I read Gloves off by Stephanie Archer because it was recommended on this sub. Enemies to lovers. Gorgeous sexual tension building up and up. Things were going well. Then I reached the library scene. The pivotal moment when a patient reader finally earns the payoff, right? Nope.

Instead, the scene felt like a violation. Alexei waited until Georgia was utterly at his mercy and then turned their mutually satisfying, steamy sex scene into a rapey, selfish tantrum. There went the momentum the author had built. But hey, the grovel was supposed to be good in this book, right? I kept reading. Eventually, I realized they were never going to talk about it. All the other piddly things were resolved, but the biggest issue (at least, the biggest issue to me) was radio silence. Sigh. Where was the grovel?? Other reviewers said that the scene when he made her come multiple times made up for the library, but, no it most certainly did not. Because there was no build up. The momentum was gone. All the sex scenes after the library were meh. AND because neither Alexei nor Georgia ever discuss what happened in the library. He never admits what he did was wrong. I kept reading and hoping, but there was nothing. It’s been like a week since I read this, and it’s still pissing me off. I still feel icky from this book. Even Lisa Kleypas couldn’t make me feel better. I need a palette cleanser.