Review: Had so much promise
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2013
I bought this book because I liked the idea of the story line. However, the first 20 some chapters seemed to drag on and on. I didn't like that there wasn't a lot of interaction between Hunter and Elizabeth. I hoped after Elizabeth arrived at the brothel, she'd let her guard down and be a little more vivacious, but she didn't. If you don't know, Elizabeth DeVille decides to sell her virginity to the highest bidder to earn money to help a friend in the hospital. It's no surprise who won - Hunter. I saw that coming from the moment she made the decision. However, the amount her virginity went for -10 million dollars- was so unrealistic I had to roll my eyes. After she finds out Hunter West is the winner, she turns into this clingy pathetic woman. From that point on I did not like Elizabeth's character AT ALL. She drops hints about him being a good boyfriend blah blah blah. It's like a teenager falling in love with the first guy that pays her any attention. Multiple times Hunter tells her she needs to leave his house because he's dealing with a lot of stuff, and Elizabeth repeatedly ignores him and says she wants to stay. Clingy much? She was so pathetic that I was actually embarrassed for her. For being 23, her maturity level was that of a fourteen year old girl. I wish she had a little more backbone. In the first chapter we read about her and Hunter messing around, only for Hunter to leave her and sleep with a porn star. What logical woman would let that slide off her shoulders? Elizabeth is so infatuated with Hunter that she overlooks his many, many flaws. It makes her weak and not fun to read about. It would have been nice to see them go back and forth a little instead of it being so one-sided. (SPOILER) And of course, by the end of the book Hunter, the man who sleeps around and does not want to commit, purposes. It goes against everything we learn about him and is beyond cheesy. There are quite a few typos, but those don't bother me as much as the flawed characters. The story line was good, but it still took me almost 3 days to get through this.