Review: Beneath This Man (This Man, #2) by Jodi Ellen Malpas (Goodreads Author)

Beneath This Man by Jodi Ellen Malpas
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

1,5 stars

I'm sorry....I know the majority liked Beneath This Man, the 2nd book in Jodi Ellen Malpas's This ManTrilogy........but it just didn't work out for me.

Jesse Ward has become beyond obsessive.......his behaviour is weird and crazy and extreme...so what if we now know his age and how he received the famous scar and how evil and horrible his parents were...blah blah blah....

I could not like Jesse in this book......his actions were pretty scary.....he lies to Ava about a lot of important things...those are not little white lies......he manipulates her......he stalks her.....he checks up on her....

“Do they want to keep me in a glass box so nothing and no one can hurt me?”
“You're mine, and mine alone, baby. Just for my eyes, just for my touch and just for my pleasure. Just mine. Do you understand me?”

.interrupts her business meetings.....STALKER....STALKER....NOT MUCH............

At first, I thought....finally, Ava is showing some backbone.........maybe it's true...after all, she handcuffs Jesse to the bed post and leaves him to stew......

And then what happens next???? Oooh, Jesse, Jesse

....So forgive me if I don't feel sorry for you.......when you say things like this.....

“He disregards my opinions and wishes at every turn, with his neurotic, challenging ways, and now I fear I’m becoming neurotic and challenging as well. He brings out the worst in me, and I know damn well I bring out the worst in him.”

And just as fast as I can......forget those thoughts......rather......I just love sex with Jesse.....so think I will just give in to him..........Pleeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

hell, this woman, Ava, drove me absolutely bonkers!!!! I wanted to jump into the book and give her a piece of my mind..............like something like this...

I like well-written sex scenes that form part of the story........but how much is enough sex scenes....

“Well, Mr Ward. Given how much sex we have, I'd say you're the majority shareholder of power in this relationship.”

And for heaven's sake........what about carpet burn.......but no, this does not happen in fiction darlings........and no, Jesse Ward does not need Viagra for those hundreds and hundreds and more hundreds of sex times with sweet little Ava...

This book could have been cut in half.....there was so much repetition that I found myself skimming a lot of pages.

Truthfully...........I'm become a bit "enthusiastic" about this series, so I probably will read book #3......much to my dismay!!!!

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