Review: Such a fun and romantic story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
I have the immense pleasure of chatting with Aven via email and twitter and she is quite possibly one of the funniest people I have met. Between her exceptional personality and the synopsis for Connectivity, I had no doubt I would enjoy this book. I love a good forbidden romance and there isn't much more forbidden than a boss and his employee, except maybe a teacher and his student.Poor MK, she is such a klutz but it was hilarious. She has high career ambitions and she wants so desperately to impress her new boss, William. Instead she continuously embarrasses herself and I was an anxious mess with each interaction because I knew something humiliating and awkward was going to happen. However, I noticed that the awkwardness is mostly when she's nervous with William. As she grows closer to him, the awkwardness turns into incredible chemistry. I absolutely loved MK. Despite her gracelessness when it comes to William, she is brilliant, ambitious and not afraid to speak her mind, even to the all powerful William Cumberland.William is powerful, career oriented and a bit aloof. He is not looking for a woman or a relationship. Instead, he's looking to conquer the business world and he is all about building his empire. However, he meets MK and she opens something up inside of him that he didn't know existed. He finds himself wanting to know this woman and spend time with her more than anything. She really gets him and she doesn't see some rich media mogul. She just sees William, the man and that is what attracts him to her.I thoroughly enjoyed the build up of MK and William's relationship and I loved watching their verbal banter back and forth turn into a much deeper attraction. I worried at first that MK was getting in too deep with William and that she was developing feelings that he may not share. However, William proved himself to me and he made it very clear that he truly cared about her and wanted her to be a part of his life. As they got to know each other and spent more time together, the sexual tension definitely grew between them. I liked that they didn't just jump right into bed together, but waited until they were both really sure of their feelings. MK knew that William could obliterate her and she knew that sex with him would be so much more than just that and she had to protect her heart. Even though William wanted to keep their relationship a secret at first, it was obvious he only did it to protect MK since he was her boss. He didn't want people to gossip about her or question the moves she made in her career. He was nothing but supportive and he did everything he could to help her move forward because he genuinely believed in her talent and brilliance.Despite the beautiful relationship they built, it wouldn't be a good contemporary romance without a little drama would it? MK definitely has an impulsive side and she tends to fly off the handle before really thinking things through. My heart broke a little when she doubted William and everything blew up in her face. I wanted to shake her and tell her to calm down and be reasonable. She definitely was a act now, think later kind of woman. On the flip side, I felt like William was a little too business minded when it came to the relationship and even though she flew off the handle, I was disappointed in him for not chasing after her. Of course, MK came to her senses and realized her mistake a little too late. I loved that she held onto hope and poured her heart out in the hopes that she still had a chance to make things right. I was really proud of William for swallowing his pride, realizing his true feelings for MK and finally expressing them to her. I adored the epilogue of this book and it is perhaps one of my favorites. I actually teared up a little because it was so beautiful.Overall, I really enjoyed Connectivity. It was well written and the plot was sweet and romantic. It was a down and out, true romance. I loved that there were no deep dark secrets or tragic pasts. It was just about 2 people who thought they knew what they wanted out of life until they met each other and everything changed. They both realized they could still live their dreams and ambitions but there is always room in there for love.