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A review by foesandlovers
Unbound by Kathryn Taylor
1.0
This isn't a review, not really at least. I wasn't supposed to read in November, I know, but I LIED TO YOU ALL! I couldn't resist. I lasted about two weeks without reading and then requested this book on Netgalley and before I even knew what was happening; I was 60% done with this book. I have no idea how that happened. It just did. Anyway, this wasn't the best book I've ever read, to be honest. At first, I was really enjoying it, and I feel like that might be because I was book-deprived, once I got over my book-crave, I started seeing all the flaws this book had.
The main thing that bothered me was the story line. I feel like it was kind of unoriginal. I felt like I had seen it before, you know, the boring girl starts working for a big company, the rich-as-fuck Owner of the company is a sex god with major commitment issues, but oh-so-surprisingly, he takes an interest in the new awkward girl that works for him. I mean, we've all seen that one before. So, yeah, the story in itself wasn't very original. I WILL say though that the Japanese man, I'm sorry I don't remember his name, added a touch of mystery to the story. I wanted to know what the deal with that guy was. That helped the book a bit. Another thing I really liked was the fact that THERE WERE NO OFFICIAL SIDE-BITCH in this book. THAT, people, made me really happy. All throughout the book I was waiting for the side-bitch-whatsyourname-is-mine-and-we're-made-for-each-other, and when I realized I was 90% done with the book and there still wasn't an actual side-bitch, I wanted to literally scream in victory. Finally, an Erotic Romance that doesn't need any sort of side-bitch to be kind of enjoyable. If it didn't have at least these two things, I'd probably have rated it lower. To me, the originality of the premise is quite important, and unfortunately, aside from these two things it wasn't really original or different.
One thing I'm quite confused about is the main female protagonist, Grace. I'm confused on whether I liked her or not. Here's the deal: She's extremely naive, awkward, clumsy, and very inexperienced with men, blah blah blah. You know the drift. HOWEVER, what I liked about her was the fact that she KNEW all of that. She wasn't the heroine who's all of that but pretend to be someone else. She was all of these things and was very upfront about it. She knows she's naive. She knows she's awkward and clumsy. Somehow, she didn't piss me off as much as she should have BECAUSE she wasn't putting her head in the sand and pretending to be someone she's not. It just made it easier for me to deal with the fact that she's the most naive character I've ever read about.
As for Jonathan... I don't have much to say about him actually. He's like the other men. Nothing quite different about him. I don't really care for him. Which surprises me, because I usually like that kind of man, whether they're different or not, but somehow, Jonathan didn't do it for me.
This book was REALLY insta-love-ish. At least on the girl's part. I don't enjoy insta-love. She was basically obsessed with the guy from day one, and I didn't understand why. To me, Jonathan had nothing interesting about him, so I had a hard time dealing with her insta-love because I didn't understand it.
In all honesty, I DNF this book at 93%. You're probably thinking that's stupid as fuck because I only had 7% to go and I'd be done. However, at precisely 93% something happens and I kinda lost all interest in this story. I felt like Grace made a decision based on a stupid (sorry but those are my true feelings) guy, and that she didn't respect herself. I don't mind weak heroines. But I DO mind heroines that don't respect themselves. In other words, they do stuff they usually wouldn't do because the guy would want them to do it and not because THEY want to do it. That's what I personally call a heroine that doesn't respect herself.
Anyway, those were my thoughts on this book. I won't be continuing the book nor will I continue on with the series. The writing style felt very Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-ish to me, it was easy to read and a quick read, but for me, that's all it was. I'd consider this an "ok" or a "meh" read.
The main thing that bothered me was the story line. I feel like it was kind of unoriginal. I felt like I had seen it before, you know, the boring girl starts working for a big company, the rich-as-fuck Owner of the company is a sex god with major commitment issues, but oh-so-surprisingly, he takes an interest in the new awkward girl that works for him. I mean, we've all seen that one before. So, yeah, the story in itself wasn't very original. I WILL say though that the Japanese man, I'm sorry I don't remember his name, added a touch of mystery to the story. I wanted to know what the deal with that guy was. That helped the book a bit. Another thing I really liked was the fact that THERE WERE NO OFFICIAL SIDE-BITCH in this book. THAT, people, made me really happy. All throughout the book I was waiting for the side-bitch-whatsyourname-is-mine-and-we're-made-for-each-other, and when I realized I was 90% done with the book and there still wasn't an actual side-bitch, I wanted to literally scream in victory. Finally, an Erotic Romance that doesn't need any sort of side-bitch to be kind of enjoyable. If it didn't have at least these two things, I'd probably have rated it lower. To me, the originality of the premise is quite important, and unfortunately, aside from these two things it wasn't really original or different.
One thing I'm quite confused about is the main female protagonist, Grace. I'm confused on whether I liked her or not. Here's the deal: She's extremely naive, awkward, clumsy, and very inexperienced with men, blah blah blah. You know the drift. HOWEVER, what I liked about her was the fact that she KNEW all of that. She wasn't the heroine who's all of that but pretend to be someone else. She was all of these things and was very upfront about it. She knows she's naive. She knows she's awkward and clumsy. Somehow, she didn't piss me off as much as she should have BECAUSE she wasn't putting her head in the sand and pretending to be someone she's not. It just made it easier for me to deal with the fact that she's the most naive character I've ever read about.
As for Jonathan... I don't have much to say about him actually. He's like the other men. Nothing quite different about him. I don't really care for him. Which surprises me, because I usually like that kind of man, whether they're different or not, but somehow, Jonathan didn't do it for me.
This book was REALLY insta-love-ish. At least on the girl's part. I don't enjoy insta-love. She was basically obsessed with the guy from day one, and I didn't understand why. To me, Jonathan had nothing interesting about him, so I had a hard time dealing with her insta-love because I didn't understand it.
In all honesty, I DNF this book at 93%. You're probably thinking that's stupid as fuck because I only had 7% to go and I'd be done. However, at precisely 93% something happens and I kinda lost all interest in this story. I felt like Grace made a decision based on a stupid (sorry but those are my true feelings) guy, and that she didn't respect herself. I don't mind weak heroines. But I DO mind heroines that don't respect themselves. In other words, they do stuff they usually wouldn't do because the guy would want them to do it and not because THEY want to do it. That's what I personally call a heroine that doesn't respect herself.
Anyway, those were my thoughts on this book. I won't be continuing the book nor will I continue on with the series. The writing style felt very Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-ish to me, it was easy to read and a quick read, but for me, that's all it was. I'd consider this an "ok" or a "meh" read.