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    The RSVP by Lauren Blakely

    written by Dísir
    The RSVP by Lauren BlakelyThe RSVP by Lauren Blakely
    Series: The Virgin Society #1
    Published by Lauren Blakely Books on 4th January 2023
    Pages: 366
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    three-stars

    Our days are full of secrets. Our nights are for seduction…

    For the last year, I’ve wanted someone I can’t have. The man my father built his latest multimillion dollar business with. He’s a decade older than I am, and he’s entirely forbidden.

    The fact that he’s never given me a second glance only makes me long for him more. But the other night, across the room at a gala, everything changed.

    His broody gaze lingered on me and grew darker.

    So I’m officially done being the good girl. Tomorrow I turn 21. As a gift to myself, I plan to seduce my father’s business partner.

    Happy birthday to me.

    I struggled mightily with this one, despite it being a mouthwatering age-gap kind of story that I (not-so) secretly dig. The cover says it’s written by Lauren Blakely, but the New Adult voices bordering on cringey somehow don’t really line up with what I know of Blakely’s more ‘adult-ish’ tone for her books.

    There was definitely a poor-little-rich-girl vibe that had a determined Harlow going after her womanising father’s business partner and if that didn’t really smack of desperation all around, there was too much of a staged process where Harlow schemed, flirted and plotted her way to get closer to Bridger.

    On the other hand, Bridger’s struggle with his attraction to a younger woman made him blow hot and cool, yet it never really felt like a relationship of equals despite Blakely’s relatively low-angst version of both protagonists being relatively mature about what they both want and how they feel. And although this has nothing to do with our couple in question, having Harlow’s unsavoury, immoral father in the mix detracted from the sheen of their relationship, considering he is the very factor that is also a source of conflict between them.

    I ending putting down and taking up ‘The RSVP’ numerous times, the slow-burning somehow turning into a glacial burn when I thought it could move faster. Overall, it’s not a bad read as Blakley quite deftly manoeuvres past all points of conflict–and gets them over quickly rather than drawing them out–but maybe it’s not quite my thing.

    three-stars
    The RSVP by Lauren Blakely was last modified: January 24th, 2023 by Dísir
    24th January 2023 0 comment
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    When Gracie Met The Grump

    by Dísir 29th September 2022

    When Gracie Met the Grump by Mariana Zapata Published by Mariana Zapata on 16th September 2022 Pages: 570 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Of all the things that could have landed…

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    Storm Echo by Nalini Singh

    by Dísir 22nd August 2022

    Storm Echo by Nalini Singh Series: Psy-Changeling Trinity, #6, #6 Published by Berkley on 9th August 2022 Pages: 384 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Silence has fallen. The Psy are free…

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    The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

    by Dísir 15th August 2022

    The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Published by St. Martin’s Press on 19th July 2022 Pages: 320 Buy on Amazon Goodreads She’s got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a…

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    Dead of Spring by Samantha Wilde

    by Dísir 13th June 2022

    Dead of Spring by Samantha Wilde Series: Whistlemore series #2 Published by Samantha Wilde on 7th June 2022 Pages: 121 Buy on Amazon Goodreads When Quin Levington shows up at…

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    The Rogue by Kimberly Kincaid

    by Dísir 23rd May 2022

    The Rogue by Kimberly Kincaid Series: The Intelligence Unit, #4, #4 Published by Kimberly Kincaid Romance on 10th May 2022 Pages: 262 Buy on Amazon Goodreads The scars that cut…

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    Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    by Dísir 7th April 2022

    Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti Series: Deep Ops #5 Published by Lyrical Press on 7th June 2022 Pages: 344 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Run: Gemma Falls never expected to use her…

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