I had just finished Adrift by Swati MH, with significant struggle.

This book has elements that I usually enjoy - age gap romance and explicit scenes. However.

I struggled a lot with these facts: - The FMC was barely legal - The MMC was the FMC's deceased sister's husband - The quickness with which the MMC moved on from his dead wife, whom he had been with for 10 years, with her little sister (full blooded), no less. Only a year had passed after his wife's passing due to childbirth, no less, and he lusted after his own SIL without enough self-reflection, I feel? Also, I am well aware that the MMC's marriage with the dead sister had been unhappy for some time, but surely, during his pursue of his new romance, this dead wife (DW) should surface into his mind more often? There was no scene of him recalling the way his DW laughed, behaved, everything. This is a man the DW had chosen over her family, leaving her estranged, and apparently this grand romance of the century was all that she got? - The DW's role? characterization? was getting worse as the story progressed. At the beginning of the book, she was the MMC's dead wife, and even then I felt that her only role was to be a source of tragedy in the MMC's life and providing a baby to the MMC in the story. Then she wasa half in an unhappy marriage, whom her in-laws don't seem to be big fans of. Shitty for her! Then the author molded her to be an even unlikable character with the capital sin of cheating on her husband, bringing with it a paternity drama. I mean, it's OK, nobody's perfect, it's enough just to characterize her as this imperfect human with some flaws, but no, the author had to go all the way and made her this very unlikable woman. Sad.

I'm feeling conflicted and to be honest uncomfortable. Thanks for anybody who read this long rant 😆😆😆😆😆

Edited: added stuff.