coral reviewed Take Me by Bella Andre
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1 star
Really, really terrible book. The characters aren't likable or really even believable; the supposedly 30 year old characters act more like you'd expect a 19 year old to act.
Worse, the protagonist is constantly referred to as "fat" and "round" and a whole lot of other negative terms (in addition to some positive ones that ultimately mean the same things), when it's clearly stated that she wears a size 16 on a bad day. If you're going to market your book as a romance with a plus-size protagonist, maybe language choice around size should be handled well. And since a person who wears a small 16 doesn't actually have to shop at plus-size stores, maybe just don't market it that way.
Also, the love interest is almost completely without redeeming qualities, and he doesn't so much experience "character growth" as "a complete turnabout of who he is," in the course …
Really, really terrible book. The characters aren't likable or really even believable; the supposedly 30 year old characters act more like you'd expect a 19 year old to act.
Worse, the protagonist is constantly referred to as "fat" and "round" and a whole lot of other negative terms (in addition to some positive ones that ultimately mean the same things), when it's clearly stated that she wears a size 16 on a bad day. If you're going to market your book as a romance with a plus-size protagonist, maybe language choice around size should be handled well. And since a person who wears a small 16 doesn't actually have to shop at plus-size stores, maybe just don't market it that way.
Also, the love interest is almost completely without redeeming qualities, and he doesn't so much experience "character growth" as "a complete turnabout of who he is," in the course of the book. (Which is a thing that can be written convincingly, but I couldn't buy this one.)
Skip this one, seriously.