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TITLE: When A Genius Falls In Love (4328)
AUTHOR: Marione Ashley
FROM: Precious Hearts Romances
PAGES: 128
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Secretly loving a genius ang drama ng buhay ni Aivi sa loob ng limang taon. Pulos pagpapa-cute at pagpapalipad-hangin ang ginagawa niya para mapansin ni Chase. Kontento na siya roon dahil para sa kanya, matanaw, makasama, at makausap lamang niya ito ay masaya na siya. Pero bigla siyang nagising sa pag-iilusyon nang ipakilala sa kanila ni Chase ang fiancée nito na si Destiny. Teka, hindi ito kasama sa love story nila! Suddenly, all her dreams about Chase being her husband vanished into thin air. But she was not Aivi Lim for nothing. She had to do something. She had a battle to face.
A battle against Destiny.
Sana lang ay manalo siya…
Secretly loving a genius ang drama ng buhay ni Aivi sa loob ng limang taon. Pulos pagpapa-cute at pagpapalipad-hangin ang ginagawa niya para mapansin ni Chase. Kontento na siya roon dahil para sa kanya, matanaw, makasama, at makausap lamang niya ito ay masaya na siya. Pero bigla siyang nagising sa pag-iilusyon nang ipakilala sa kanila ni Chase ang fiancée nito na si Destiny. Teka, hindi ito kasama sa love story nila! Suddenly, all her dreams about Chase being her husband vanished into thin air. But she was not Aivi Lim for nothing. She had to do something. She had a battle to face.
A battle against Destiny.
Sana lang ay manalo siya…
REVIEW
GENRE
Romance
PLOT
I felt like the events were not planned well, as if the main conflict, the climax, was just an afterthought. All the events should be connected and should lead to the conflict in a smoothly flowing manner. Storytelling makes one scene the reason for creating the next one.
POINT OF VIEW
The "kilig" was there, but the heroine's POV would be better if the hero's remained a mystery. The hero's POV gave too much away, making it hard to connect with the heroine.
CHARACTERS
AIVI
She had something going on in her life. That's good. What's missing was a dream, a personal goal in life (aside from getting the hero). Something that would make her shine on her own and elevate her from a girl who just peeked on the hero's hot bod to a woman of substance. She's a nice heroine, but with a tendency to be overemotional.
She also had a nice motivation going on due to her family problems. The fact that she was hesitating about going all out with her feelings because she didn't want to do what her parents did to her had potential for dramatic effect. It just wasn't explored properly.
CHASE
He's an adorable hero. I just didn't feel the "genius" thing in the beginning. I wished it was shown rather than described and narrated.
Chase's "love" would have been more convincing if he had some problem that would relate to Aivi's problems. But he had a problem-free background which didn't justify how he fell for Aivi. As I've said before, love transcends rational thought, yes, but in a romance story, you have to give it reasons, at least. Something that would convince the reader of the roots of their feelings.
OTHER DETAILS
What did KL do? For someone like me who picked this book randomly (which seems to be a sequel to other books), I wanted to know what kind of company did a group of tennis lovers create. A little peek into the operation would put a touch of reality into it.
What did KL do? For someone like me who picked this book randomly (which seems to be a sequel to other books), I wanted to know what kind of company did a group of tennis lovers create. A little peek into the operation would put a touch of reality into it.
The heroine could use a little "reservation". She should at least have some inner struggles while waiting for the ultimate love confession. Build-up the emotions (especially since she admitted that what she was feeling was just a "crush" at first) and then release them in that right moment.
The main conflict came to early. That's why I'll say again that the antagonist should be incorporated earlier on in the story. Send some hints to the readers that a "kontrabida" is coming, maybe make them responsible for some earlier hurdle that the heroine faced, and you won't need to hurry in dropping the bomb and cleaning after it.
Even in fiction, the characters have to act and speak appropriately. Meaning, if the heroine was a secretary, she should maintain the politeness and respect that a secretary should have when faced with the hero's (her boss's) acquaintances. Even if said acquaintances are friendly. "Yup" didn't seem to be an appropriate response to a stranger-slash-superior's question.
"Thump, thump, thump, thuuump!" Is this a sign that the writer had finally lost words to describe the heroine's nervous feelings?
It got dragging in the latter part. I was disappointed in the ending. It felt like they wouldn't reconcile if the side-characters didn't help them. The main characters should still make the decision by themselves, not only because the harassed and hardworking brother kept insisting that he didn't want any other sister-in-law bar the heroine.
CONCLUSION
I would have liked it more if the author only used the heroine's POV. I found it hard to relate to the heroine with the hero's feelings bare for me to see. The dramatic scenes moved fast, as if the author was in a hurry to get rid of them. It's not easy to hurt characters and then reconcile with them. If you write those scenes halfheartedly, they will only come out as lame and won't connect with the readers.
I would have liked it more if the author only used the heroine's POV. I found it hard to relate to the heroine with the hero's feelings bare for me to see. The dramatic scenes moved fast, as if the author was in a hurry to get rid of them. It's not easy to hurt characters and then reconcile with them. If you write those scenes halfheartedly, they will only come out as lame and won't connect with the readers.
RATING: 2 STARS ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
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