What do you think about romance and relationships in this book?

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The book isn't well written and the characters aren't well synchronised
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The love and relationship plays a major part in this book. I found the dynamics interesting to say the least. The characters played their roles well.
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I think the author should have just decided either to focus on a roman story or on the cyberwar story. There was nothing romantic about the love story the author tried to create. The reason for the cheating was not justified and I had so much pity on poor Dan. The love story was very unrealistic.
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Very lousy writing from the author. The relationship with Sky doesn't make sense on any level. This contradicts Cynthia's character.
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It is weak but still engaging because nothing is more intersting to see two men fight over a lady.
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Romance in books is fine. But in this book, it was written poorly.
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Romance was purely dramatic in this book
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I love the romantic description
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The romantic sections were not at all enjoyable to me. I thought they were a little cheesy and did not see the need for them to be added to the book. In general, I enjoyed the sections that involved computer nerds.
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It was unrealistic, but I think that is kind of the point. It's a romance novel, so the rules for realism are different. There's an extension of disbelieve with romance. I personally do not enjoy a lot romance, mainly historical romance because the timeline makes the realism less important. It becomes more fantastical. But it felt like the characters weren't set personalities but changed to fit the author's planned plot. They didn't feel like they were consistent.
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I found Cynthia and Sky's relationship very off-putting. I think Sky is a shady type of character who is not authentic. There love is in no way believable and should not be seen as a healthy relationship. Cynthia is far too trusting.
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The who relationship and love triangle portrayed in this book was off and unrealistic.
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Post by Favy Moses »

Very very unrealistic,passionless and unbelievable story I expected better.
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Post by Samuel Okoye 2 »

The romance passages seemed off to me. I just don't find it believable that Sky is that fake, and yet Cynthia was so trusting.
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