Wow.. A lot better than I expected.
This is my first time reading a book by this author, and I have to say that I wasn’t expecting much. I’ve had bad experiences with books like this, the typical Cinderella story, with the billion or millionaire and the poor to middle class partner. So I thought It’d be just one of those books where they just don’t stop declaring how much money the rich guy has, and all the things he can do and does with all his money and how immensely lucky the poor or average middle class partner, is to have the love of such incredible person, which is safe to say, I find incredibly ridiculous. *THERE MAY BE SOME SPOILERS AHEAD* (I apologize, I’ll try to be as ambiguous as possible).
Thank goodness, this book is not like this. The main characters are so cute together and I really like that Knox didn’t go throwing his money around to get Newton’s love. I did find it a little unfair that Newton risked his life, not only once, for Knox and didn’t get the recognition he deserved, but seeing Newton so happy at the end made the indignation go away. Also, yes, there were some unrealistic parts in the book, absolutely. The biggest one being towards the end, when the two main characters were intimate for the first time; I just thought that for a guy who thought himself straight all his life, and had a woman in his bed just two week prior, Knox was way too comfy in that situation. However, this is after all, a work of fiction and I didn’t expect anything to be realistic. I actually really appreciated that the author didn’t try to incorporate many real life aspects to the book, and didn’t set the story on a real time and place. They didn’t even mention the city or country where the characters live. The author did mentioned París and Tahiti, but just as business and recreational places and I’m fine with that. Now, I am hopping that the next book and maybe upcoming books in this series are as good as this one because I will definitely continue reading from this author.