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A review by rellimreads
The Beau & the Belle by R.S. Grey
2.0
DNF at 60%
This is listed as a RomCom ~ but it’s only sporadically funny in Lauren’s internal dialogue. I think a lot of what was supposed to be funny fell flat.
The first 35% of this book is set 10 years in the past. I guess the author is establishing their back stories, but it drags on and feels superfluous. Beau proves himself to be a mature and focused law student and Lauren is a typical 17yo high schooler.
35-60% is a lot of Lauren turning down Beau repeatedly and then her internal dialogue is asking why. Yeah ~ WTF? You’ve been fantasizing about this guy for 10 years, no one has given you any reason to believe he’s turned into scum, you still find him attractive ~ but 10 years ago he turned you down because you were a minor and somehow that transforms into unwillingness to say yes to a single date? I’m so confused. She also keeps trying to date Preston despite only listing all the things wrong with him.
The blurb says, “I’m older now... poised and confident”. No. Nope. Nada. Frankly there’s quite a bit of the book that portrays Lauren as being more mature at 17 than she is at 27. At this point (60%) I gave up because I felt like Beau should be running from this needlessly emotionally immature train wreck of a woman.
I’m pretty sure the narrators are the only reason I stuck with this as long as I did. I’m a big Joe Arden fan and Luci Christian is good. This is my second R.S. Grey book and while I managed to finish the first one, I don’t think her style/writing is for me.
This is listed as a RomCom ~ but it’s only sporadically funny in Lauren’s internal dialogue. I think a lot of what was supposed to be funny fell flat.
The first 35% of this book is set 10 years in the past. I guess the author is establishing their back stories, but it drags on and feels superfluous. Beau proves himself to be a mature and focused law student and Lauren is a typical 17yo high schooler.
35-60% is a lot of Lauren turning down Beau repeatedly and then her internal dialogue is asking why. Yeah ~ WTF? You’ve been fantasizing about this guy for 10 years, no one has given you any reason to believe he’s turned into scum, you still find him attractive ~ but 10 years ago he turned you down because you were a minor and somehow that transforms into unwillingness to say yes to a single date? I’m so confused. She also keeps trying to date Preston despite only listing all the things wrong with him.
The blurb says, “I’m older now... poised and confident”. No. Nope. Nada. Frankly there’s quite a bit of the book that portrays Lauren as being more mature at 17 than she is at 27. At this point (60%) I gave up because I felt like Beau should be running from this needlessly emotionally immature train wreck of a woman.
I’m pretty sure the narrators are the only reason I stuck with this as long as I did. I’m a big Joe Arden fan and Luci Christian is good. This is my second R.S. Grey book and while I managed to finish the first one, I don’t think her style/writing is for me.