Review: Good First Book in a Series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
SPOILER ALERT - Toward the end of the review, I have to drop a spoiler to explain my primary reason for lowering this to a 4-star review. Don't read on if you don't want to know.I was highly amused by the beginning of this book, in that it was a woman being thrown out of her lover's apartment with all her stuff being tossed out the window down to her. All too often in literature and movies, it's the woman having a hissy fit and tossing the guy out. And, even better, the guy had a legitimate reason for doing it: he's sick to death of Selena's spend-a-holic ways.For the first chapter or two, I wondered if Selena would get back together with the guy, given Ms. Wilson gave the perfect reason for the two to meet up again (Selena stole the guy's car since she had the key to it, making a quick getaway before the owner could realize and get down to stop her). Luckily, that didn't happen. Granted, I think Selena deserved to get thrown out (she'd moved here for the guy, then run up astronomical bills on his credit card with no thought to actually paying him back), but the way he did it was horrid (if amusing).Overall, the book was pleasant to read and I enjoyed meeting Colt and the other members of the Seacliffe Medical staff. I truly look forward to reading more about them and the good work they do, heavily financed by the astronomical fees they charge for the plastic surgery on the stars that come to them for privacy.Colt and Selena were a great couple, though I wish Selena had been more open and honest with Colt from the beginning about her living arrangements, and I wish Colt had been a little more upfront about his scars. But, those are minor details. The other thing which detracted from this book (for me) was how predictable (in part) part of the ending was. I expected at some point Selena to get fired from the job because she was going to get blamed in some way either for the embezzling going on or for leaking information to the media. She was fired and there was a momentary doubt seen in Colt about her innocence when it comes to the media and embezzling issue (just a hint of a flicker, which to my mind was reasonable and normal, and I feel once again she overreacts), but in truth she was fired because the main owner of the business was embarrassed, and does ultimately apologize to Selena for making her a scapegoat.So, I'll give this a 4-star review because of my frustration over the predictability, but other than that this book was great to relax and read. The characters really popped off the page for me.Book provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.