Review: Would have been 4 stars but something spoilt it
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2013
This is not a bad book. It certainly had potential however it seemed the author couldn't decide if she wanted Dace to be an alpha male bad boy or a soppy love sick puppy! We never learn Dace's age so it was confusing when we meet him as a Club Owner then the next minute he's in a class Ella takes at University.Ella is strugling financially after the death of her parents. She can't find anywhere cheaper to live and so lives off barely anything and can hardly afford food so it's fruit or yoghurts! I found this a bit far fetched. I'm sure there was somewhere cheaper she could have found to live or she could even have deferred her University course for a year whilst she sorted out the financial problems her parents had left behind. She has a job she hates so when her bestfriends boyfriend tells her he can get her an interview for a job at the club he attends she accepts. Ella is 21 but has never being in a nightclub nor worked in one but Dace gives her the job. She is told that Dace is a manwhore and doesn't do relationships but he is instantly smitten with Ella and they begin a friendship which is basically a girlfriend/boyfriend type realtionship but without the sex. Eventually Dace persuades Ella to move in to his house where he also lives with his brother Daman.Ella and Dace sleep together every night although not just cuddled up, Dace sleeps on top of her between her legs but there is never any mention of him getting aroused! Slowly Ella begins to realise she doesn't just love Dace as a friend but that she's in love with him. They eventually share a few kisses but Ella is a virgin and hasn't told Dace so she pushes him away and in his anger he does something disgraceful and she catches him. Here is where the author made a huge mistake in my opinion. I can't say or it will spoil it for others but what followed was totally unrealistic as was Dace telling Ella he had never kissed a woman before her. I've read that before in a novel and it's just far too unrealistic that this man who is supposedly a man whore and good in bed never ever kissed any of the women he was with?Throughout the book it is hinted at that Dace has a secret he is keeping from Ella. When we find out, it didn't seem so bad but then we are suddenly told Ella hates this sort of thing even though it had never been mentioned before in the story. Dace is supposed to be in need of his 'angel' Ella but we never truly understand why.The book has it's HEA but one thing was left hanging and that was what became of Ella's parents home she was trying to sell?This was a free read and held my attention it's just I had a few problems with it. I'm presuming the book is supposed to be set in America but at times I felt there were some British things creeping in, so I'm not sure what nationality the author is plus there were a few errors and Daman was called Dace at one point. I would read Daman's book if the author has plans for it.