Review: Great book!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2013
Michael Jensen thought he had everything he could possibly want after he married Monica Paloma, the feisty Spanish beauty that he had to fight to win over. He was heir to the Jensen family business and fortune. Monica was from a very wealthy family and was gorgeous. They had a beautiful blonde haired, daughter, Tessa, and then Monica delivered twin boys, Matthew and Paul.This is the story of Paul Jensen’s youth. Paul Jensen is one of Michael and Monica’s twin boys. Both boys are extremely good looking, each in their own way. Matthew, the other twin, takes after their father, and is the son that Michael always wanted. Paul has his mother’s dark complexion, strongly resembling her Spanish heritage. Seeing that Paul is nothing like him, Michael instantly rejects Paul, and refuses to accept him as his own son. Michael has the famous Jensen temper, and this is one thing that Paul did inherit from his father, and the two come to blows repeatedly. Monica becomes very protective over her youngest son, and tends to cater to him.Paul grows up struggling against Michael’s admonishment and punishment for everything he does. Paul is as stubborn and strong willed as his mother was. He grows into a devastatingly handsome teenager that has all the girls and women drawn to him.As Paul grows up, he finds that he is a keen businessman, and has a very successful gardening and maintenance business all before the age of sixteen. He is also very successful with women. He becomes involved with his older sister’s best friend and one of his teachers. Paul was also determined to not be dependent on his father.This book details the trials and experiences that young Paul goes through. I really liked Paul as a character. I felt like the reader was able to see into his mind as he went through his early years. I always say that if a book makes you want to argue with the characters or cry out of sympathy for the actions and experiences of the characters, it is a great book. There were defiantly several times I wish I could have reached into the book and smacked Paul for some of the stuff he did, and also hold him for feeling so bad at the problems he managed to get himself into. This book ends not long after Paul had turned sixteen, and I look forward to reading more about how his life goes. I really want to know how some of his exploits in life turn out, and read about him growing into adulthood.