⭐☆
The novella format is not something that everyone can
handle. And this one falls short despite the author’s many, many attempts at
adding all possible elements: unspoken love, interfering family, bi-racial
couple, age gap, angst. But it just doesn’t fall together.
Holly McAllister is
successful corporate biggie and Kendal Moore her assistant. To retain her US
visa, Holly asks Kendal to fake marry her for three years. Kendal agrees
because she harbours a secret crush on her icy, terrifying boss.
The novella is about their jitters and
journey on the day of the marriage.
However, it just doesn’t work. The
characters never become real. Their conversations (particularly between the two
MCs) don’t sound real. After admitting attraction to each other, there is still
inexplicable drama between them. We just didn’t get the scenario or the characters.
It may work for a quick read if you’re really
have nothing else at hand. But for this length of a novel, we would definitely recommend
Ab Kaāl’s Payback’s a Bitch and Everything Has Changed for
the sheer fun in them.
⭐☆
