There was no chemistry at all! Desperate Measures by Katee Robert [Book Review]

My Savior… Or My Ruin?

One night, and my entire life went up in flames. All because of him. Jafar. As my world burned down around me, he offered me a choice. Walk away with nothing but my freedom… Or rise to his challenge and win my fortune back.

I bargained.

I lost.

Now Jafar owns me, and even as my mind rails against his rules, my body loves the punishments he deals out when I break them.

But a gilded cage is still a prison, I’ll do anything to obtain my freedom.

Even betray the man I’m falling for.

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Heat Level: Scorching

I liked the premise of Desperate Measures. Unfortunately, I felt that there was no chemistry between Jasmine and Jafar! I’ve also watched the Disney version of Aladdin multiple times and I just can’t get the image of the animated Jafar out of my head, so thinking about him as the hero was just eeeew!

Desperate Measures is a twisted fantasy erotic romance retelling that really adds a new twist to the fairy tale retellings that have been so popular. Frankly, I do love a good twist in fairy tale retellings but I guess I’m just not the audience for this specific type. This is really a Daddy Dom erotic romance that just missed the mark.

While Desperate Measures is well written, and it handled the “non-consensual” bits of their romance, I just didn’t buy into Jasmine and Jafar’s romance. I guess I wanted there to be more relationship development.

There is a tease for the next couple in the series and I am actually quite interested in reading Learn My Lesson and see how Katee Robert twists the Hades and Megara romance!

Update: The other books in this series are really good! I guess the image of the Disney animated Jaffar made this a huge ick factor.