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A review by yazthebookish
Blossom in Winter by Melanie Martins
3.0
3 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Blossom in Winter is a story of forbidden romance between 17 year-old heiress Petra and her Godfather Alex.
Forbidden Romance is a trope I’m very skeptical about for good reasons, but some authors succeed at it and some... don’t.
I enjoyed this author’s writing and found it to be a light read and this is the main reason I did not rate it lower. The dialogue was awkward sometimes especially with the couple speaking in formalities sometimes even though they’re already intimate. And I read this without realizing that this is labeled as erotica. I enjoy steamy romances but I’m not enthusiastic about eroticas, but that’s not my main issue with this book.
The romance did not develop organically considering the lifestyle Alex follows and the sheltered life Petra lives. It went from fluffy romance to lighter version of fifty shades of grey real quick in the second half.
Note that Alex is younger than her 55 year-old father and the age gap between Petra and Alex is 21 years making him 38-39 years old.
Not only that, but I found many things unrealistic about their relationship:
• He left and cut off contact because she wanted to marry him when she was seven and insulted his girlfriend in front of everybody, a child?
• Her protective father gets angry about them dating one moment and in the next he is like “I’m all good with it”? It may likely be because of Alex’s background but still.. it was very unrealistic.
• Alex left his girlfriend of 10 years because she wanted to have kids, he has a strict policy about using condoms, he does not want to have kids but suddenly he’s ok with all of that with Petra? I still don’t get it and I know he “loves” Petra but still I’m confused
• I can’t wrap my head around the reason why he fell for Petra? it just felt forced to me.
And the conclusion is just... I don’t know how many times I rolled my eyes at how melodramatic the scenes were. It’s like the author had thrown every possible scenario to play with the reader’s emotions; I was just slightly annoyed.
But I’d like to thank the author for showcasing Petra’s disorder throughout the book rather than mentioning once that she has anxiety and then ignoring it.
I’m surprised to find that it will have a sequel but unfortunately I did not form an attachment to the characters nor the story and that being said, I will not be reading the sequel.
Blossom in Winter is a story of forbidden romance between 17 year-old heiress Petra and her Godfather Alex.
Forbidden Romance is a trope I’m very skeptical about for good reasons, but some authors succeed at it and some... don’t.
I enjoyed this author’s writing and found it to be a light read and this is the main reason I did not rate it lower. The dialogue was awkward sometimes especially with the couple speaking in formalities sometimes even though they’re already intimate. And I read this without realizing that this is labeled as erotica. I enjoy steamy romances but I’m not enthusiastic about eroticas, but that’s not my main issue with this book.
The romance did not develop organically considering the lifestyle Alex follows and the sheltered life Petra lives. It went from fluffy romance to lighter version of fifty shades of grey real quick in the second half.
Note that Alex is younger than her 55 year-old father and the age gap between Petra and Alex is 21 years making him 38-39 years old.
Not only that, but I found many things unrealistic about their relationship:
• He left and cut off contact because she wanted to marry him when she was seven and insulted his girlfriend in front of everybody, a child?
• Her protective father gets angry about them dating one moment and in the next he is like “I’m all good with it”? It may likely be because of Alex’s background but still.. it was very unrealistic.
• Alex left his girlfriend of 10 years because she wanted to have kids, he has a strict policy about using condoms, he does not want to have kids but suddenly he’s ok with all of that with Petra? I still don’t get it and I know he “loves” Petra but still I’m confused
• I can’t wrap my head around the reason why he fell for Petra? it just felt forced to me.
And the conclusion is just... I don’t know how many times I rolled my eyes at how melodramatic the scenes were. It’s like the author had thrown every possible scenario to play with the reader’s emotions; I was just slightly annoyed.
But I’d like to thank the author for showcasing Petra’s disorder throughout the book rather than mentioning once that she has anxiety and then ignoring it.
I’m surprised to find that it will have a sequel but unfortunately I did not form an attachment to the characters nor the story and that being said, I will not be reading the sequel.