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Beauty by Clarissa Wild
2.0
Disappointed...
I highly anticipated the release of the sequel to BEAST, BEAUTY. I must say that I was very disappointed. There were major details about the plot that just didn't make much sense to me.
The book picked up right where it left off, but I found the main character of Beast to be a different character to what was presented in book one. First, Beast seemed very knowledgeable in the ways of the world for someone who spent most of their life in a small, damp cell, in captivity with no contact with the outside world except to be let out to kill. He also seemed very knowledgeable about sex and pleasuring a woman. Did they teach this in "Intro to Killing 101" as a prerequisite? Aurora seemed very naïve and reminded me of cartoon character, Penelope Pitstop, because she always found herself in the craziest of situations that could have been avoided had she not made such stupid decisions!
While the overall plot was good, it was the little details that I don't think the author thought all the way through in order to make this storyline stick. the timeline made no sense, as Beast suffered numerous life-threatening injuries, he seemed to have healed from them overnight. Further, Aurora got on my last nerves and seemed to cry on every page. My biggest gripes were that the behaviors of both characters were inconsistent. Beast acted like a deranged animal one minute and the next like the most civilized person you ever could meet. Aurora was like a inexperienced virgin one minute asking "Oh, what are you doing? This is wrong!" and the next, an experienced super-Saiyan sex kitten chanting "Take me and use me... I'm here to please you.".
Too much went wrong here. I'll probably read this author's work again because I did enjoy the first book. But, I'm sorry... this could have been condensed and wrapped up with a HEA in one book.
I highly anticipated the release of the sequel to BEAST, BEAUTY. I must say that I was very disappointed. There were major details about the plot that just didn't make much sense to me.
The book picked up right where it left off, but I found the main character of Beast to be a different character to what was presented in book one. First, Beast seemed very knowledgeable in the ways of the world for someone who spent most of their life in a small, damp cell, in captivity with no contact with the outside world except to be let out to kill. He also seemed very knowledgeable about sex and pleasuring a woman. Did they teach this in "Intro to Killing 101" as a prerequisite? Aurora seemed very naïve and reminded me of cartoon character, Penelope Pitstop, because she always found herself in the craziest of situations that could have been avoided had she not made such stupid decisions!
While the overall plot was good, it was the little details that I don't think the author thought all the way through in order to make this storyline stick. the timeline made no sense, as Beast suffered numerous life-threatening injuries, he seemed to have healed from them overnight. Further, Aurora got on my last nerves and seemed to cry on every page. My biggest gripes were that the behaviors of both characters were inconsistent. Beast acted like a deranged animal one minute and the next like the most civilized person you ever could meet. Aurora was like a inexperienced virgin one minute asking "Oh, what are you doing? This is wrong!" and the next, an experienced super-Saiyan sex kitten chanting "Take me and use me... I'm here to please you.".
Too much went wrong here. I'll probably read this author's work again because I did enjoy the first book. But, I'm sorry... this could have been condensed and wrapped up with a HEA in one book.