Review: Too Weird
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
This book was just too weird for me. First of all, I could not like the heroine, Marjorie Fordham.  She is a mixture of conflicting personality characteristics. She does not believe in happily ever after, but reads romance novels. She does not trust anyone except possibly her friend, Jeremy, at work, and does not like men, using them only to satisfy her urges.  When rich, gorgeous, charismatic, and best selling author,  David Seton dangles the possibility of signing with her small publishing company in exchange for her becoming his sex slave, she accepts. She is too proud to tell him she is accepting his proposal because she is strongly attracted to him, but is OK with him thinking she is prostituting herself for the POSSIBILITY of him signing with her firm. (She's not even the owner.) He proceeds to treat her as a prostitute in every degrading way possible, not even letting her enter his house through the front door, and she eats it up. She becomes obsessed with him, doing all the disgusting things clinging, insecure females do: What have I done wrong? He didn't answer my text, so let me email him, then phone him, and when he doesn't answer my calls, let me leave him a message. At the same time, she tries to act like a professional, independent woman who doesn't need him, while melting into his arms, each time he offers them. The things he subjects her to are just too bizarre.Then we find out that he has been in love with her for most of the time, however, this didn't stop him from continuing to lie to her, and document their affair in his new book, including his low opinion of her at the beginning. Finally, because she discovers the contents of the book and confronts him, he admits his wrongdoing, apologizes, and continues to pursue her, professing his love.I really hate to think there could be women out there like this.Would I recommend it? NOReason for 2 stars: The book is well-written and some people may actually like this stuff.