Review: Hot May-December romance ... but it seems too good to be true
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 4, 2013
I will admit - the cover and the plot really intrigued me. Kudos to the author for tackling what is not an uncommon age-difference relationship. It's great that the main character, Jack Ryker, a 49-year billionaire who gets infatuated with a 22-year old college student, is a sympathetic character. As rich and obviously physically gifted he is, you can feel his apprehension, his torment as well as excitement for something so new to him. I do like his honesty as well - honesty in possibly not being enough for the young, beautiful Kate. And if you're looking for some really hot, steamy scenes, then this is for you. The love scenes were original I thought, sexy/erotic yet sensitive as well.That said, I've only rated it 3 stars because it felt more like a fairy tale than anything else. {SPOILERS} that fact that they both end up actually falling in love - that she first met him and fell in love with him at 10 yrs old, that he has such perfect kids that they will easily accept her (without skepticism ...ie, he is a 50 yr billionaire while she is a young, beautiful, financially challenged college student), that their business all fall into place and everyone in his business network where willing to support him and it goes on and on. I'm sorry if I sound too much of a cynic but it just doesn't happen that way in the business world.Another negative for me is the dialogue. Whilst the POV narration was ok, the dialogue was a little too stunted or wooden for me. It's a conversation just between the two of them yet they keep calling on each others' names (ie, "I'll be fine, Kate." or "what would you like to do now, Jack") It just felt really artificial to me when i read through the conversations.It's a shame as I really wanted to give this a 4 star rating.