**Spoiler alert**
Jumping
right in: from the get go, this book made zero sense. The intro and the premise
of the book was just…
and this is coming from someone who has been
reading romance novels since (never you mind) and I have forgiven A LOT of odd
plot lines in the name of HEA.
The
story reminded me of those old Loveswept series circa 1980s. I saw that it was
published in 2004 but that can’t be right. The ideas, the language...it had to be a reprint.
First
off, Xandra (Xandra?) Fortune is a French supermodel (working only in Europe) who
only took a modeling job because her family’s old money has turned into no
money. Her mother is humiliated enough that her daughter even has to work for a
living much less as a model which is practically next to being a hooker according to her standards.
So
she hooks up with a billionaire Greek hottie (no complaints here) who she gives
her virginity to… (huh?) Gets pregnant (hence the title) but he doesn’t believe
her so he throws her out of their apartment(not
cool). Heartbroken (understandably) she goes back to her real persona as a
broke American and promptly disappears. Having a change of heart, the Greek
Hottie decides to look for her but cannot find her because Xandra is not even
her real name and he has no idea who she really is.
To
top it all off, the Greek Hottie’s grandfather refuses to make a life-saving
operation until he marries a proper girl because the family needs an heir. This
was the main reason why he got rid of Xandra in the first place.
Everything
in this book was over the top. When I read about the restaurants they ate at,
the places they stayed, the sidewalk they trampled I kept hearing Robin Leach
in the background. It was BEYOND ridiculous. You can describe opulence without
being so….I don't know. You'll know when you read it.
If
Mystery Science Theater 3000 did romantic novels, this would have been in it.
If I had known the direction this story was going, I would have had a grand old
time with it like those old hecklers from The Muppet Show. As it was, all I got
was a headache from rolling my eyes so much.
Writing: Don’t get me started.
Dialogue:
Archaic (I saw fossils)
Recommend:
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