She was a truly strong character, unlike so many Harlequin "heroines" who buckle and collapse at the first sign of testosterone. And she STAYED THAT WAY, which is nearly a first for this genre. He was pretty much of a prejudiced idiot. Not a totally irredeemable one, although the redemption definitely took a while. I was so pleased that she didn't fall back into his arms at the first sign of a thawing of his frozen brain, but made sure that his ridiculous macho pride went pretty much out the window. So much of this genre has the ML doing and saying completely unforgivable things, and the FL going into instant forgiveness mode when he utters something that might possibly perhaps be construed as something approaching love or forgiveness. Tess, bless her, didn't fall for that s*&t and let him know that with the subtlety of a sledge hammer (something Harlequin MLs are in crying need of)! This definitely rates up in the top ten of the 400+ Harlequin manga I've read on this site.
She was a truly strong character, unlike so many Harlequin "heroines" who buckle and collapse at the first sign of testosterone. And she STAYED THAT WAY, which is nearly a first for this genre. He was pretty much of a prejudiced idiot. Not a totally irredeemable one, although the redemption definitely took a while. I was so pleased that she didn't fall back into his arms at the first sign of a thawing of his frozen brain, but made sure that his ridiculous macho pride went pretty much out the window. So much of this genre has the ML doing and saying completely unforgivable things, and the FL going into instant forgiveness mode when he utters something that might possibly perhaps be construed as something approaching love or forgiveness. Tess, bless her, didn't fall for that s*&t and let him know that with the subtlety of a sledge hammer (something Harlequin MLs are in crying need of)! This definitely rates up in the top ten of the 400+ Harlequin manga I've read on this site.