Amita4ever's manga / #BBV Baby(6)

BBV x2... First is her mother who has an out of wedlock child she gives up for adoption, and then her daughter does it while searching for her mother. The first is intragal to the story, the second, unfortunately, is not, beyond coercing a marriage and forcing a little extra drama out of the other woman. I feel like, it could have been just as good a story without it. BBV [Bed Before Vows] removes some of the romance IMO.

ONE SHOT - The blinders he is holding on with both hands are exceptionally thick. So thick he can't ever recognize how stupid and petty he's acting. I mean, firstly, even she points it out - the painting is at least TWENTY YEARS OLD! And yet he wants to keep insisting it is her. Please explain this. And then there's the whole, 'you planned it' shtick where he points out SHE bumped into HIM, but then he goes on and says, "I seduced you...". He actually says it... that HE seduced HER because HE didn't want to be alone, and somehow that makes her a gold digger. I'm used to Harlequin males being arrogant, but this level of persistent, diliberate illogical ignorance just doesn't sit well with me.

Not an exceptional romance, but it was nice to see the hero move from being rather arrogant and callous to someone caring and serious about being a good father. The heroine, likewise, had some overcoming to do, and it was good to see them come together. The thing that I thought was most disappointing was that the baby started by their fling was such an integral part of the story and their personal growth, that it was really disappointing to not get to meet her in the final panel. Also, one of the most graphic Harlequins I've ever seen; to the excess, IMO.

Good number of the pages are out of order, muddling a story with already questionable motivation. BBV (Bed Before Vows), and BBV twins to boot. Wouldn't call this a a romance. More of a caste based coercion with long term consequences.

Marginally enjoyable, but definite eye-rolling moments too, I give the author credit in that she took many of the traditional plots and tried to give them a twist to make them not what they originally seemed in the end, but there were moments I just couldn't overlook. For instance, pardon me while I get sexually technical here, but just WHY is proof of virginity blood on the sheets. Well, most young ladies have a thin skin membrane called the Hyman "down there" and the first time, the guy has to push through it. It's simple. When it tears, it bleeds. And a baby exits through the same opening. So tell me... Isn't a baby a bit bigger than a guy? Yeah. No way around it. The Hyman is already gone. Our FL might be a virgin technically, but there is no way she can prove it physically so that bit of poor biology being used as such an important plot device kinda soured things for me.

5 chaps