This author offers eventful rides for sure–you can never guess what nor when the next plot twist will be. But I actually like knowing my destination. There’s a good compromise somewhere between boring and chaotic.
Huff is supposed to be smart, but he keeps making stupid decisions. Some of them are consistent with the character, like his reluctance to kill, but a lot of them make little sense. I suppose you can blame it on the fact he never has time to think. He’s mostly reacting instead of planning. And despite his superhuman strength and his powers, he barely controls his life, people around him and circumstances dictating what his next step should be.
We have more than Huff’s point of view, and it was interesting. Though it didn’t help me with liking River more. Can I say I despise her? While her motivations and hang ups are kind of understandable, she asks so much of Huff and never compromises. So if my suspicions about where the author is leading her story are right–which is improbable, since she never does what I think she will–I kind of like that River is so uncompromising.
At least they finally do the deed. And it was surprisingly explicit and hot compared to what the author usually writes. I won’t complain though.
There was a political and social message lost in the middle of all this chaos, and though I thought it was bold to go that route for the author, it kind of annoyed me. It was a bit too on the nose, like she was trying to convince the readers, and I wasn’t there for a lecture.
It’s not too long and you never get bored, and with that ending, of course I want to see what happens next, but it wasn’t the author’s best work.
Quickie
- Series: RevoLUVtion #2 (directly follows the previous book, ends on a kind of cliffhanger)
- Hashtags: #superhero romance #friends to lovers #virgin #nerd #humor
- Trigger: mention of attempted assault, violence and death
- Main couple: River & Hudson Ferris
- Hotness: 3/5
- Romance: ?/5 (I’m not sure?)
- + you never expect what happens next…
- – …and I’d have liked more coherence