Review: Did Not Like The Book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
I wish some authors could bring themselves to write about a heroine, who when treated horribly by the hero, (as Olivia was) would just feel hurt and/or anger, but not the usual almost instant attraction too, for a man who abuses, and humiliates her, at least for a little bit.  To her credit Olivia controlled her intense attraction, longer than most heroines, but in the end she fell in love first, and became the predictable needy heroine.  Toward the latter part of this book her thoughts became a little pathetic in her anxiety to have him love her.  While the hero was not sure at 84% (Kindle Talk) of the book, if she could hold his interest.Another negative for me:  it became old , real quick, how every female fell to his feet in adoration.  And while the heroine was considered beautiful, as the story progresses, the reader realizes, she is beautiful but.  Example:  As smitten as the hero was, he thinks that none of her facial features are remarkable, but together they portrayed a beautiful woman,  Also while the hero's face was always handsome, her "face" was rarely (if ever???) described as beautiful, but rather as personable or "lines of fatigue in her face", making her sound somewhat old at her 21 years of age.  I just do not like it when a heroine's beauty is diminished in a story, especially when the hero is the personification  of perfect male beauty. .It is a matter of personal taste, and just like some readers disliked (maybe even resent) an absolutely breath taking beauty for a heroine, I feel the completely opposite way.