I did like it. The ML did tease her somewhat, but seemed to quickly repent when he noticed it hurt her. He wasn't a testosterone filled a**hole, and when she was hurt, he was there and doing his best to support her. When Mister Priss did his Jekyll and Hyde act (can we say "incel?"), he acted just as he should, and basically shut him down from any future shenanigans. He liked her straight forward personality (so did I) and he also admired her fairly selfless courage. The plot, of course, was a trope (according to my English Lit Professor, there are only so many plots out there, so nearly everything written after Shakespeare is derivative), but I thought the author handled it fairly well. It was an enjoyable read, and the only character I wanted to break the bones of wasn't the ML, unlike so many Harlequin stories.
I did like it. The ML did tease her somewhat, but seemed to quickly repent when he noticed it hurt her. He wasn't a testosterone filled a**hole, and when she was hurt, he was there and doing his best to support her. When Mister Priss did his Jekyll and Hyde act (can we say "incel?"), he acted just as he should, and basically shut him down from any future shenanigans. He liked her straight forward personality (so did I) and he also admired her fairly selfless courage. The plot, of course, was a trope (according to my English Lit Professor, there are only so many plots out there, so nearly everything written after Shakespeare is derivative), but I thought the author handled it fairly well. It was an enjoyable read, and the only character I wanted to break the bones of wasn't the ML, unlike so many Harlequin stories.