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A review by smartinez9
The Beau & the Belle by R.S. Grey
2.0
1.5 starts
My least favorite R. S. Grey so far. So many things didn’t work for me here. I’m seldom a fan of a time jump when it makes sense and is well-executed, and this certainly was not an exception. Lauren starts off understandably sheltered and naive (it would have been far more believable and maybe more fitting if she was fourteen and Beau was just protective, rather than his weird half-attraction and her inexplicable immaturity at 17), but the time jump of ten (apparently wasted) years somehow leaves her even more stupid. A shorter lapse would have made much more sense—if she was like 22 and had just graduated college, gotten some experience, but still been a young adult. As it was, we’re supposed to believe that this 28 year old women has held a steady job, lived on her own in a big city, and graduated past the emotional intelligence of a 17-year-old—all of which seem outlandish in the face of Lauren and her absurdly childish attitude.
My least favorite R. S. Grey so far. So many things didn’t work for me here. I’m seldom a fan of a time jump when it makes sense and is well-executed, and this certainly was not an exception. Lauren starts off understandably sheltered and naive (it would have been far more believable and maybe more fitting if she was fourteen and Beau was just protective, rather than his weird half-attraction and her inexplicable immaturity at 17), but the time jump of ten (apparently wasted) years somehow leaves her even more stupid. A shorter lapse would have made much more sense—if she was like 22 and had just graduated college, gotten some experience, but still been a young adult. As it was, we’re supposed to believe that this 28 year old women has held a steady job, lived on her own in a big city, and graduated past the emotional intelligence of a 17-year-old—all of which seem outlandish in the face of Lauren and her absurdly childish attitude.