Sofie's Reviews > Unfortunately Yours

*deep sigh*

It’s better than the first book in the series, which made me itch for that 2 maaaaaaybe even 3 ⭐️ BUT I realized that comparing this to Secretly Yours would essentially be the same thing as comparing this to my Wattpad fanfiction from 2012: pointless, as both of those works are utter shite (sorry sofie from the past, but you spelled immediately like immedyatly in that book…)

Anyways, let’s get back into the review, shall we? Here’s the thing, I always write long fkn reviews when it comes to Bailey because she’s rapidly going from one of my faves to something equivalent to me in 2012 (with better grammar, I suppose). And frankly, it’s sad to see.

I need answers Tessa. Did you swap bodies with Andrew Tate à la Freaky Friday? Were you recruited into the Alpha 😈💪🔥 big-arms-tiny-dick army? Did ya watch one too many of those TikTok podcasts where the women go ”ugh I would never wear makeup” and the men go ”i like f*cking women the same way I like my meat- RAAAAAAW 👹”.
I’m asking this BECAUSE WTF HAS HAPPENED WITH YOUR CHARACTERS?

Natalie was fine, but August? The guy that I’m meant to swoon over and think ”mm mmm mmmm another ficitional character raising standards” was a creep. Sure, Tessa’s books are famous for alpha male heroes but it doesn’t work if his thoughts are either just man-must-argue-with woman or man-must-f*ck-pretty-woman. August is a caveman, with wavering ideas on consent (bombastic sideeye at the 💍-thing) and quite icky comments. SPOILER ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ (I don’t know how to put a warning for specific parts yet BUT) the whole thing about him going through with a fake marriage when he didn’t have to anymore, knowing Natalie didn’t actually want to get married for real, felt weird and violating.

I miss the strong female leads that took no BS. I miss the strong but softie heroes that are known for their genuine adoration of said female leads. I’ve been missing these characters in the last four releases from TB, and honestly? I think I’m done holding out hope that they might come back.