{"id":11140,"date":"2020-05-11T17:04:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fakiespaceman.com\/toyblog\/?p=11140"},"modified":"2020-07-27T17:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T22:21:14","slug":"book-review-a-bride-most-begrudging-by-deeanne-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fakiespaceman.com\/toyblog\/2020\/05\/11\/book-review-a-bride-most-begrudging-by-deeanne-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sexy, sexy math problems\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell: Young noblewoman accidentally transported with women convicts to colonial Virginia to become a bride. She weds Hero in a marriage of convenience until they can prove\/disprove her story. Math happens (more on that later). They proceed to act stupidly towards each other until an Indian attack brings them together and they confess their true feelings.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the worst book I\u2019ve read on Amazon. Character development and dialogue are decent. Action\/fight scenes are better than average. There is attention to historical details on culture, food, dress, customs, etc. These factors made it worthwhile to read, but I did have some hangups:<\/span><\/p>\n

The use of math story problems as flirtation\/foreplay is simply too much for my suspension of disbelief. I can’t read these scenes with a straight face. Everybody has their thing, it’s cool, but I didn’t need so many of the answers spelled out in such detail. I feel like someone may be overcompensating due to personal failure in the art of seduction by math (incidentally, words I never thought I would use together).<\/span><\/p>\n

So Hero is already getting laid through the power of math, but decides to hedge his bets by bringing in theology. Here is an actual line of pillow talk: \u201cGod is watching, Connie, and He is very, very pleased.\u201d Duuuude, that\u2019s super creepy. This conjures an image of a voyeuristic god peeping in the windows. I understand it from a theological standpoint, but as pillow talk I find it very disturbing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The story makes use of the classic “couple sleeps together and is totally BLINDSIDED by pregnancy!” trope. Heroine is like “sure, I slept with him and I haven’t had a period in 4 months, but that can’t possibly mean anything” (verbatim). Until her friend steps up to tell her “uh yeah, so you’re actually a moron” (verbatim). Hero is like “it’s not as if I slept with her and then stopped talking to her OH WAIT that’s exactly what happened but she’s totally not pregnant because she\u2019s not” (verbatim). I mean, come on. Sure, they don’t have all the scientific know-how we do, but they should have enough information to at least entertain the possibility BEFORE she is halfway through pregnancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Formatting is imperfect; numerous run-on paragraphs with dialogue from different speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottom-line sexual content: Kissing; intercourse happens off-camera and within marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Purchase on Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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