Review: Literary License?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2012
When the title says "Dallas Billionaires", I expect the main character to hail from Dallas, not Southlake, which is actually a suburb of Fort Worth. Granted, it's part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, but a little research will tell you that though DFW is one big happy family, the rivalry between Dallas and Fort Worth which began over a century ago still exists up to today.In short, a billionaire from the Fort Worth area will never make the mistake of saying he hails from Dallas the same way that real life billionaires Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks) and Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys) will never make the mistake in saying that they hail from Fort Worth.For that literary license alone that the author took, I took away one star from my rating. (Disclosure, I'm from Dallas, so this book really touched a nerve.)Now, let's go the review proper of the book. --- Steven made his money writing software; Bailey became the primary caregiver of her niece Faith when her sister Angela (who used to date Steven) died. With nowhere else to go for help, Bailey knocks on Steven's door to ask for financial assistance.The premise of the story is actually good. This happens in real life. But, the way that Steven accepted Bailey immediately was the reason why I took away one star from my rating. I will not put in here the "how" of the acceptance. Only thing I will say is that the author actually opened a scene for a big dramatic moment but never took it. And for me, the book went downhill from there. Bailey was never given a chance to be brave (which she was by the way) and Steven was never given a chance to be an intelligent yet fair and kind man, which he was also.And finally, the sex scenes. I don't have anything against sex scenes. My only requirement is if you are going to write one, then do it properly or don't do it at all. Again, the author promised sizzling scenes, but all of them fizzled. I don't expect every book to be like Fifty Shades of Grey. Quite frankly, I read a lot of Christian books that do not have any sex scenes at all. I also read a lot of books wherein sex is just implied that it happened.ButSteven (Dallas Billionaires)is actually a novella wherein 1/3 of the pages are sex scenes. Hence, as a reader, I assumed that the book is trying to be sexy and steamy but it never got there. And for that, I took out one star.This book is Rated M for Mature due to the sex scenes.