Name: Beautiful Nightmare: Book One (Special Edition)
ISBN: 9781733650342

L. C. Son

Damina Nicaud, a beautiful, successful art buyer in Washington, D.C., is plagued by romantic dreams of a mystery man every night. When a broken heart leads her to New Orleans, she discovers a love powerful enough to unleash an ancient power residing within herself. Add in vampires and wolves, she soon discovers some nightmares are beautiful

Beautiful Nightmare: Book One (Special Edition)

Monri

Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to get this ARC for an honest review.

Review/Reseña en Español/English 


  Español


2.5 ⭐

Este es el primer libro que leo de esta autora y definitivamente el ultimo, recordatorio dejar de leer libros que me atraen por su portada, punto positivo la portada es hermosa y la sinopsis te atrapa, pero este libro no fue para mí. 

El libro trata de Damina Nicaud una mujer joven e “independiente”, que por diversas razones termina dejando a su prometido Jackson el día antes de la boda (se lo merece), viaja a Nueva Orleans para visitar la tumba de su madre y conocer de su pasado mientras supera el corazón roto que tiene. En ese lugar se da cuenta que las personas son muy raras y nada es lo que parece. Conoce a Dalcour Marchand, un hombre atractivo y con mucho dinero, ambos se conocen por el trabajo que termino haciendo en su mansión, y poco a poco se acercaron hasta formar una relación (?).

Primero que nada (view spoiler)[ Damina deja a su prometido Jackson porque la engaño, y decide irse de ahí para no enfrentarlo, termina en Nuevo Orleans donde conoce a Jerrica, quien le había ofrecido un trabajo de mejora de una mansión como cultura y ahí conoce a Dalcour el “jefe”, donde descubre que es un ser paranormal Altrinion y TODOS son vampiros, hombres lobo, etc.  (hide spoiler)]

Una vez dicho eso, el comienzo es aburrido y muy descriptivo, personalmente me molestan las descripciones y comentarios innecesarias, y este libro tiene demasiadas, literal TODO el libro fue innecesario (hablare de eso mas adelante), segundo algo muy personal que odio a morir son las proposiciones de matrimonio/noviazgo en general públicas, así que aunque solo haya sido una mención lo odie. Yo no juzgo la vida sexual de las personas y menos las decisiones que tomen con ella al respecto, pero no lo sé, cuando un hombre te dice que quiere esperar hasta el matrimonio para mantenerte pura me da asco, okay, tampoco creo en esperar hasta el matrimonio, pero eso depende de cada quien, para que lo consideren. Eso quiere decir una heroína virgen, nada nuevo.

Pero eso no es lo importante porque ya me encargare de destruir a Jackson más adelante, la relación entre Damina y Dal fue inexistente, es decir, se supone que son almas gemelas (fue más insta-lust) pero no hay química! Ninguna chispa, nada, así que su relación se me hizo forzada pero debo recalcar que me gusto que Dal intentara hacer más confiada a Damina y la respetara. Me agrada Dalcour pero siento que guarda muchos secretos y realmente no conocí a su personaje.

Pasemos a Damina, oh boy, no la odio pero es exasperante. Me estresa que la autora haya creada un personaje que según es fuerte e independiente, pero lo único que saber hacer es huir, no tomar decisiones por sí misma, odiar a cada hombre (que no hay nadie que los odie más que yo pero fue excesivo), pensar que cada mujer que conoce es una controladora, en serio ojala le hubiera contestado a Jackson como les hablaba o miraba a todas las mujeres. Lo peor de todo hace drama por cualquier tontería. 

Ahora su ex-­prometido(?), lo odio a morir, espero que muera no lo necesitamos, ah y si es un triángulo amoroso aunque nunca pensé que lo seria hasta que llegamos al final. Él es lo que llama el hombre perfecto, yo lo llamo un controlador pasivo, ya saben un hombre que es tan genial que te respeta y te hace pensar que tienes una opinión, pero en realidad poco a poco va controlando tu vida. Que genial que el carro que tiene Damina lo compro el, o su teléfono, o la ayudo a arreglar su casa, o puede ubicarla por su teléfono y cuenta bancaria porque él es el encargado, o da la casualidad que sus conexiones la ayudaron a conseguir trabajo solo para alejarla de una amiga que veía la basura que Jackson es y trabajaba con ella. Así de malo es pero bueno es un buen hombre que la protege y aun así es ciega a todo eso hasta el final y lo ama. 


  Personajes secundarios 


Allyson es la única persona que sabe usar la cabeza y ayudo a Damina, por desgracia no apareció mucho en el libro más que cuando Damina pensaba que ella era molesta por preocuparse por ella, en fin. Realmente se merece lo mejor del mundo y me alegra que haya sido ella quien la ayudo.

Dacari, la odio, es un personaje molesto. Es demasiado dependiente de su madre, hace todo lo que ella le dice y no piensa por sí misma, la mujer tiene 25 años y no puede tomar decisiones sin su madre. Ni hablar de cómo quiere que todo se trate de ella y claro llego a crear un drama innecesario con unos de los mejores personajes del libro, porque claro hombres y mujeres no pueden ser amigos y todos quieren con el héroe. Tuvo sus buenos momentos cuando ayudo y defendió a Damina y odiaba a Jackson pero de ahí en fuera no fue de mi agrado.
 
Jerrica, es la que le envió la invitación a Damina y la ame, ella fue justo lo que necesitaba para distraerse y una gran amiga escuchándola, lo que pasó al final con su personaje fue innecesario pero aun así ella es de mis favoritas del libro 

Delia la tía de Damina y madre de Dacari es basura y punto. Los amigos de Jackson son basura tambien, me dieron asco. 

En cambio, los jóvenes con los que trabajo Damina cada uno eran diferente y me agradaron demasiado. Brae es la mejor versión de Dacari, es lo que Dacari quiso ser pero no pudo, me encanto su relación con Damina, Mark no pensé que me fuera a agradar tanto pero en general fue entretenido. Brian es de los mejores y se merece algo mejor que Dacari, me gusto como ayudo a Damina y sobretodo que se preocupara por su bienestar. 

Hay más personajes que mencionar pero regresamos a lo mismo de que fueron innecesarios, no entiendo porque los puso la autora, no aportaron absolutamente nada a la historia. Hablando de la historia me pregunto de que trato, verán no tenía ninguna objetivo, en serio todo se sintió innecesario y de relleno, al final del libro fue cuando por fin estábamos teniendo una trama. Definitivamente este libro no es para mí, tiene muchas cosas que pueden mejorar. Diría que me agrado ver como creció el personaje de Damina pero realmente no fue así. 


  ¿Es este libro para ti? 


 Premisa en una oración:   La historia de una mujer que viaja a una ciudad a enmendar su corazón roto, solo para descubrir que su vida no es lo que parece.
 Perfecto para:   Amantes de lo paranormal.
 ¿Lo recomiendo?  No. 

TW: relaciones toxicas, ataques de pánico. 
Troupe: Romance, paranormal, vampiros, triángulo amoroso.
Heroína: 5/10
Héroe: 6/10
Romance: 4/10
Escenas sexuales: 0/10
Violencia/ escenas turbias: 0/10
Trama: 6/10


  English


2.5⭐

This is the first book I read by this author and definitely the last, reminder to stop reading books that attract me because of their cover, positive point the cover is beautiful and the synopsis catches you, but this book was not for me.

The book is about Damina Nicaud, a young and "independent" woman, who for various reasons ends up leaving her fiancé Jackson the day before their wedding (he deserves it), travels to New Orleans to visit her mother's grave and discover her past while overcoming her broken heart. In that place, she realizes that people are very strange and nothing is what it seems. She meets Dalcour Marchand, an attractive man with a lot of money, they both know each other for the work she ended up doing in his mansion, and little by little they grew closer until they form a relationship (?).

First of all (view spoiler)[ Damina leaves her fiancé Jackson because he cheated on her, and decides to leave to not to face him, she ends up in New Orleans where she meets Jerrica, who had offered her a job to improve a mansion and there she meets Dalcour the "boss", where she finds out that she is an Altrinion a paranormal being and they are ALL vampires, werewolves, etc.  (hide spoiler)]

Having said that, the beginning is boring and very descriptive, personally, I hate unnecessary descriptions and comments, and this book has too many, literally, THE ENTIRE book was unnecessary (I will talk about that later), second something very personal that I hate to die is public marriage/dating proposals, so even if it was only a mention I hate it. Now I don’t judge the sexual life of people and less the decisions they make about it, but I don’t know when a man tells you that he wants to wait until marriage to keep you pure it disgusts me, okay, I do not believe in waiting until marriage, but that depends on each one. That means a virgin heroine, nothing new.

But that is not the important thing because I will take care of destroying Jackson later, the relationship between Damina and Dal was non-existent, that is, they are supposed to be soulmates (it was more insta-lust) but there is no chemistry! No spark, nothing, so their relationship felt forced to me but I must emphasize that I liked that Dal tried to make Damina more confident and respected her. I like Dalcour but I feel like he keeps a lot of secrets and I didn't really get to know his character.

Let's move on to Damina, oh boy, I don't hate her but she's infuriating. It stresses me that the author has created a character who according to her is strong and independent, but the only thing she knows how to do is run away, not make decisions by herself, hate every man (listen there is no one who hates man more than me but it was excessive), to think that every woman she meets is controlling, I really wish she had answered Jackson hows he spoke to or looked at all women. And the worst of all, she does drama for everything.

  
     I met Jackson, and he immediately became my world. I’m not sure if I ever took the time to really get to know myself.
  

Let's move on to her ex-fiance (?), I hate him to die, I hope he dies we don't need him, oh and if it's a love triangle although I never thought it would be until we reached the end. He is what people call the “perfect man”, I call him a passive controller, you know a man who is so great that he respects you and makes you think that you have an opinion, but in reality little by little, he is controlling your life. How great that Damina's car was bought by him, or her phone, or he helped her fix her house, or he can locate her by her phone and bank account because he owns it, or it so happens that his connections helped her get a work just to get her away from a friend who saw the trash that Jackson is and worked with her. That's how bad he is but he is a good man who protects her and yet she is blind to all that until the end and loves him. Disgusting. 
Like, he said this:

  
     If she had a man when we first met, she wouldn’t have interfered so much in our relationship.
  


  
    Everything in my life included Jackson, and I think that was too much for Allyson to bear. 
  

 Secondary characters 

Allyson is the only person who knows how to use her head and she helped Damina, unfortunately, she didn't appear much in the book other than when Damina thought she was annoying for worrying about her, anyway. She really deserves the best in the world and I'm glad she was the one who helped her.

  
    She went on a tirade about him being a control freak who was a train wreck to my very existence. 
  


  
    Allyson would tell me to take the opportunity. My aunt and cousin would burn the letter as Jackson lit the match. 
  

Dacari, I hate her, she's an annoying character. She is too dependent on her mother, she does everything she tells her and doesn’t think for herself, the woman is 25 years old and cannot make decisions without her mother. Not to mention how she wants everything to be about her and of course, goes and creates an unnecessary drama with some of the best characters in the book, because of course men and women cannot be friends and they all want to be with the hero. She had her good moments when she helped and defended Damina and hated Jackson but from there on out, I didn’t really like her.

Jerrica, is the one who sent the invitation to Damina and I loved her, she was just what she needed to distract herself and a great friend listening to her, what happened in the end with her character was unnecessary but still, she is one of my favorites from the book

Delia, Damina's aunt, and Dacari's mother is trash, period. Jackson's friends are trash too, they grossed me out.

  
     Even the modicum of independence I had was directed by my deceased parents, guided by my Aunt Delia and influenced by Jackson.
  

On the other hand, the people Damina worked with were each different and I liked them too much. Brae is the best version of Dacari, she is what Dacari wanted to be but couldn’t, I loved her relationship with Damina, Mark I didn't think I would like him so much but in general, he was entertaining. Brian is one of the best and he deserves better than Dacari, I liked how he helped Damina, and above all that he cared about her well-being.

There are more characters to mention but we return to the same thing that they were unnecessary, I don’t understand why the author put them, they didn’t contribute absolutely anything to the story. Speaking of the story I wonder what the plot was about, you see it had no objective, seriously everything felt unnecessary, at the end of the book we were finally having a plot. This book is definitely not for me, it has many things that can be improved. I would say that I was pleased to see how Damina's character grew but it really didn't.

  Is this book for you?  

  Premise in a sentence:   The story of a woman who travels to a city to mend her broken heart, only to discover that her life is not what it seems.
  Perfect for:   Lovers of the paranormal.
  Do I recommend it?   No.

 TW: toxic relationships, panic attacks.
Troupe: Romance, paranormal, vampires, love triangle.
Heroine: 5/10
Hero: 6/10
Romance: 4/10
Steamy Scenes: 0/10
Violence/dark scenes: 0/10
Plot: 6/10

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