Review: The Perfect Man or is he?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
The plot is about Alyssa falling for her boss Alexander James. Alexander is handsome, rich and powerful. Alyssa has a best friend name Cole who wants nothing more than to have Alyssa back as his girlfriend. Alyssa just sees Cole as a friend. Alexander is trying to fight it yet he is also falling for Alyssa. He wants to keep the budding relationship a secret from everyone at work. An unfortunate series of events and secrets will reveal  their relationship but once reveal can their relationship survive. I like the overall plot of the story and of this series but there were many things that got in the way of me being able to enjoy this story like I should.First of all was the annoying way that the word perfect was used over and over again. This was more often how Alyssa described Alex and even several times how Alex described Ally. At least 75 times. It was over use to the point it played itself out. The title of the book should have been called "The Perfect Man." I understood why the word  was use so much. In the first bloom of true love or lust that is exactly how a person love interest seems to be. But they could have cut down on the extreme amount of times they use the word and still got there point across as it pertains to the plot.The extreme interaction between Alyssa and Alex when it came down to them talking and associating with the opposite sex. Alyssa was extremely jealous to the point of being obsessive every time Alex even talk to another woman. Alex also showed extreme jealously almost to the point of stalking. Considering that both Alyssa and Alex were extremely attractive to the opposite sex, the extreme jealously and the "I can't live if I don't see you for one night" situations that they put themselves into, for me,  was unbelievable and unrealistic. Both characters are in their mid to late 20ties and while Alyssa is inexperience when it comes to relationships Alex is not. Those scenes in the book to me seem adolescent. I even took into consideration that this was Alyssa second boyfriend ever.  I realize that maybe the writer was trying to write a love story that rivaled Romeo and Juliet in intensity, but this was ridiculous and too much. the average adolescent boyfriend/girlfriend relationships have much more maturity in their daily interactions than Alyssa and Alex.Oh the flip side of it I do like the overall plot. I love the characters of Cole and Arianna. They provide substance to the plot. They provide good gumbo filling to this plot. The conflicts that occur with Alyssa and Cole and even better near the end with Arianna and Alyssa is worth the enduring the struggle between Alyssa and Alex. Alex's secret once it comes out is also one of the things I love about the book.