Review: Chapter 1
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2014
This is the first of at least five books, except it's less like a book and more like an extended first chapter that ends in a very unsatisfactory way at a cliff hanger. The promised plot line is one that I usually enjoy; a struggling college grad is trying to make her way in the big city. She happens to be both exceptionally beautiful - much fuss is made about her ample rear end - and aggressively outspoken - she tells off an HR interviewer in no uncertain terms. In one of those Romanceland coincidences, she encounters a gorgeous hunk in the elevator, and within seconds they feel a connection. He offers her a job, but it isn't quite what she expected. Despite her MBA, she is about to be paid $300,000 a year to become arm candy so no one will interrupt the mighty Mr. Wenn while he's wheeling and dealing at public functions. There are the usual anomalies inherent in this situation, including the way she knows details about other businessmen but never bothered to research the staff at Wenn, but it's easy to suspend disbelief. There are a few too many scenes of the HR head, now at her beck and call, abandoning her post in order to obtain high-end clothing, shoes and jewelry. There are the customary scenes of jealousy and the gratifying plot development of the billionaire begging for another chance. None of this takes up much of the reader's mental resources. I would have enjoyed it much more if it hadn't been for that abrupt ending. It irritated me to the extent that I won't consider reading any other books in the series unless they're offered as freebies.