Feminista
Hi everyone! I used to be a former Goodreads lover. Who has decided to move to BookLikes due to the recent changes to the GR site: that is, the decision of the management to delete reviews that talk about bad author behaviour.
It is important that we know of bad author behaviour and actions. We buy their books. I want to know whether Author A has decided to harass Reviewer A or encouraged fans to stalk Reviewer B.
I want to know this, the same way I wanted to know that a well known sporting good company had been using child labour in the production of some of its products. The same way the WHOLE WORLD wanted to know.
It is irrelevant that the author writes well, or that the said sporting good company produces good quality sporting goods. Our ethics and morals MATTER!
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Now to discuss my reading habits:
I am very picky when it comes to books. I am a feminist and I think that shows in my reading list.
There are many things that bug me to death. But I'll always make an exception if the boy-girl standard is reversed. Dear world, that is MY double standard. I respect and champion authors who have the guts to do something different.
Firstly, I hate infidelity in novels.
Secondly, I hate it when the heroine is a virgin and the guy is an expert and skilled lover. I hate it when the heroine, for fated reasons, saves herself for someone who has been sowing his oats. It's not only overdone, old-fashioned and pathetic, but it also grosses me out like he is violating something so sacrosanct.
Thirdly, I might enjoy the occasional alpha-hero tendencies, but my true love lies with beta-heroes. Guys who are loving and sweet. Who don't feel the need to push around their women to make themselves feel more manly.
Feminista's bookshelf: read
Rating: 4 out of 5.I am really glad I requested/read this series! The final ending to this four book short-and-sweet series is really satisfying.Sometimes things needs to get worse before it gets better.Once Connie's betrayal is exposed and the evil assistant's purpose is outed, things finally start to fall into place.Reading prior books to this series was like watching a train wreck happening, and not being able to stop it. This last book shows how things can still be picked up after the train wreck. So I think it's a good idea to have all four books to this series at hand when you start it. Because the cliffhangers are quite suspenseful!As for the story. I was well and truly worried that this book would fall short of my expectation. I have read one other series (which shall not be named) where the girlfriend/fiancée cheats and I was really unhappy with her behaviour and her thoughts. Although the cheating in this story wasn't right by anyone's standards, I think we honestly get a better feel for the heroine and can, to some extent, sympathise.What I also loved about this series was that Cliff was well and truly a good man, albeit a bit oblivious to what happens around him, but the ending really helped with that. The thing is, I was so sure that it would turn out that Cliff was also cheating on Connie (with his evil assistant), like in the other stories, where it's used to "justify" the heroine's actions. But he wasn't. He was a sweet man with good intentions.ARC Courtesy of Edelweiss and Simon & Schuster.