Review: Jessica Clare tends to do simple things very, very well
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
This is the fourth book in the Billionaire Boys Club series so we all should be familiar enough with the characters by now. This is Griffin’s book. My memory of Griffin from previous books was less about his character and centered more on the enormous stick shoved up his a**, and when we meet him in this book, I find my memory to be pretty accurate.Griffin’s personal assistant has been struck by illness, just when Griffin has to fly back to his home country to attend his cousin’s wedding. Due to some bad luck and some evil machinations from some meddlesome friends, Griffin finds himself saddled with an unconventional replacement assistant for his trip.Jessica Clare tends to do simple things very, very well. This is a straightforward odd-couple concept, mixed with fish-out-of-water elements, tied up with some mommy issues. Maylee isn’t the plain and staid assistant Griffin may have wanted, but she’s such a genuine, warm character that I couldn't help but take her side immediately. I actually resented some of the characters’ actions at the beginning of the book, because I saw them as making Griffin suffer at her expense. She was kind and sweet, and just wanted to do her job well. It was, therefore, an uphill battle to warm to Griffin, because he was so unforgivably rude to her. This, however, leads to a slow-burn friendship between the characters as they feel out each other’s foibles and quirks. But, as with all of Clare’s books, this slow-burn doesn’t come at the expense of hot sex. In fact, the author is such a talent that she can make dry-humping seem like the sexiest thing since God invented rugby players’ thighs.This was needed after the particularly heavy ‘The Wrong Billionaire’s Bed’. Instead of that drama, we get royalty, chocolate, a priggish (but adorable) dope and a gloriously sweet heroine. A huge treat.