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A review by laaksolove
Forbidden: Part One by Emilia Emerson
2.0
DNF at 84%.
This book started out so well and I tried so hard to make it through - lots of hurt/comfort, varied alphas, plus sized heroine, interesting world building etc. but the heroine cries SO. FUCKING. MUCH. Once she meets her alphas she goes from a reasonably interesting character to such a limp noodle of a human I couldn't do it.
The alphas were boringly perfect (though I enjoyed their varied hobbies and the idea of their job) but I felt bad for them because Josie treated them so poorly. Also, I was excited for a plus sized omega but her her body image issues were so pervasive in her internal monologue that I walked away feeling gross in my body, not to mention it totally ruined the sex scenes.
Josie experienced the opposite of character growth over this (very long, very repetitive) book - she went backwards as a character and seemed totally uninterested in growing or moving forward.
Honestly, I would be willing to try the next book in the series to see if the next heroine has a spine, but I couldn't bring myself to finish this one.
This book started out so well and I tried so hard to make it through - lots of hurt/comfort, varied alphas, plus sized heroine, interesting world building etc. but the heroine cries SO. FUCKING. MUCH. Once she meets her alphas she goes from a reasonably interesting character to such a limp noodle of a human I couldn't do it.
The alphas were boringly perfect (though I enjoyed their varied hobbies and the idea of their job) but I felt bad for them because Josie treated them so poorly. Also, I was excited for a plus sized omega but her her body image issues were so pervasive in her internal monologue that I walked away feeling gross in my body, not to mention it totally ruined the sex scenes.
Josie experienced the opposite of character growth over this (very long, very repetitive) book - she went backwards as a character and seemed totally uninterested in growing or moving forward.
Honestly, I would be willing to try the next book in the series to see if the next heroine has a spine, but I couldn't bring myself to finish this one.