Review: Ruined is the perfect book for the lovers of billionaire rulers of the world.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2014
3.5 Stars~Reviewed by FRANCESCA & posted at Under the Covers Book BlogRuined is the perfect book for the lovers of billionaire rulers of the world. Ethan Frost is everything I wanted Fifty and Gideon to be, at least so far!See we have the uber billionaire hero who owns his empire company. He’s one of the most eligible bachelors in town and although he seems the most unattainable guy, when actually meeting him he is just very down to earth. He runs a billion dollar company, but he’s a beach surf bum who cares about the environment and has a lot of charities close to his heart that he devotes a lot of time and money to help.I wish the originality of the story would’ve been greater. With so many of these style books coming out lately, I feel that RUINED followed a bit of a mold. But that’s probably more the fact that it wasn’t the first one I’ve read of its kind.Frost Industries is this big monster of a company that dabbles apparently in research and development and acquiring other companies. I am still not sure what it is they do. The fact that the name is Frost Industries just reminded me too much of Sylvia Day’s Crossfire series was not a point in its favor, though.What I loved that was different in this story was the heroine. She’s more take charge and independent than the heroines I usually read about in these type of stories. She’s got a rough past, but overcame that on her own and sought a better future for herself. And as the title states, she’s the ruined one. Not him, or at least so we think?So she’s Frost Industries newest law intern and meets “the big boss” in the most unusual way. He takes an immediate liking to her and pursues her from there on with relentless determination. That I loved! They were so much fun to read about in this book.Their banter was great, their interactions were always entertaining. Without always resourcing to cute emails and texts. I think these two have major chemistry, but warning this particular book was not as erotic romance to me as I would say contemporary romance.I think Ethan is a much better hero than the cookie cutter heroes we’ve been reading about so far in the genre that are buried in angst (except I have a feeling we may be going there) and I think he knows how to keep his woman happy in and out of the bedroom (did I mention the multiple orgasms?)I’m not sure how the author is going to dig their relationship out from the hole she dug it in at the end of this book. For me, it’s almost irrecoverable. So you can imagine I am anxious to read the next one to find out where the store goes from here.*ARC provided by publisher