Review: Excellent series starter, can't wait for book 2!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.I thought this was a very good book; I've seen reviews where some people think this tried to emulate FSOG and failed, but I'm one of six people in the world who hasn't read (and even more shocking, DON'T want to read FSOG), but this story is following the current trend of the billionaire bad boy who falls hard for the one innocent girl (and as formula dictates, they both have tragic pasts). But will they get their HEA?Chloe's past is traumatic, and the way her family handled the situation is reprehensible, but she's doing her best to move past the incident and get on with her life, so she's moved clear across the country to attend school at UCSD, where she's studying to be an intellectual property attorney. She lands a coveted summer internship at Frost Industries, a biomedical corporation. Her first day on the job, she has a run-in with Juice Guy while she's on her lunch break, where they verbally spar and he throws down a challenge to her. She accepts the challenge (although she doesn't know exactly what made her do it), and that sets off a chain of events that will change her life even more.Ethan lost his dad(who was saving lives after a bomb blast that occurred overseas) while Ethan was a still a young boy, and the circumstances of his father's death are what prompted Ethan to want to prevent any more lives from being lost in such a needless manner, hence his creating Frost Industries. His company regularly meets with those military and civilian personnel who have been grievously injured during combat, to find out what treatments are working or not working, so that they can improve the healing time from their injuries.Ethan is determined to be with Chloe after their initial meeting, and at first she does try to keep their relationship on a strictly professional level, but that all changes after she and her roommate Tori attend a community event that is sponsored by Frost Industries. And that is the turning point in the story; Chloe goes from being a strong, independent young woman who is determined to move past her traumatic experience when she was a teenager, to a young woman whose happiness is suddenly dependent on a man she's known for a week. Meanwhile, Ethan is just fine being with Chloe, until he goes on a business trip. He doesn't contact her when he returns, and by the time Chloe finally sees him, his whole attitude towards her and their relationship has done a complete 180. The change in his demeanor was so abrupt that I thought I missed part of the story and had to go back and read that last portion for a second time. We do learn a bit about Ethan's secrets, but I still wasn't prepared for that cliffhanger!I would definitely recommend this book!