Review: Sugar Babies
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
SUGAR DADDY’S DIARYThree women. I broke one’s spirit, I broke another’s neck, and I married the third.The opening lines of this book and the phenomenal cover had me hooked on page one. However, I quickly realized that this book was not going to quite live up to my expectations.I love the darker more gritty romance stories. I actually prefer them over the fluff that is out there. This book seemed like it was going to fit the bill nicely, and in most ways it did. But there was just something off about it that made me only like it and not love it. I think it was mostly the layout of the story. The book starts with the excerpt from the Sugar Daddy's Diary. In fact the whole book is supposedly his manuscript, or documentation of how he interacted with the three main sugar babies: Maire, Niki and Esme. I think that if Corrigan would have stuck with his perspective through the whole book, it would have given it more clarity and fluidity. Instead, there are interspersed excerpts from the Sugar Daddy's Diary, and then each chapter is told from one of the girl's perspective. It wasn't confusing to follow, it just kind of made things seem disjointed. I would really be getting comfortable with Esme's viewpoint, and connecting with her, and then it would jump to Maire or Niki.Overall, the story was good, I just couldn't connect with it like I wanted. I also think that while Corrigan was trying to portray the girls, except Niki, as strong and resourceful, they mostly just came across as indecisive and shallow. Esme turned out to be my favorite character, but there was several times she could have used a kick in the head. None of them actually made a plan and saw it through. They changed it on a whim, or because of some small occurrence that they blew way out of proportion.The whole idea of the Sugar world was very fascinating. I'm sure there are women and men all over the world who actually live this life day to day, but to ordinary people like me, it seems crazy. I enjoy peeking into a world that is so foreign to me and seeing how they live. Totally loved that aspect of the story.I also really liked the mysterious side of the "whodunit." I was guessing from page one who the ultimate Sugar Daddy was. I had him pegged early on and then began second guessing myself, and was still wrong by the time it was revealed. It definitely added another enjoyable layer to the story though.Overall, the story was good, and I enjoyed reading it.