Review: a dash more crazy
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
I have to admit, i didn't like the first book.What prompted me to buy the 2nd I can only blame on the lovely cover and the intriguing excerpts.In the first book Claire realizes that her husband/love of her life has impregnated her best friend. Claire divorces him moves to Sanfran with her twin teenagers to a job she hates and ends up working under (not directly) a young, model-hot, billionaire who pursues her like a crazy madman. There's the typical push pull between the two and the issue of her being older than him. they work out their issues with cartoonish sex and a grovel scene at the end. it was meh but then I read that there's a sequel with the ex returning. . . uh oh. . . must read about the ex!I have to admit that I Love a book where an ex realizes the error of their ways and tries to come back. This book has that but delivers in an unsatisfactory way.The second book has the same problems of the first book but it somehow got worse! Claire is still obsessively upset about her ex-husband and ex-best friend. I know that what they did was terrible but it was over 5 years ago and she has a new billionaire man who has sex with her 80 times a day! Why are they even a blip in her radar? She should be instead be focusing on:1. Why her fiance is spoiling her daughters rotten and turning them into greedy super brats. In one scene one of her daughters cheekily asks him why he's only sending 300 dollars a week, like it's a pittance. Is that supposed to be funny? They sound like opportunistic future gold-diggers.2. Why he is having her followed by security guards. They report to him her every move.3. Her unlimited funds megawedding that had to be pulled off in 3 months "or else",4. Why he's intercepting and destroying her mail5. Why he's trying to sabotage her new design career by throwing temper tantrums every time she works late. He's a billionaire, he of all people should know how much you have to work to be successful.6. Why she and Jonathan never get caught having sex in public places! They have sex all the time EVERYWHERE. Hey! I have to eat at some of these places! Have some courtesy or hire someone to follow you to wipe down all areas with Lysol.The Ex coming back into the picture was also a big let down. I want at least the illusion that she has a difficult choice between the two. Instead the author went the easy route and just villainized the ex making Jonathan the clear choice.The book was a disappointment but the cover, i will reiterate, is lovely.