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A review by imskylow
Making Hers Theirs by Lily Manning
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Making Her Theirs is a why choose romance set in Edinburgh, Scotland where on a 10 day stay, Georgia Henry meets three brawny brothers who run the bar below her rented flat. Before returning to the states to her new home, she falls in love simultaneously with the lighthearted Finn, possessive Knox, and the broken and soft-hearted Lachlan.
I gotta say, I wasn’t into this story. I really ought to DNF books more often. To be completely honest, it wasn’t much of a story at all. I know that is erotica and is serving a sexual purpose but I feel as though this genre works even better if used in conjunction with a legitimate story with tension and dynamic characters.
Honestly, I get the sense that this author’s taste in writing sex would be more suited to the Omega-verse. While steamy, the sex in this book was very hard to take seriously. None of these men have even a few minutes of a refractory period but instead can have sex basically endlessly. Additionally, smelling pheromones and human scents are referenced so often in this book that it has me wondering what kind of werewolf hybrids these characters have to be. Multiple times it was said that one of the brothers would cut down or kill any man that dare hurt Georgia. Like, sir, you are a civilian. Act like it. The cherry on top was when we find out that Georgia’s friend (who we don’t meet page 100) has mauve eyes. Like her eyes are purple. 🤣 maybe the author can pivot and make bank in the omega-verse market.
More specifically what I didn’t like:
The emotional whiplash from Georgia. Especially in the beginning of the story when she was meeting the brothers and exchanging life stories, Georgia would go from laughing to tearing up to laughing in a matter of sentences. It made her character more frustrating than likable or relatable.
The unbelievable characters and setting. Georgia is described to have moved all across the states because of her fathers career, never settling in one place. Yet somehow she has a thick Southern accent like she’s lived in the south her whole life. In terms of the boys, sure, they’ll use a Gaelic term or Scottish slang here and there but past that, their personalities and thought processes feel almost identical to each other and even to Georgia. Not a lot of effort was put into creating distinct and separate feelings for each chapter.
The sex. While very steamy sometimes, a lot of the times the sex had me cringing about how unhygienic and unrealistic it is. You can’t be giving it from the back raw and then switch to the front and then switch to her mouth without cleaning up! That’s a recipe for all sorts of problems! Also, the brothers seemed as though they needed to all have sex with Georgia at the same exact moment which gave a level of incest to the story that I was not prepared to experience. Like, yeah, maybe you’ve all agreed to share her and love her but that doesn’t mean you need to all participate at the same time even if it is exciting for her. The positioning was also often unclear or anatomically impossible.
There’s much more to say like phrasing or reactions that were very odd but I think it’s clear that I just don’t have a high opinion about anything in this book. It’s a 1/5 stars for me that one star is only for Lachlans snuggling and hair combing aftercare.
I wouldn’t recommend.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Pregnancy