Review: Had issues with this one
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2013
Falling In by Lydia MichaelsGarde: C“How much difference is there really, in love and war? Both require a great deal of passion and plotting.”Evelyn “Scout” Keats has finally gotten her big break as a maid at the Patras Hotel and she knows this is her ticket off of the streets and to a normal life. Born in an alley and raised on the streets by her heroin addicted mother, Scout has done all she could to get to a better place but after a chance encounter with the owner of the hotel Lucian Patras, Scout can’t even fathom the new world she enters. Scout never thought she would agree to be at a billionaire's beck and call but Lucian makes her an offer she can’t refuse and one that can get her off the streets forever.Lucian Patras is a man of power and when she sees something he wants he takes its by any means necessary. One look at Evelyn and Lucian must have her but he never expected her to turn his world upside down. Evelyn shows Lucian how to look at the world through fresh eyes and before he knows it he’s in love. With tons of twists and turns threatening to tear them apart Lucian will do everything in his power to keep Evelyn as his forever.Lots of stuff to talk about with Falling In. This is the first of three books in a trilogy (which is all the rage these days) focusing on Evelyn/Scout and Lucian. These two people couldn’t be more different and together they grow and learn to accept each other for who they really are and not who they want the other to be. I really liked Scout at the beginning and I was so happy that she stands up to Lucian and doesn’t take any of his crap. She makes him work for her and it was very enjoyable to read. When Scout turns into Evelyn is where I started to lose interest and find her boring. Evelyn fits much more into Lucian’s world and loses some of what made her so special and such an amazing character. I hope she turns back into Scout in future books.Now to Lucian. Oh where to start! Lucian is a jerk and not in the sexy kind of way. He cares nothing about Scout in the beginning and it takes some horrible things happening for him to get his act together and redeem himself. I’m kind of over the hotel billionaire falls in love with the poor girl and saves her from a life of poverty and thats all this book really was. I felt like I was rereading Maya Banks’ Fever from her Breathless series to be honest. I really hope that Lucian can keep up with being a good guy and not go back to being an a-hole.I just didn’t fall in love or even like with this book or its characters. I felt at times that i was reading other books or my mind kept drifting to scenes from Pretty Woman. I have a feeling of where this book is going and I’m not sure I want to watch these two get torn apart by the horrible people in their life. I might change my mind and have to know what happens to these two but as of right now I’m not going to continue reading about Lucian and Evelyn, Lucian and Scout maybe.