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We Shouldn't
| Title | We Shouldn't |
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| Date | 2025-06-21 13:59:08 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
Bennett Fox walked into my life on one hell of a crappy Monday morning.I was late for the first day at my new job—a job I’d now have to compete for even though I’d already worked eight years to earn it, because of an unexpected merger. While I lugged my belongings up to my new office, a meter maid wrote me a parking summons.She’d ticketed a long line of cars—except for the Audi parked in front of me, which happened to be the same make and model as mine.Annoyed, I decided to regift my ticket to the car that had evaded a fine. Chances were, the owner would pay it and be none the wiser.Except, I accidentally broke the windshield wiper while slipping the ticket onto the car’s window.Seriously, my day couldn’t get any worse. Things started to perk up when I ran into a gorgeous man in the elevator. We had one of those brief moments that only happened in movies. You know the deal…your body lights up, fireworks go off, and the air around you crackles with electricity. His heated stare left me flush when I stepped off the elevator. Maybe things here wouldn’t be so bad after all. Or so I thought.Until I walked into my new boss’s office and met my competition.The gorgeous man from the elevator was now my nemesis. His heated stare wasn’t because of any mutual attraction. It was because he’d seen me vandalize his car. And now he couldn’t wait to annihilate his rival. There’s a fine line between love and hate—and we shouldn’t cross it. We shouldn’t—but straddling that line could be so much fun.
Review
2 stars. Where to start with this one... where to start....I'm gonna start with an analogy. In my professional life I'm an art director at an advertising agency, so I make and critique creative work for a living. Exactly like the characters in this book. If I came to work with the same thing day after day, used the same old ideas, and brought nothing new to the table I would be f.i.r.e.d. Simple as that.To be blunt... if Vi Keeland were my employee I would fire her. Sorry if I sound elitist, but that’s the best way I can put it. I'm sick and tired of the same one dimensional characters and the predictable tropes time after time. Its why my first few reads of hers was 5-4 stars, and as time goes on where we all become less impressed with whats already been done to death, to then rate the last few books 2-3 stars or not even bothering to give it my time at all. For example:Heroine: "God, you're such an insensitive asshole." *blushes*Hero: 'sexy' arrogant smirk "Thanks, I cant argue with the truth."AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT IS SO GODDAM TIRED OF THIS DIALOGUE THAT IS USED IN EVERY SINGLE BOOK!!! I honestly feel like im going insane. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Let me just air the rest of my grievances and y'all can be on your way. The hero: What a fucking bitch. The worst type of male protagonist in this day and age. Entitled, egotistic, misognist at times... OH! and he constantly made side comments about the heroine how she was a whore and only got clients because she slept with them. Lets also throw in a bunch of random women names throughout the story to let us know he was, in fact, the slut. He gets to have a great sex life without judgement while also being at the top of his career. Does he need a pent house? Sure why not. Cause thats apparently how real men live. The heroine: She was a deep dive in a shallow pool. Lets list off the top 3 things we need in a heroine 1. Bad past relationship that lasted yeaaarrssssss and she never enjoyed the sex or received oral sex. Oh, and of course ex-boyfirend cheated on her for years 2. Always comes in second place to the hero, career wise. 3. Betraying body alert, so when the hero says something nasty to her while also making a sexual advance, she just becomes a puddle of estrogen. Hero gets to win every single argument in this 'love and hate romance.'Bonus round!!! She needs to make a complete fool of herself when she first meets the hero. Can we at least give the heroine a fighting chance? Is it so goddam hard to write a female character that doesnt have a bad past sex life?!?! Youre telling me 28 year old woman living in San Fran couldn't bother to find anybody else in a city of millions?!?! Well the hero can apparently. Why cant the heroine? And last but not least... the heroine has to have her life in mortal peril for the hero to realize he loves her and he wants a committed relationship with her. Fuck this. Ya fired Ms Keeland. This book does not spark joy. Why did it deserve 2 stars? Well, at least Miss Keeland knows proper grammar an punctuation. Safe I guess: Author hints that hero might have gone to an ex hook up after he started to have feelings for the heroine but it was never confirmed or denied. Heroine was of course celibate for months after her breakup. No OW drama. Ex boyfriend comes back a few times to bother the h. No seperation.
