#wrong to need you by alisha rai
One Sentence Summary:
She’s a widower who was married to his brother, & he’s her former BFF who’s been in love with her forever.
Name That Trope:
- Forbidden love [that’s not REALLY that forbidden]
- Unrequited hero crush crushes hard!!!!
- Quality mental illness rep out the wazoo
- Introverted shy hero who can’t do words
- Bisexual curvy Muslim-family mom heroine = <3 <3 <3
What part made you fangirl squeal:
- When unsent emails literally became the most beautiful, romantic thing in the world! Y’ALL, I AM STILL SWOONING!
- Anytime Sadia rocked her sexuality & her love of sex; BROWN CHUBBY GIRLS OWNING THEIR BODIES IS MY FAV!
- Every scene wherein found family is just as important as blood family - and the fact that blood family ain’t always healthy family.
Favorite Character:
Our gal Sadia, FO’ SURE! For one, I connected with her an ass-ton more. For another, I adored everything she was and everything she represented.
This woman dealt with emotional & mental health issues, both of which were a big part of her character and her character arc. My ass loved Sadia all the more for it.
How smexy was the smex?
A strange mix of super-duper sexy dialogue…annnnd foreplay/post-coital moments set to light-speed.
The hot? Sadia demanding Jackson, and I quote, “Get on your knees and lick me.” [swooooon!]
The not? The fact that I literally can’t remember anything else about their sexy times. The scenes felt short, forgettable, and pretty vanilla.
Whose Line Is It Anyway:
Sadia:What about us? What do you want from me?
Jackson:I don’t want anything from you. My dream is for you to let me love you. And maybe, someday, you can love me back. You don’t have to love me a lot. A little love is enough.“You don’t just decide to love and suddenly everything is fine. Love takes practice. Love isn’t passive, it’s active. A verb.” - Grandpa
Sadia: Why were you involved in the protest?
Jackson:Because it was wrong.
Sadia:That’s not even your country, though.
Jackson: Principles don’t have borders.
Got any bitching to do?
Sadly…a lot. The plot tension just didn’t work for me, even though “She’s My Dead Bro’s Wife Who I’ve Loved Forever” IS ALL MY CATNIP!
Problem was, Jackson struggles sooOooOOOo much with accessing his emotions that he feels shut off, even from the reader.
Plus our hero’s ENTIRE conflict is that Sadia’s off-limits because she was his bro’s wife. Yet when gal tells him they were unhappily married, with divorce on the horizon, WE GET NO REACTION! They bang, there’s a time jump, & we skip right over the OTP learning each other’s bodies & developing intimacy; both physical and emotional intimacy.
So, alas, grumpy fangirl is grumpy.
Visually Depict Yo Book Feels:
Famous last words:
That panda hiding his head in shame is legit me in my book feels.
Because the characters were lovable! The family dynamics were beautiful! Hell, the heroine was a brown girl from a Muslim background who also beautifully own her sexuality!
There’s a lot to love in the book, and it doesn’t bore…it just didn’t grab me like I expected it to.
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