MsJessC reviewed Royally Indebted by Lee Quail
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DNF 20%
I know I know- you'd think I'd barely have a feel for the story and that may be fair, but neither MC had, at 74pp, imo much of a distinct personality. Which, okay, I'll learn more about them as we go. The next oddity was neither of them would stop talking about how much they required sex -extremely often. Plenty of men in mm romances want a lot of sex, but this was pushed to the point of awkwardness. I was wondering if part of the story would be one or both were sex addicts. (Still could be I suppose.) Then MC2 casually mentioned how he's cheated on at least five previous boyfriends. Not to worry though, this time it's different. This time he's going to put in a clause so if he does cheat he has to pay money-since apparently that's the only way he can stay …
DNF 20%
I know I know- you'd think I'd barely have a feel for the story and that may be fair, but neither MC had, at 74pp, imo much of a distinct personality. Which, okay, I'll learn more about them as we go. The next oddity was neither of them would stop talking about how much they required sex -extremely often. Plenty of men in mm romances want a lot of sex, but this was pushed to the point of awkwardness. I was wondering if part of the story would be one or both were sex addicts. (Still could be I suppose.) Then MC2 casually mentioned how he's cheated on at least five previous boyfriends. Not to worry though, this time it's different. This time he's going to put in a clause so if he does cheat he has to pay money-since apparently that's the only way he can stay faithful? I made it another 20 pages or so and decided I didn't care about either MC enough to wait for their HEA.
I'm positive these two fall in love and MC2 would never dream of cheating on the love of his life, but there was nothing in the characters that made me want to push through to see that. Not even this fantastic plot and I love this unique modern twist on a regency romance type trope! At some point the plot may even draw me back enough to give this another go. If it does, I'll update this post.