Had the exact same issue with the Witcher. First page of the first book is a cheesy “horny male nerds pls buy this book” sex scene. Made me laugh from how blatantly pandering to its intended audience it was and I never picked it back up. I swear, either some authors have no concept of delayed gratification or it’s some kind of marketing ploy…probably both.

I heard how great the Witcher series was and opened the first book up at a bookstore to see what the fuss was about. Literally the opening scene is a cheesy “horny male nerds pls buy this book” sex scene. It was so corny and obviously wish fulfillment that I had to put it down and never picked it back up. The series might still be great, but that opening made me lol from how bad and blatantly pandering to the intended audience it was.