Thank you to the author, publisher and netgalley for giving me a free ebook copy in return for a review.

This book really did not work for me. I chose it because it was a romance in a bookshop but there were a number of problems with it that completely put me off and basically stalled all my reading, until I’d finished it.

First thing is that the only reference to books is ‘there were books everywhere’ or she collected more books etc… barely any named or explained about why they’re enjoyable. Basically it didn’t read like it was written by an obsessive reader who has to share her love of books with her readers. It was a gimmick that didn’t work.

Secondly the male character was awful. He was a violent, angry, criminal who seemed to have no redeeming features whatsoever, whilst the woman could only do one thing and that was blush over everything. It just wasn’t believable that they two of them could/would ever be together.

Finally the writing was poor - perhaps because it was translated- but it was all ‘tell’ and no ‘show’ and it was so tiresome to read as a result.

I won’t be reading anything by this writer again and I really don’t recommend this book. I’m gutted that I read it and even more gutted that I felt I “had” to finish it. It’s put me in a massive reading slump!