Warning: you are about to read a Reader's rant, and there will be swearing and spoilers. Read at your own risk.
Casanova, Romeo, Promiscuous man, womanizer, wolf, Don Juan, philanderer, mongrel, as*shole, jackass, dunce, dolt, eggheaded fool, arrogant, bastard... (deep breaths, deep breaths. Keep it together, but if anyone has any insults feel free to add them to the list that is the main male character, Adrian).
But I am getting ahead of myself. Enlightenment by Reno Ursal was terrific in the beginning, and I loved the characters and the setting. In fact, I devoured the story and could not wait to read more. It was a five out of five in mind, and then came the ending (keep it together.)
That ending is the whole reason for this rant, and my new deep found hatred for Adrian and all the names which I feel are not enough to express how I feel about him and what he did to Dorothy. The fucking asshole basically made her completely nonexistent and all because Stella reached "enlightenment," and he bounded with her. What the effing hell Adrian? Confess you have feelings for Dorothy and do all these romantic things that you never did with Stella and amazing how you never thought of Stella that way when she was not royalty and how you cannot be with Dorothy because she might be royalty.
Spoiler alert:
They both are, but it's okay to have feelings with Stella and completely string Dorothy along. There is not a word strong enough to describe what a jerk he is. In fact, it felt like reading Jacob in Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer. Bella vs. Reneesme (forgive me if I spelled her name wrong it has been a long time since I read the series) except it is Stella vs. Dorothy who is guess what half-sisters. That's right folks. Fucking Adrian went for the half-sister after she died.
No offense to Stella I still love her, and it is not her fault with what happened. Nope, I am placing sole blame on Adrian (and I'm so mad I am ignoring my pet peeve of wondering if I spelled his name wrong. That jerk does not even deserve it.)
What is the equivalency to hell in the Philippines? Adrian deserves to rot in there for the shit that he does.
Okay, I swear I am done. I loved the history of the Phillippines, and that is what attracted me to the story in the first place. Plus, the cover is gorgeous, and I want to marry that cover.
The ending not at all.
3/5 stars.
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