Review: Comparable to Crossfire (4.5 stars)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2014
If you like the Billionaire H erotic romances you will like Ruined. It's totally worth $1.99, I consider that to have been a great bargain.Good Stuff:The female H isn't a complete pushover/idiotThe male H is very likableGood story moves at a good paceThe female H is a well developed characterGood writing, adequate editingGood dialogue between the H's, humor laced in which is seriously lacking in a lot of books in this genreGood use of sub-conflict in addition to the main conflicts of the bookBad Stuff (Take with a grain of salt because combined, I still only knocked off .5 star for it)I do NOT understand why these authors make the female H's so young.  The female H in this book is 20...yup the year after 19.  When I was 20, I was a damn fool, a kid. I don't know why a sophisticated, intelligent, billionaire who is the CEO of a company would be interested in a 20 year old intern but it's a little creepy if you think about it for too long.  There is something a little sketchy about the grown men who go nuts for the barely legal girls and it just made me a little uncomfortable.We never really learn anything about the male H in this book.  I assume that's all coming in book 2 but if not, I will be knocking off another star.This is petty but the female H's job was completely unreal. I'm a lawyer and this girl was supposed to be an intern to lawyers.  I've worked with a lot of interns and NONE of them do the kind of thing that the female H in this book was doing.  It was so unrealistic, it was distracting.There isn't a lot of story development outside of the relationship of the main characters.  That could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what you're looking for.  The book is very focused on the relationship between the H's.WORST THING- THE SEX SCENES! There were very few sex scenes and the descriptions of the female body parts were getting on my nerves.  This is a individual taste issue but I can't stand when an author talks all around the names of body parts.  At a certain point, you don't even know what body part she's referring to. Like just say the words, please.