Nope Book Tag

Hello friends and fellow book lovers! This Sunday tag post is a throwback one that I haven’t done in almost 2 years. Since then I’ve read like almost 200 books I think so no doubt my answer has changed. Regardless, I’m going to give it another try and see what I think now. 🙂

Thank you so much to Crystal for tagging me. Crystal is such a sweetheart and a new mom so I give her all the credit in the world. She runs a blog plus takes care of her family, that’s amazing. Be sure to follow her if you haven’t! ❤

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Nope Ending: A book that made you go nope either in denial, rage or simply because the ending was terrible

I DON’T EVEN HAVE WORDS OK

Nope Protagonist: A main character you dislike and drives you crazy

Ugh, the main character from 99 Percent Mine Darcy is so annoying. She was such a brat and I couldn’t stand how she acted. She was an adult yet she acted like such a baby. I still can’t believe this is the same author that wrote the lovable characters in The Hating Game.

Nope Popular Pair: A “ship” you don’t support

I really enjoy the Wild Seasons series. However, I couldn’t stand the pairings in the 2nd and 4th book. This time, I’m going with Harlow and Finn from Dirty Rowdy Thing. These two had no chemistry and I didn’t understand why they ever hooked up. They were just two completely different people.

Nope protagonist action/decision: A character decision that made you shake your head

Every single thing that Levana did was a huge wtf? I know that Ellyn felt the same way so I’m not alone.

Nope Genre: A genre you’ll never read

Nope Book Format: A book format you hate and avoid buying until it comes out in a different edition

I don’t really have one. I’m not the biggest fan of mass-market paperbacks but I will read them if I have to. Lol

Nope Trope: A trope that makes you go nope

I hate the lack of communication trope in romance. It’s such a simple fix and one that I don’t understand. Whoever decided to use this in romance books should be punched. It’s just completely dumb and isn’t realistic at all.

Nope Recommendation: A book recommendation that is constantly hyped and pushed at you that you simply refuse to read

This isn’t exactly a particular book but I have no interest in reading Colleen Hoover. I know that she’s a beloved romance author but I’ve heard she writes pretty terrible romances. I’d rather not read about some dumb alpha male and a sweet little innocent love interest. Lmao

Nope Cliche/Pet Peeve: A cliche or writing pet peeve that always makes you roll your eyes

Girl hate! Can’t stand it and never will.

Nope Love Interest: The love interest that’s not worthy of being one/a character you don’t think should have been a viable love interest

This is so bad but I don’t even remember this guy’s name. Regardless, I didn’t enjoy the love interest for Marisol. Personally, I didn’t feel any chemistry between them and I think it just happened to mirror her grandmother’s story. I know that was probably the point but those two just weren’t a good couple.

Nope Book: A book that shouldn’t have existed

As much as I love Christina Lauren, this book was just so unnecessary. This series should only have been a trilogy and stopped before getting to London’s story. She wasn’t a “main” player in any of the other stories so why give her a full-length novel? It just doesn’t make sense to me.

Nope Villian: A scary villain/antagonist you would hate to cross and would make you run in the opposite direction

I have to go with Levana. She is SCARY and CRAZY. There is no telling what kind of ways she’d find to hurt you.

Nope Death: A character death that still haunts you

I don’t know if this one actually counts because I don’t think that we see the death on the page. However, I listened to it on audio and the emotion behind the narrator’s voice was so raw. Hearing about the death and grief is still something that I think about.

Nope Author: An author you have had a bad experience reading and have decided to quit

I’m going to have to say Britta Lundin. This book was just basically fanfiction but published as a novel. It’s so crazy to me that this even made it past an editor. Some of the scenes were just way TOO MUCH and I don’t think I can put myself through that again. Lmao

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I know this is an older tag so I won’t be tagging anyone. If you want to do it though, feel free. 🙂

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