A Love Trap starts off, drowning the reader in tension that envelopes them entirely straight off the bat. An endearing, upbeat girl called Lena Mu thanks her mom and dad alongside Ashley for attending her engagement ceremony, proposing a toast as a follow-up.
This was a seemingly regular start to the novel, though the infinitely positive emotions that this girl exerted while clinging on to her fiance were extinguished slightly as she noticed his attention was elsewhere.
Her fiance focused on Ashley, and tried loosening his female companion’s grip but was responded to by a tightening force. After a call to come back to his senses, the finally laid his eyes off Ashley and into the face of his fiance, though this was quite an unpreferable move for him.
Lena raised a toast with Raymond, her fiance. Ashley was nudged by her mother named Peggy, telling her to be more active for the toast.
Lena acknowledged her, handing the shy girl a glass of wine. Ashley remarked internally that the fianc’couple was a ‘cheater’ paired with a ‘bitch.’ This got more of a laugh out of me than it should have, but all of us have our shortcomings. In contrast with her internal thoughts, Ashley congratulated the couple. Afterward, Lena and Ashley, the two sisters, had a beyond-the-intense exchange of sneers and smiles.
A series of events eventually leads to Ashley realizing that she was invited by her parents probably to get her to accept that Raymond was to be given up on. She tried to leave the presence of her parents but was unable to.
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- Part 1: The Beauty of the Preface in A Love Trap
- Part 2: The Main Theme of A Love Trap
- Part 3: The Beauty of Writing in A Love Trap
- Part 4: The Spice in A Love Trap
- Part 5: Conclusive Remarks
Part 1: The Beauty of the Preface in A Love Trap
A Love Trap has a masterfully written introduction, one that had me feeling like I was watching the climax of some blockbuster trilogy without even being introduced to the characters properly. As you read, pieces start to add up and the lack of knowledge that you have in relevance to the context adds to your feeling of intensity.
Ashley’s character. It speaks to you so much with the simplest and least detailed of actions. Gaining context to the engagement, in the sense that it wasn’t a celebration but rather a declaration to Ashley that Raymond was never going to belong to her, felt fulfilling.
In the first chapter alone, you get so enticed. Ashley gets background in the sense that she’s adopted, and has had a prior connection with Raymond. We also get so, so much drama. Peggy slapped her daughter, desperately running away to save the shackles of her own life, getting drugged. You could make a movie out of the first chapter alone if you so desired.
Part 2: The Main Theme of A Love Trap
A love Trap is a novel that primarily revolves around the concept of Romance, as is evident in the themes suggested from the very beginning. Though, it FEELS like something more during your read which is something that constantly was brought to my attention.
A Love Trap encompasses its romance with so much drama, so much intensity, and so much meaning that the word ‘romance’ doesn’t have the same meaning. Each chapter feels like its own movie, each scene feeling like a story of its own. Therefore, you can expect your fair share of drama during your reading sessions.
Dark and serious undertones in this series are to be expected at random intervals that feel oddly very intricately placed. An example of this is when we realize the true motive of the initial wedding ceremony and a little bit of background into Ashley’s past alongside the realities of the side characters. Comedy, however, is also sprinkled into the story and when it is, beautiful laughs get produced!
Part 3: The Beauty of Writing in A Love Trap
A Love Trap has wonderful writing. Being a writing freak of sorts, I can recommend this novel through its usage of words alone. This is especially applicable to comedic and dramatic scenes. The placement as well as in certain situations brings the most out of it.
For example, while the readers was busy wondering what exactly was going on in the engagement ceremony, Ashley calls her sister a bitch paired with a cheater. That was a perfect combination of comedy mixed with a little bit of reality in Raymond’s character.
The wording in intense scenes that instigate drama isn’t necessarily complicated or the best of the best, though it’s simple and standard enough for the reader to be able to feel emotions during the scene and for it to be fairly enjoyable. I loved the rather plain approach the writer took to their writing; it isn’t the best but it’s also perfect because of that.
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Part 4: The Spice in A Love Trap
This novel is spicy, which is the bluntest and most brief method of describing it. There is constant tension thrown at the face of the reader, each with either character development, story progression, or just pure, unadulterated entertainment.
It was never expected for Ashley to literally be drugged by her mother, for that situation to escalate into a slap followed by Ashley running away, for her running away to turn into a meeting of destiny with Andrew, and for him to be so bold in the way that he acts. The series pushes its reader into the depths of its deeply and thoughtfully created situations and you never get bored.
At times, it did feel a tad bit overwhelming and the need for a refreshing scene is felt, though this is a very rare occasion that has absolutely no right in getting in the way of appreciating this novel.
Part 5: Conclusive Remarks
A Love Trap does justice to its title in a way that could never have been expected. It’s a love trap in the context of the story, though it also applies to the context of the reader. You read the novel, you get trapped in its bizarre and enticing situations, and end up loving the novel way more than you would have liked.
You gain a certain obsession with it, its chapters, its characterized style of writing, its characters, and all of the intense situations that the author masterfully created. This novel is one that deserves more attention, more recognition, and most importantly more recognition. Shortcomings are present in this novel, though you’d have to try really hard to elaborate on them.
Go read this novel, it is an experience in itself.
