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A review by nikki52010
21 Stolen Kisses by Lauren Blakely
Did not finish book.
DNF at 49%
I actually had a detailed review on my reasoning for why this was a DNF for me, and my computer shut down right as I was hitting publish. I will try to recreate my review, but I don't think I can get it as thorough as it was before.
First off, anything that has forbidden romance in the synopsis is guaranteed to have my attention. I love the aspect and dynamics of those stories and I will most likely pick up a book about that topic over anything else. It's my weakness.
That being said, I just really didn't feel the forbidden-ness within this story. Yes, he was older but the way the story was told, it made it hard to connect with the characters, as well as the love shared between them.
The story is set in the present, and switches back and forth between the past. In the past is where we see their relationship forming and the '21 stolen kisses' if you will.
I am 100% okay with stories being told in that fashion, but this one was more confusing. I would be reading in the present time and by the time I was done with the chapter, I was back in the past. It was hard to differentiate when the switch was happening and that is initially what started to throw me off.
I don't know if I just didn't give it enough time for the relationship between the two to form, but I feel at halfway it should have been more developed. There was little to no romance at all. And for something classified as 'forbidden' I wanted more.
I hate leaving these types of reviews, but I feel if I am able to DNF something for everyone to see, I should at least give a reason as to why I did.
I don't want to deter anyone from checking this out, there are many great reviews where this story did work for them. It just wasn't my cup of tea unfortunately.
I actually had a detailed review on my reasoning for why this was a DNF for me, and my computer shut down right as I was hitting publish. I will try to recreate my review, but I don't think I can get it as thorough as it was before.
First off, anything that has forbidden romance in the synopsis is guaranteed to have my attention. I love the aspect and dynamics of those stories and I will most likely pick up a book about that topic over anything else. It's my weakness.
That being said, I just really didn't feel the forbidden-ness within this story. Yes, he was older but the way the story was told, it made it hard to connect with the characters, as well as the love shared between them.
The story is set in the present, and switches back and forth between the past. In the past is where we see their relationship forming and the '21 stolen kisses' if you will.
I am 100% okay with stories being told in that fashion, but this one was more confusing. I would be reading in the present time and by the time I was done with the chapter, I was back in the past. It was hard to differentiate when the switch was happening and that is initially what started to throw me off.
I don't know if I just didn't give it enough time for the relationship between the two to form, but I feel at halfway it should have been more developed. There was little to no romance at all. And for something classified as 'forbidden' I wanted more.
I hate leaving these types of reviews, but I feel if I am able to DNF something for everyone to see, I should at least give a reason as to why I did.
I don't want to deter anyone from checking this out, there are many great reviews where this story did work for them. It just wasn't my cup of tea unfortunately.