flashy_dragon reviewed A Wicked Kind of Husband by Mia Vincy
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1 star
Reading during a pandemic hasn't been a success. I've quit three books, finding them annoying for one reason or another. I found this one annoying about 40% of the way through. Joshua is a self-made business man that was made a bastard when his father's bigamy was uncovered, and is dead-set on being an unlovable bastard.
Cassandra's been married to Joshua for 2 years, but the two haven't seen each other since their wedding night. In the meantime, she's been running her family's estate with no involvement from Joshua, effectively the matriarch as her mother isn't present most of the time and her father dead.
So, that's the setup. I found the back-and-forth want-but-can't-have fairly annoying, and around 40% I considered giving up, as Cassandra is upset over something her husband promised to do, and does, but she has conveniently forgot for tension.
Around 60% the characters switch, and Joshua …
Reading during a pandemic hasn't been a success. I've quit three books, finding them annoying for one reason or another. I found this one annoying about 40% of the way through. Joshua is a self-made business man that was made a bastard when his father's bigamy was uncovered, and is dead-set on being an unlovable bastard.
Cassandra's been married to Joshua for 2 years, but the two haven't seen each other since their wedding night. In the meantime, she's been running her family's estate with no involvement from Joshua, effectively the matriarch as her mother isn't present most of the time and her father dead.
So, that's the setup. I found the back-and-forth want-but-can't-have fairly annoying, and around 40% I considered giving up, as Cassandra is upset over something her husband promised to do, and does, but she has conveniently forgot for tension.
Around 60% the characters switch, and Joshua gets upset over something Cassandra promised, but he's forgotten.
Did they forget on purpose, for the sake of the narrative (and if so, these folks should be in a sequel to John Scalzi's Redshirts), or did the author forget that her characters had conversations, were impressed and buoyed by their spouse's promises? We'll never know.
All-in-all, I finished this out of spite to myself, as some sort of proof that I could finish a thing during this shitty pandemic, when I should have dropped it for something else.
