Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Had an hour of free time to kill and I left my current read in the office, so I went inside the nearest bookstore decided to get this book based on how I've been hearing about the author and... Yeah... The gorgeous cover. 😂 Did due diligence and checked the Goodreads score, it was OK. So I went ahead and got it.
Huhuhu! I feel so bad that I wasted money on a brand new copy of this book. Decided not to waste any more of my time and stopped reading after 60 pages (20% of the book).
It reads like the worst of fanfiction. Not enough historical background. Weird, pseudo-witty dialogue that comes off as unnatural and forced.
I wanted so badly to like this book, it being written by a Pinay and all.
Will look for a secondhand copy of her other books, maybe she got better as she went along.
I hope.
:'(
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