Review: Beta male? No Thank you.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
In general this book was well-written with a story that flowed fairly well.Things I liked:Well fleshed-out characters. Even the peripheral characters came alive and seemed realistic.A heroine with money & career success in her own right.Hot sex scenes which were fun at firstWell edited with few typos or grammatical mistakes.The not so great:The hero Christophe (aka Christy; Christy!! for crying out loud) was too weak, meek and Beta for my liking. I LOVE an Alpha male who shows vulnerability but still leaves no doubt who is in charge and this one was too docile - begging Annie, chasing her everywhere, never able to take the proverbial bull by the horns & claim his woman. She barked orders, was rude to him, dominated him & the relationship; behaviour he accepted without a whimper. Very weird dynamic and definitely not my cup of tea but hey if you like Beta males who prefer a dominant woman you'll love this one. His nickname being 'Christy' says it all really.The heroine annoyed me. She was hard, abrasive and the reasons given for this were not believable. I make no apologies for preferring to read about ultra-feminine heroines who are strong, NEVER pushovers or passive aggressive but enjoy truly being women & tend to attract true Alpha male's.Annie had none of these qualities (except the strong bit) and I found her demeanour too harsh and brash. Again, to each their own but not my favourite heroine by a stretch.Repetition- too many instances of using words such as 'swooped' or 'black hole' out of context. It's called a thesaurus.Too many sex scenes. I am not usually one to complain about this but after reading a sex scene every 2 or so pages, I soon realised that without them the plot was thin at best.I may consider trying another of this author's books but if another gorgeous hunk is again reduced to a mouse, count me out.