Review: I loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2013
I think this is the first time I have given a freebie 5 stars but this book is well worth it. The author previously released this story in a series of three books.English is not the authors first language and you can tell sometimes and there are also a lot of things referred to that I had never heard of but the writing is very witty! I loved Yanna. She may be a 24 year old virgin, but she gives Constantijin as good as she gets! Yes she has some irritating phrases like saying 'like' before a word but she does explain why she does this and I liked her references to films like Legally Blonde and Clueless!As for Constantijin...ah well I couldn't help but love this loveable Netherlands' #1 playboy!! I loved his character. He is alpha male but vulnerable at the same time. Poor Constantijin just doesn't understand that he is falling in love for the first time. He is jealous and possessive and at one point is a naughty boy but I could understand him when he said he was getting mixed signals from Yanna. He does redeem himself.A lot of the action takes place at Constantijin's Company where Yanna has just been given a job. In the first few pages when Constantijin comes onto Yanna, it made me feel like she should cry 'sexual harrassment'!! I thought this book was going to be a 50 Shades type story with lots of sex but I was gladly mistaken. Yes it has sex scenes (a lot of oral for Yanna!) but the H&H; don't have proper sex until half way through the story. They did have great chemistry between them and I believed in their love story.I liked a lot of the characters some of their 'stories' seemed a bit far fetched (Drake's 'secret' and Constantijin's mothers past) but I would like to read a book about Drake.I did notice a lot of continuity problems in the story...on one page Yanna has her hair up in a bun, on the next page it is down and wet from her shower and she is flicking it over her shoulders! On one page she is wearing trousers, on the next page he has his hand up her skirt. One minute she is wearing flats, next she is escaping in her new mules! She's wearing a dress, next he is unbuttoning her blouse!Some people may find the cat and mouse game they play annoying and that it maybe goes on a bit too long but whilst the book has its faults, I loved the writing style and it made me laugh (and nearly shed a tear near the end!). I really enjoyed it and I will read more by this author as this was a great introduction to her talents.