Plot : ⭐⭐⭐
Story : ⭐⭐
Spice : 🌶️🌶️
Rating : ⭐⭐⭐
Tropes : forced marriage, childhood friends to lovers to enemies to lovers, billionaire romance, hiten is rich, so yeah.
Pacing : confusing. because the book starts in the present but we get to see the past, and that made it difficult to understand what and where I was in the story.
Characters : ⭐⭐
What I loved : when I read the blurb of the book, I wanted to read it because it’s the recipe for a perfect romance if written and expressed well. so I decided to hop in and I was CONFUSED at first, because what the hell was happening and the kids + dead husband really made me rethink what the story really was about. but I kept on reading and when the past finally made an appearance did I actually start to understand what was happening. I loved the present and the plot, it had a lot of twists and there are some things I agreed and disagree with.
What I struggled with : with the pacing of the story, and another thing i’d like to add, at some places, it felt like the author was shy of writing few scenes and used words that were just shy of expressing what needed to be expressed, the writing also felt like an amateur writer was writing it, but other than that it was a good read.
Loveable characters or not : likeable yes. loveable? no, maybe just a bit.
Strong character development : hiten is shown as meena’s childhood friend, growing up together, which eventually turns to lovers, and then tragedy happens, and they get separated, then hiten returns as a billionaire, to claim his dead half - brother’s wife. so there’s character development, but i’d still say the story is only led by plot for me. and not the character development so much.
Plot driven / character driven : plot driven.
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Similar authors : please read MV kasi’s other books, i’d recommend reading other books she’s written.
Similar book recommendations : the devil’s desire by the same author.
Any other details : none.