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A review by sil_the_lobster
Edible by Ella Frank
1.0
I wanted to like it. Really, I did. I loved 'Try' and 'Take', the author's two m/m books so much. I enjoyed reading about Tate and Logan, their bantering, their cat-and-mouse-games... and I thought it was time to read some m/f romance/erotica after having spent the overwhelming majority of my reading time in the m/m sector.
But. This one just didn't do it for me. Like, not at all. I couldn't relate to the characters and they didn't grow on me as the book progressed. There's talk about their great connection, about how it just clicks and the mutual attraction is overwhelming and what have you but I have no idea where it comes from other than the fact that both are hot, sexy, tattooed and pierced. What's more, Rachel's been abused and bullied in the past and yet she jumps when Cole snaps his fingers? I mean, WTF? I can see how she might have been somehow conditioned or brainwashed or whatever into preferring the domineering type and it leaves me with a funny taste because I would like to understand how she comes from being bullied into obeying to actually enjoying it. As for Cole, well, no. Just, no. Too smooth, too slick, too perfect, without that humour that makes Logan so sexy despite the fact that he, too, is quite the arrogant prick.
When I pick up an erotic romance, I do not expect in-depth characterisations or intricate storylines. What I do expect are believable characters. And while I had no trouble seeing why straight Tate developed an interest for omnisexual Logan, I couldn't see how bullied Rachel fell for domineering Cole.
Oh, and one more thing. That overuse of the sentence structure 'doing this, he did that', 'doing that, she did this'? Sooo very annoying. I'm not blaming the author - that's an editing thing. Made the amateur editor in me scream.
But. This one just didn't do it for me. Like, not at all. I couldn't relate to the characters and they didn't grow on me as the book progressed. There's talk about their great connection, about how it just clicks and the mutual attraction is overwhelming and what have you but I have no idea where it comes from other than the fact that both are hot, sexy, tattooed and pierced. What's more, Rachel's been abused and bullied in the past and yet she jumps when Cole snaps his fingers? I mean, WTF? I can see how she might have been somehow conditioned or brainwashed or whatever into preferring the domineering type and it leaves me with a funny taste because I would like to understand how she comes from being bullied into obeying to actually enjoying it. As for Cole, well, no. Just, no. Too smooth, too slick, too perfect, without that humour that makes Logan so sexy despite the fact that he, too, is quite the arrogant prick.
When I pick up an erotic romance, I do not expect in-depth characterisations or intricate storylines. What I do expect are believable characters. And while I had no trouble seeing why straight Tate developed an interest for omnisexual Logan, I couldn't see how bullied Rachel fell for domineering Cole.
Oh, and one more thing. That overuse of the sentence structure 'doing this, he did that', 'doing that, she did this'? Sooo very annoying. I'm not blaming the author - that's an editing thing. Made the amateur editor in me scream.