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nikitanavalkar's review
4.0
Thoroughly enjoyed
Having heard so much about this author’s dark and angsty work, I wasn’t sure how a rom com was going to go, but I was enchanted by the cover and blurb, and thus I had to read it. And it is actually a very good well rounded rom com, with the funnies as well as emotional depth, but without any extreme angst.
Faith, our heroine, is a fun loving, irreverent agony aunt columnist for a prestigious publication. Okay, she’s a sex guru. And has some interesting advice to give. Our hero, Harry, of course is the exact opposite, broody, grumpy, rude. For reasons. They hate each other, but don’t worry they don’t really. As we move forward in the book, Faith’s spoiled selfish bratty behavior got on my nerves a little. And she never apologizes for things that were wrong on her part. Harry on the other hand, remains an adorably British grump.
The kinky side plot is funny, but just a tad juvenile, but also hot. Okay conflicting emotions clearly. Overall I really enjoyed the story and the side characters and opulence was a cherry on the cake.
Having heard so much about this author’s dark and angsty work, I wasn’t sure how a rom com was going to go, but I was enchanted by the cover and blurb, and thus I had to read it. And it is actually a very good well rounded rom com, with the funnies as well as emotional depth, but without any extreme angst.
Faith, our heroine, is a fun loving, irreverent agony aunt columnist for a prestigious publication. Okay, she’s a sex guru. And has some interesting advice to give. Our hero, Harry, of course is the exact opposite, broody, grumpy, rude. For reasons. They hate each other, but don’t worry they don’t really. As we move forward in the book, Faith’s spoiled selfish bratty behavior got on my nerves a little. And she never apologizes for things that were wrong on her part. Harry on the other hand, remains an adorably British grump.
The kinky side plot is funny, but just a tad juvenile, but also hot. Okay conflicting emotions clearly. Overall I really enjoyed the story and the side characters and opulence was a cherry on the cake.
ninjareader's review
4.0
Method: ebook
Rating: 4/5 stars
H rating: 4.5/5 - Harry
h rating: 4.5/5 - Faith
Drama: 3/5 - Minor - two men, secret sex club, royalty expectations.
Thoughts: I LOVED this book! Faith was hilarious and I enjoyed how she never censored herself, she was real and it was awesome.
irmathebookwhisperer's review
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed Thoroughly Whipped. This book is so different from what Tillie usually writes, and I couldn't help but to love it.
Faith - good Gods! The mouth on this sassy, firce, clumsy, has no filter lady! Priceless! I'm positive she could make a prostitute blush. She was hillarious!
I loved her character because she was real and she always stayed true to herself.
Harry - a stuck up born with a silver spoon! Or so it appears at first sight. But he's a total oposite. Before I knew, I fell in love with him, too.
They've met before and it was a disaster. Now they meet again. She works as a column writer for Visage magazine and he just became the new CEO. Every time they're in the same room some kind of disaster happens and it's usually all on Faith. He seems bothered with it, ...but what if things aren't the way they seem to be....
...Soon after she gets an invitation to an exclusive, secretive world and meets a man who thrills her, Harry smiles at her for the first time...
Passionate and loving! I was hooked from the very first page and it just got better and better the more I read.
Faith - good Gods! The mouth on this sassy, firce, clumsy, has no filter lady! Priceless! I'm positive she could make a prostitute blush. She was hillarious!
I loved her character because she was real and she always stayed true to herself.
Harry - a stuck up born with a silver spoon! Or so it appears at first sight. But he's a total oposite. Before I knew, I fell in love with him, too.
They've met before and it was a disaster. Now they meet again. She works as a column writer for Visage magazine and he just became the new CEO. Every time they're in the same room some kind of disaster happens and it's usually all on Faith. He seems bothered with it, ...but what if things aren't the way they seem to be....
...Soon after she gets an invitation to an exclusive, secretive world and meets a man who thrills her, Harry smiles at her for the first time...
Passionate and loving! I was hooked from the very first page and it just got better and better the more I read.
sarahluvsromance_1201's review
5.0
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5 YES, SIR CROWNS
THIS BOOK. Let me tell you why this is five stars for me. I’ve been in a rut. Reading has felt like a job, thing to cross off of my to do list. Thoroughly Whipped reminded me why I love reading and that books are an escape.
Henry is the cold, stuck up aristocrat, but he is so much more. The glimpses we see of him when he is with Faith melted my heart. This man owned me because he was vulnerable, making him the perfect mixture of strong and dominant and vulnerable and loving.
Faith was utterly hilarious. I laughed out loud at her antics, her one liners, and her clumsiness. I loved the ideals she lived by. She embodies what I respect in a female character - owns her sexuality, smart and successful in her career, and doesn’t back down.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this novel. I love that Tillie Cole jumps around in tropes, and the sex club and rom com was something new. I didn’t know how she would blend these worlds but she did, and she did it so well.
I will say that if you follow me predictable plots are usually a deduction in my rating, so even though it is pretty clear how it is all going to work out for the most part, it didn’t effect my love of the book. My love for the characters, their relationship, and the final HEA owned my heart. The other stuff didn’t matter and didn’t take away from my love of the book.
This book is hilarious, steamy, and pure entertainment. I couldn’t put it down, and it gave me the much needed escape I desperately needed. I would highly recommend this one. It is sure to be A favorite of 2020.
ARC review
5 YES, SIR CROWNS
THIS BOOK. Let me tell you why this is five stars for me. I’ve been in a rut. Reading has felt like a job, thing to cross off of my to do list. Thoroughly Whipped reminded me why I love reading and that books are an escape.
Henry is the cold, stuck up aristocrat, but he is so much more. The glimpses we see of him when he is with Faith melted my heart. This man owned me because he was vulnerable, making him the perfect mixture of strong and dominant and vulnerable and loving.
Faith was utterly hilarious. I laughed out loud at her antics, her one liners, and her clumsiness. I loved the ideals she lived by. She embodies what I respect in a female character - owns her sexuality, smart and successful in her career, and doesn’t back down.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this novel. I love that Tillie Cole jumps around in tropes, and the sex club and rom com was something new. I didn’t know how she would blend these worlds but she did, and she did it so well.
I will say that if you follow me predictable plots are usually a deduction in my rating, so even though it is pretty clear how it is all going to work out for the most part, it didn’t effect my love of the book. My love for the characters, their relationship, and the final HEA owned my heart. The other stuff didn’t matter and didn’t take away from my love of the book.
This book is hilarious, steamy, and pure entertainment. I couldn’t put it down, and it gave me the much needed escape I desperately needed. I would highly recommend this one. It is sure to be A favorite of 2020.
ARC review
geo_ix's review
2.0
It was ok. I hated Faith for about 70% of the book. She hates him because in their first meeting (where she acknowledges he doesn’t look well) he was standoffish and rude, and just form THAT interaction she is rude back to him, even years later, and keeps going on about how pretentious he is when she’s treating him like that without knowing him? I don’t know, she just acted like him not wanting to talk to her was the same as murder or something it was crazy. I also didn’t like that they didn’t really interact (as each other) until like halfway through the book? I kept gaslighting myself into thinking
I’m also real over rom-coms having clumsy heroines? What is funny about that? & their always the most headstrong argumentative type people, but then constantly fall, break things etc? Why is this a thing? Every time she fell I wanted to dnf, and she fell SO much. Imagine making falling a part of someone’s personality lmao.
The book did grow on me by the end, but it was a rough ride getting there and if it was longer I would have dnfed. There was also a LOT of errors in this & it definitely needs a better edit.
Spoiler
Maître wasn’t actually going to be him & that she wasn’t going to end up with him & it was just a shitty boss situation. Then he did a 180 in personality and clues led to him, and then all of a sudden she IGNORES all the clues & claims it’s the French guy?! And I was left feeling like I was crazy and made it all up & it just turned out she was a dumb fuck who ignored all clues ever because she didn’t want to believe the truth? She made me so tired.I’m also real over rom-coms having clumsy heroines? What is funny about that? & their always the most headstrong argumentative type people, but then constantly fall, break things etc? Why is this a thing? Every time she fell I wanted to dnf, and she fell SO much. Imagine making falling a part of someone’s personality lmao.
The book did grow on me by the end, but it was a rough ride getting there and if it was longer I would have dnfed. There was also a LOT of errors in this & it definitely needs a better edit.
jenspeck84's review
3.0
Faith is a journalist currently writing a sex advice column, wanting to break into features. Harry is her boss (really her bosses boss). Faith is scouted by a notorious, anonymous sex club, intending to use the opportunity to break into Features. There she meets Maitre and becomes his.
Soon after, she begins to see Harry in a different light, but that comes with it’s own challenges. Soon, secrets are revealed, truths are uncovered, and choices must be made.
I wasn’t sure going in to it, BDSM-driven stories aren’t my faves, but this book was pretty hot. Despite the title, there’s not a lot of BDSM content, at least not in action, it’s a bit more of a dominant/submissive situation. And it’s one of my favorite tropes - where’s he’s been pining for the women and she’s oblivious. Plus, it offers plenty of humor, between Faith’s inability to stay on her feet and her mother’s frankness. Definitely worth a read.
Soon after, she begins to see Harry in a different light, but that comes with it’s own challenges. Soon, secrets are revealed, truths are uncovered, and choices must be made.
I wasn’t sure going in to it, BDSM-driven stories aren’t my faves, but this book was pretty hot. Despite the title, there’s not a lot of BDSM content, at least not in action, it’s a bit more of a dominant/submissive situation. And it’s one of my favorite tropes - where’s he’s been pining for the women and she’s oblivious. Plus, it offers plenty of humor, between Faith’s inability to stay on her feet and her mother’s frankness. Definitely worth a read.
elianac_'s review
2.0
this is such an unpopular opinion here, but this book was really a mess, the plot is so messy that I can't even put It on words because it's going to be confusing af, but im going to try
this book is about a girl who hates her boss and ends up having sex with him in a club in which she doesn't recognize is him, everything good so far, they barely speak and the first 20%-40% of the books are weird sex scenes.
then she starts talking with her boss discovers he's not an asshole and drops the guy who was fucking in the sex club (and yes the boss and the guy are the same), but she does this after she said she was having feelings for the club guy so wtf???????
after that everything is a blur, and honestly I couldn't find any chemistry between her and the boss or her and the club guy so :/
also, the side characters were so bland, like I get this is a romcom, but cmon with that plot it could've been better
ARC provided by Ardent Prose PR in exchange for an honest review
this book is about a girl who hates her boss and ends up having sex with him in a club in which she doesn't recognize is him, everything good so far, they barely speak and the first 20%-40% of the books are weird sex scenes.
then she starts talking with her boss discovers he's not an asshole and drops the guy who was fucking in the sex club (and yes the boss and the guy are the same), but she does this after she said she was having feelings for the club guy so wtf???????
after that everything is a blur, and honestly I couldn't find any chemistry between her and the boss or her and the club guy so :/
also, the side characters were so bland, like I get this is a romcom, but cmon with that plot it could've been better
ARC provided by Ardent Prose PR in exchange for an honest review
readinglustwithjenna's review
5.0
My first Tillie Cole book and definitely not my last! The perfect romcom, with a great story and great spice!!!