.

The hero needs a PR/ marketing person and that happened to be our heroine who he had a chance meeting and flirtation previously. He can't pursue her though because he's his boss and the fact he's married.

Unfortunately, this one didn't work for me. The hero is still married on paper and fell insta lust into the heroine and vice versa. Of course they do because they're both hot, which is fine, but I didn't buy the tension of him being married. I ended up being frustrated by both characters and it became a slog to finish. It did pick up by 90% and it ended on a high. Was it worth the 400 pages though? Maybe cause the spicy scenes as per usual for ER are very hot.
funny tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Heroine does a little treason coverup and then does good deeds with visiting a veteran hospital to give all the soldiers a run for their money with her appetite. HEA with bread.
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Thanks to Elena Dawne for the review copy, this is my honest review.

This was a fluffy read romance wise, they wanted each other, he wanted her for longer, secretly pining away and borrowing dry books (literally) just to see her at the library. The emotional side was heavier with the heroine being the sole caretaker for her mum with a neglectful and coercive controlling father. 

Overall a beautiful story of two people who see each other for who they are doing lots of butt stuff. It's got the classic Elena Dawne hilarity that had me cackling.
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Thanks to Sara Cate for the review copy and this is my honest review.

What a ride, we've come to the end of this series and it ends heavy but felt bittersweet. This one is definitely one to take note of the content guidance.

Both heroes are closeted professionals that value their jobs above all until they meet each other and the world is in technicolour etc, and very insta love, falling too quickly too fast because "he just gets me". The hurdles they had to cross and the secrets they're keeping adds to the forbiddeness. Also finally an age gap with a 6'5 daddy entering the picture to praise the best boy with the heart of gold. ...his Goode boy.

I'll show myself out.

The Prodigal Son is available on 24 April.
adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

Gimme all the bad boys falling in love with submissive artists. I love them, surprisingly spicy with a bit of tit for tat "remember me doing this saucy thing to you so you can do something unstomachable"
challenging emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No

I couldn't get into this, the 25 year old heroine is behaving like she's 17 and I didn't buy the hero and heroine's relationship or attraction. There were snippets of tenderness and lovely moments but I'm just mad at everyone and the repetitiveness of their arguments.
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

Thanks to Summer O'Toole for the review copy and this is my honest review.

So this was very promising, I loved the angsty third hero and how they were gonna possibly end up HEA? The tension was there and the relationships felt good but the overall dynamic felt lacking? The plot needed more and this felt rushed but the characters interactions felt genuine and beautiful once they built their relationship, even the darker parts, the spice was right.