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  • The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy
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    The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy
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    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0
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    The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
    Trad Wife: A Novel
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    Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
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  • The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
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    The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0
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    I think being a reader of the fanfic that inspired this book is linked to giving it more grace in terms of rating and thats sort of the case for me. I think the 4 stars I gave it is generous but I cant say if id have given it a higher or lower rating if I hadnt read the source material for it.

    When I first started this book all I could think about was DMATMOOBIL. How i wish I was rereading that book for the first time instead. I couldnt help comparing the characters and while I did ultimately end up appreciating them as their own entities outside of the fanfic, I think in this particular case the book suffered by being too different from the fic. It makes me wonder if id have enjoyed it more without having to get over that initial hurdle. Does that make sense?

    At first I was relieved to see the fanfic wouldn't be taken down but now I almost wish it had so that the story could align more closely. Osric loses the nuance his character formerly had as Draco and (while thats not necessarily the authors fault as this is the case with most fanfics turned traditionally published books), the book ends up paying a heavy price for it.

    The result is a book that wants there to be a familiarity with the characters and the readers thats just not there because these are after all brand new protagonists and setting, and over the top banter right from the start.

    I actually ended up really enjoying the banter between Osric and Aurienne but that was only after they grew on me and overall really enjoyed my time reading it. I will say it relied too much on fecal matter and genitalia jokes that, personally, i think is not the right move for the age demographic its marketed towards. (Its under adult fic in my library? Personally felt more like a YA to me but hey what do I know 🤷‍♀️)

    (P.S. Osric and Aurienne can do no wrong in my eyes.)

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