This book was awful. I can’t stand the trope being repeated of the man being some sort of violent animalistic creature who must have sex with a woman. Must every man be a rogue and every woman be an innocent naive girl? I know some of that is part of the genre, but Kate seems like a strong woman up until one man comes into the picture. I just really disliked reading this.

If you’re a fan of the show looking to read the books, I would discourage you from doing so. Anthony is so much more violent and rude, not in an enemies to lovers way, more in a I am genuinely scared for Kate way. Also quite misogynistic and it doesn’t seem like he really respects Kate’s mind except in the 2nd epilogue, written after the book was published. I feel that the yearning and tenderness and vexation in the Netflix adaptation is much more appealing than.. this.