Self-deprecating, self-degrading characters are not romantic. What could you possibly love about this story? I know there are people who LOVE WH. I'm seeing a lot of 5 star reviews, but there were some grammatical errors, some transitional errors and just the story line was depressing. Personally, like Heathcliff and Cathy, they deserved each other because they were so miserable to each other.

There is absolutely no redeeming quality to Arsen or Cathy. There is one very graphic, very disgusting scene between Arsen and Cathy that in my mind should have women up in arms about it, not swooning. One minute he can't breathe without her and the next minute, he's screaming at her because she won't tell him if she's sleeping with her husband. Especially with the way that Arsen treats Cathy. The ping ponging between two guys isn't romantic, it's sick and twisted. In talking with a friend, the voice of both Arsen and Ben is hard to differentiate. He doesn't care that she's married and pregnant. Of course Arsen has already set in motion what he wants and that is Cathy. Because why the hell not? (implausibility #2). Cathy decides that she'd rather keep Arsen around as a friend. He immediately sets his sights on Cathy and when she rebuffs him, he becomes downright mean and nasty. Can't keep a job, but has money coming out the ying yang.

If you have a Mr Darcy, why in the world would you turn to the moody, ever-volatile Heathcliff? Like his counterpart, Arsen is full of himself, he's a shame to his family. I'm not one to break out the feminist manifesto, but this book is a case-study on what not to look for in a guy. There is not one redeeming quality to Arsen. Ben, is the ever-loving, annoyingly perfect cuckolded husband. So pretty much Arsen is Heathcliff and well Cathy is Cathy. Arsen is a sick, misogynistic 24 year old.

Arsen by mia asher