A book review of the novel: Make You Beg: A Dark Bully Romance written by Shantel Tessier.
Theme: Alpha Males, High School, School,College, Academy, Wealth, Bully, Cars, Abduction, Violence, Rape, Murder, Torture, Sport, Football,
I don't know where to start with this book, it states that it is a Bully Romance but it's not. It states that it is not RH (reverse harem) instead it's MFM but it's more reverse harem in some areas. It states that it's told in multiple POV (point of views) which it is but it's done badly. I can't decide if the main hereoine is a strong heroine or a weak heroine. I couldn't wait for this book to be finished but stuck with it anyway just in case it was redeemable but it wasn't.
So, let's start with the main problem: that it's called a Bully Romance. It is not, it goes beyone bullying. It's about serious abuse, abusive relationships, torture, humiliation, abduction, murder and much more. It goes way beyond bully behavior and that is not ok as the bully genre is more totally different to that of abuse.
Oh but wait, the hero who was an abuser actually saves the day so that makes it ok & she forgives him. Wait, nope, that is not ok, he is still an abuser.
I can't really describe the difference of RH & MFM without giving the certain scenes in this book but trust me, it's not MFM.
Now let's talk about the multiple POV for each chapter. I'm normally ok with that, as it makes a story more 'punchy' and enthralling but not in this case.
Firstly, there were too many DIFFERENT POV's. It's ok to have 2 or maybe 3 per book but I kinda lost count. It also doesn't help that the writing style is confusing that it takes about 3 pages to figure out who is talking and yep, a couple of flip backs to the first page of that page of the chapter to try to recall who it was supposed to be.
Also, I'm going to throw out just SOME of the names of the characters below and I'll let you tell me how many are female names):::
Ryan, Scout, Law, Henley, Van, Rellik, Dax, Monroe, Grayson, Jamie, oh and not forgetting the two very similar names: Derek & Datson - somewhat minor characters but their somewhat similar names confused me!
Rating: stars 3 out of 5 but that's only because it was a long book and the writer did really, really try needless to say that I've now deleted this from my Kindle to never be read again.
Are you going to read it, is this type of book your thing (it's totally ok with me if it is!). I just wasn't expecting abuse when I thought I was getting bully.
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Have you read it? Do you agree with me or ....
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