Review: A funny and sophisticated treat
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
Finally, this fabulous book is in one box set! Laura is a shy and slightly insecure woman that finally caves and tries to find love on the internet.  She doesn't bargain for catching two hot guys with secrets and issues of their own.  Their journey together is really lovely (oh and extremely sexy :)), but also funny and surprising at pretty much every turn.  The conflict never feels forced - I disagree with Laura at times and want to push her curvy butt to a certain decision once or twice, but each of her choices and her resolution feel so authentic.  The book also does a great job of respecting and developing realistic and heart-warming female friendships through its treatment of Laura's relationship with her feisty and messed-up-in-her-own-cute-way best friend, Josie.This originally came out as a series of novellas.  Even now, as a compilation, the rise and fall of the story as four parts comes through and I actually like that.  Each piece of this puzzle has a focus and its own little beginning-middle-end without ever closing off pieces of the overall story.I discovered Julia Kent with her phenomenal book Random Acts of Crazy, which is a companion to this book, as is her other great novel It's Complicated (about Josie, yay :)).  Take my word for it, you must read all three of these books, they each bring a new frontier of intelligent prose and strong, complex women to a too-often predictable and trite romance novel landscape.Ms. Kent has a real gift for character development and leaves no supporting character behind.  If someone is in a Kent novel, they are distinct and well thought out.  She created a world here in the Billionaires series and has grown it with each installment and companion book.  When you are reading this book and her others you may feel like these are people you know, that you share their world, and that makes for some fun reading that sticks with you!