A stand-alone, getting-together story, with many characters (Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Blaise, Luna, Neville, Pansy, Padma, Molly, Arthur, many new ones, A stand-alone, getting-together story, with many characters (Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Blaise, Luna, Neville, Pansy, Padma, Molly, Arthur, many new ones, too).
I got bored at the quiz-night, even more at the clothes-shopping scenes, though later turned out these scenes had a purpose.
I usually love the author’s works, but this one was disappointing....more
No rating because it's a fanfiction, and usually I like the author's works.
Both Harry and Draco are totally out of character. Overlong, over-romanticNo rating because it's a fanfiction, and usually I like the author's works.
Both Harry and Draco are totally out of character. Overlong, over-romanticized, boooooooring storyline, tons of secondary and tertiary characters, endless conversations, 10 years of longing (so not Harry), uncertainty, hesitation (also very unHarry-like), everything is slow and "languid".
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Still, I'm planning a Sara's Girl marathon this summer, so just...
Maybe it’s me, not the book, since so many readers liked it.
But I just couldn’t connect any of the characters, the plot was farfetched, the pirates wMaybe it’s me, not the book, since so many readers liked it.
But I just couldn’t connect any of the characters, the plot was farfetched, the pirates were clichéd.
The romance (romance? what romance?) was based on Stockholm syndrome, and even after finishing the book, I’m still not sure if the main character wasn’t actually suffering from Stockholm syndrome.
**spoiler alert** It started pretty good. The fact that Magnus didn’t tell Michał who he really was when they first met was okay. But he started datin**spoiler alert** It started pretty good. The fact that Magnus didn’t tell Michał who he really was when they first met was okay. But he started dating him, and still didn’t tell him. I just didn’t get it.
“You wouldn’t let me see you! I had to do something!” Oh, then it’s okay.
I found Magnus’ behavior stalkerish and kind of violent. Not physically violent, but he was clearly disrespectful of boundaries.
“Believe you? Really?!” “You gave me no choice, dammit!” His voice boomed…
And then:
“Just… If you try walking away I’ll run after you.”
It seems to be a serious issue. Michał feels humiliated and vulnerable, still, for some insane reason, he decides to trust Magnus, because he is smart and wonderful (his words, not mine), and they start a relationship.
Random issues: - The wonderfully written first kiss scene is interrupted by a ‘baby’. I hate it. It’s totally on me, I know. Anything else works for me, even ‘babe.’ But I just can’t stand ‘baby.’ I can’t explain it, I just can’t. -Their first time starts passionately then they stop to paint each other with chocolate. Wasting time, if you ask me. Maybe it’s cute and romantic for others, but I want passion, dammit. I should have read the blurb more carefully. -Using the word ‘toddler’ in a simile in a sexual description:
“Michał!” he exclaimed, surprise and a mild warning in his suddenly loud voice. But his arms tightened around me, and his hips rocked. Yes. I threw one leg over his, spreading myself open as his hand slid down my belly and caught my cock, stroking lightly. I was ravenous for more. Now when I could have this again, have sex with a man I felt safe with, a man who loved me, I was greedy like a toddler.
A toddler??
- The intention of public proposal. Michal and Magnus witness a public proposal, and Michał expresses his dislike of it:
“I think it’s weird when they pop the question in public. It’s like it would count less to just ask privately. And on a vacation no less… I don’t know. It’s like…more for the show than for a real-life commitment.”
Totally agree with this, I hate public proposals and public love confessions. But it turns out that Magnus wanted to propose to him like that and Michał is the one who apologizes. So to make it right, he decides to propose to Magnus right on the spot. And Magnus’ reaction:
He laughed so hard there were tears running down his cheeks all the way into his beard.
>>> The End<<<
Seriously. I was turning a page back on my Kindle that maybe something went wrong, but no. It’s the last line.
The first book I read by Roe Horvat was The Other Book and it was amazing, but Vanilla Clouds was a huge disappointment for me....more
It’s too horror for me: torture, mutilation, ripped intestines… too much. Plus the nightmares, OMG, they’re even more horrible. It’s measured well thoIt’s too horror for me: torture, mutilation, ripped intestines… too much. Plus the nightmares, OMG, they’re even more horrible. It’s measured well though, keeping the reader intrigued and in suspense.
Raphael managed to get closer to me in this book, Elena not so much. You get more of the secondary characters, and that’s great. I loved Dmitri. ...more
I almost didn’t finish it. I considered quitting at the first chapter: crazy rich and perfectly beautiful characters, annoying frat problems. Then – fI almost didn’t finish it. I considered quitting at the first chapter: crazy rich and perfectly beautiful characters, annoying frat problems. Then – for whatever reason – I went on.
But I skipped a lot of pages. A lot.
The frat house issues left me totally uninterested. The characters were too black and white, too papier-mâché. The storyline was predictable.
But the writing style is pretty good, the interactions of the two main characters are entertaining, the sex scenes are hot. Although too bad that (view spoiler)[Keaton’s first time topping (hide spoiler)] was off page.
The romance is sugary sweet and unbelievable, and apparently money can solve many things. Well, at least that’s true.
Irritating characters (Abby is a whiner and making scenes all the time), boring storyline, undeveloped romance, trust issues, a It was bad, really bad…
Irritating characters (Abby is a whiner and making scenes all the time), boring storyline, undeveloped romance, trust issues, and syrupy romance (Paris and a Bentley and a yacht and rose petals… oh, come on…). Not my thing. ...more
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