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Yup, you heard me: This woman Janetta is one of the vilest, most sickening, nasty, neurotic, obsessive, delusional and bitchy evil OW I've encountered recently in a romance novel. I just remembered I should have mentioned the strangest wedding and marriage happens between the MC's. Blaze had basically ordered Carla to marry him. She kept saying no but still continued her spineless desperate yearning for his kisses. Then they argue, he locks her in her room and tells her she won't be allowed out until she agrees to marry him.
Oh and the kind housekeeper Ellen is his co-conspirator who believes in her addled mind that she's doing the poor heroine a favour.
Then the MC's have sex, Blaze tells her she will marry him and she smiles like a besotted dummy and agrees because she is in love. It's a new incarnation of that old syndrome that has felled many a juvenile female heart: Love via orgasmic bliss. It's just a pity that the love seems to be a bit one sided.
I swear that this H showed signs of a bi polar personality. One minute he is horrible, then he is sweet and almost poetic then he is menacing again and accusing her of killing his brother. It's like a vicious cycle with these two. Their wedding night is spoiled when Janetta turns up shouting loudly and saying stuff that causes Carla to put on her oldest suit of clothing, hightail it out of the mansion and go to stay on the boat.
Why do heroines always have to wear their most dowdy outfit when they're leaving the H? Why not leave in style, with a chin raised defiantly and shoulders erect with pride? The scene that follows is one that is really tormenting for the heroine.
Blaze turns up on the boat, forcibly seduces her then leaves her after. She might have made her bed by leaving him but his actions were contemptible. Carla needed to read The Art of War: She thought she had gotten the upper hand on Blaze by leaving him on their wedding night. Then he comes, makes her have sex with him and leaves her in the dark, musty, boat with no food! His parting comment proved that he knew exactly what he was doing too: How much more was he going to humiliate her?
He turned to the pile of her clothes, scooped them up and dropped them, item by item, along her white body. It was a mocking gesture, coloured with contempt. He was at the cabin door. Only then did he answer her question. You walked out on me, so why shouldn't I reciprocate? These two seemed to share nothing but intense sexual chemistry. I couldn't feel the love. Carla also did some really dumbass things such as going out on dates with Janetta's lecherous brother, even after the sleazy guy forcibly kissed her and pushed himself on her.
This girl had no brains, no common sense and no sense of self preservation.
Bitter Revenge has 39 ratings and 7 reviews. Ivy said: This novel stirred up a lot of mixed emotions in me. At times I hated every single character in th. Bitter Revenge has 39 ratings and 7 reviews. Jan said: I always liked the cover, but the story was meher than donnsboatshop.com-fiancee who died in an accident, an.
All she seemed to want to do was to battle with Blaze and so, if Blaze was having cosy little "business" dates with Janetta then she would continue to date the OW's near rapist brother. Blaze even showed his own signs of utter stupidity because Rolf and Janetta both worked for his competitor yet he allowed the OW to type in his home office.
Then when Rolf almost sabotages an important meeting for Blaze, the asshole H blames Carla and accuses her of giving Rolf insider information. The asshole forgets conveniently, that HE is the one who had given the bitch carte blanche by allowing her to come and go in his study freely. There was only ONE instance where Carla actually stands up to Janetta and it deserves highlighting since it's perhaps her single show of pride and real defiance: I've been the female in his life for a long time.
I know his needs, and I can satisfy them. I have experience on my side. I'm fresh and new—still something of an unknown quantity, even to my husband. I have that elusive but essential thing called "mystery". When a man knows a woman as well as you allege Blaze knows you, the seventh veil has gone, hasn't it? There's nothing left to discover. Her scarlet cheeks and brilliantly hard eyes revealed her inner fury. The asshole H even said he would consider hiring Rolf after he bought the company for which Rolf worked!
The reconciliation and "HEA" didn't appear sincere to me personally. Blaze did NO grovelling. The dummy heroine just did what she has done consistently: In my opinion, Blaze would probably keep having his bi polar moments and she would continue to retaliate by going out on "dates" with wannabe rapists like Rolf. Thank God they have no little dogs to live in that horrible atmosphere and God help the kids they'll eventually have. The only victim of "Bitter Revenge" in this story is this reader for duping herself into thinking this might be actually filled with exciting and sexy angst.
If I had a wish for this H, it would be for him to be dumped by the heroine who leaves him while he is listening to Don Dokken sing that old power ballad "Alone Again" while he cries like a baby for the loss of his true love. And I'm not mocking that old '80's power rock ballad because I was probably conceived while it was playing on my dad's cassette player View all 3 comments. Sep 03, April Brookshire rated it it was ok Shelves: This should've been titled The Dickhead and the Doormat He was a mean bastard and she was so pathetic over him she still stayed with him and slept with him when she suspected him of having an affair.
Jun 02, Fre06 Begum rated it it was ok. This woman had no pride!
Sep 04, Jan rated it did not like it Shelves: I always liked the cover, but the story was meher than meh. Ex-fiancee who died in an accident, angry older brother. There could have been a lot of angsty drama, alas it was mostly a mess.
Apr 14, Booked rated it it was amazing Shelves: I added this book when goodreads didn't really have much info available. I didn't appreciate having this book removed from my shelf. A review they want. A review they get. A victim of circumstance.
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Sep 04, Jan rated it did not like it Shelves: I always liked the cover, but the story was meher than meh. Ex-fiancee who died in an accident, angry older brother. There could have been a lot of angsty drama, alas it was mostly a mess. Trina rated it did not like it Jul 30, Taelle rated it did not like it May 23,