Jude Silberfeld-Grimaud's Reviews > Principle Decisions

I have painfully mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed everything about Vivienne and Selene very much. Two strong personalities make the submission a lot of fun to read. All the scenes with Vivienne and Selene on page together are scorching hot. The battle of wills is delicious. The falling in love is a bit quick, it feels as if the author could have stretched the exploration of lust as a basis a little more, but Vivienne is a complicated soul and I won’t pretend to understand her.

Everything else, however, feels in the way. Except for the niece (the trans friend arc is sweet), the other characters barely exist and editing/proofreading approximations make the story hard to follow. That said, I read a review copy, so these might have been fixed in the final version.

It’s frustrating because there is so much potential. I really hope the author keeps writing and publishing and I look forward to this potential being fulfilled.

I received a copy from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving a review.

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