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Hot Seat (The Hot Cannolis, #1)

Eli Easton,

Tara Lain

Start date: February 22, 2022

Finish date: February 26, 2022

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Feb 26, 2022 Florence . rated it it was ok

I will keep this one short, this book sadly did not work for me. I went into it with really big expectations and I thought I would really enjoy it, but sadly, it just did not work for me as much as I wish it did.

This book is more of a focus on one of the main characters and how homophobic his family is, instead of being a love story between the two main characters. I would have preferred if there was more romance and just more couple scenes in general, those are my favourite part of romance and I will keep this one short, this book sadly did not work for me. I went into it with really big expectations and I thought I would really enjoy it, but sadly, it just did not work for me as much as I wish it did.

This book is more of a focus on one of the main characters and how homophobic his family is, instead of being a love story between the two main characters. I would have preferred if there was more romance and just more couple scenes in general, those are my favourite part of romance and why I read them, so it didn't work for me or there was barely any of those scenes. I think my biggest thing with this book is that I read for fun and to have a distraction from my everyday life and reading this book felt like I wanted to go on a vacation but accidentally stumbled into the very religious side of my family family reunion. And being at those family reunions is always exhausting mentally because they spend the entire time saying homophobic remarks and it makes me feel uneasy, and I felt the exact same way while I was reading this book.

Also, there is a suicide attempt in the book and I just didn’t like how came to play, it was used as a way to further the plot and as a means to create drama and I just don’t prefer that when it comes to books. I don’t mind the book showing a suicide attempt, I just don’t like how it was used as a way to bring the plot of the book along, it felt like there was more focus on what the suicide attempt brought to the side characters and how they saw it, then on the character who did it and why he would want to attempt suicide, and I just did not enjoy that. I wish that the book focused more on why the character attempted suicide and gave him therapy and the tools to not want to do it again, instead of using the suicide attempt as a way to further the plot.

I can see why this book would work for many other people, as it has a lot to offer, but sadly, it just wasn't for me.

I received an ARC of this book and this is my honest opinion. ...more

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