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Fearsome (2013)

by S.A. Wolfe(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

S. A. Wolfe

series

Fearsome

review 1: So despite everything I did like this book.The Good: I appreciated the realistic depictions of relationships. Although, towards the end that kind of fell apart (see note in 'the Bad' about stalking).There were some very realistic sex scenes in there. I was very impressed at the author's way of adding in sexy-times that weren't exaggerated or over-simplified. I enjoyed the fact that the main character was a woman with a mathematical brain who held a high position in a tech company. It wasn't realistic, and it was sad that she had to be a girl genius to achieve this, but that's more a comment on the tech industry than on the book. The Bad:The main character was a huge Mary Sue. Just, straight up. Her main personality trait was that she whispered 'big' numbers when she was n... moreervous, which I found annoying rather than endearing. She wasn't as bad as some, but I would have liked more character development.This book should have been 1/3 shorter. By the end I was rolling my eyes at all the ways the characters could have the same conversation over and over again. This is, incidentally, a more accurate reflection of real life, but there's a reason we don't just read transcripts of people having conversations and call it fiction. They kept on bringing up the same things over and over again and talking about it like they'd never talked about it before. This book definitely could have benefited from a good editor.There was some problematic language surrounding one of the character's depression. Not that the author used the word 'crazy' a lot, but that what she described wasn't simple depression and wasn't really given to discussing nuance. Being bi-polar is a whole hell of a lot different than being depressed. But, this could be a fault of the characters and not the author. It just made me uneasy.One of the love interests in this book basically stalks the main character years before she ever meets him. This is not cute and endearing to me. This is massively unhealthy. I couldn't believe the main character thought it was totally okay.Anyway, if this was a first book, it was a good start. I would consider reading something by this author again.
review 2: This book kept popping up on Amazon so I had to pick it up and read. At first Jessica seems immature, she is a genius but at 20 she is so inexperienced in so many things and wasn't taught a lot about love by her parents so as I continued reading I could understand her character though she really frustrated me. I loved that Dylan and Carson were total opposites when they see Jessie back in town it had been a long time since they spent that summer together when she was 5. It is cool how the whole town knew all about her from her grandmother who she was kept from. I love the love triangle thought it was rough watching Dylan fall apart like he did but it was a wonderful read. less

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