⭐⭐⭐☆
The romance works, but there are a lot of
underdeveloped threads (the Eleanor and her father rift aspect or Eleanor and
her aunt bonding) that the author introduces and doesn’t develop. Developing
these threads more fully would have created a more rounded character, but the
author concentrates wholly on the romantic relationship only; and since we are
incurable romantics, hat works for us. Some of the dialogue between them seems
stilted, that that is a very minor complaint because on the whole the
situations, the interactions and the chemistry between the MCs is what really
counts and all those are in place.
⭐⭐⭐☆
The biggest, biggest plus about this book: it is a real
age-gap romance with a gap of 23 years between the two MCs. We love this. What
more, the author totally makes it work.
Eleanor Ashford is a very successful business woman who has
inherited a dying make-up company, Face Exquisite that she is determined to
turn around. The biggest problem with Face Exquisite is that it has no connect
with the younger demographic. Addison Garr is a YouTube make-up celebrity with
each of her make-up videos garnering almost a million views. Eleanor contacts
Addison to offer her a consultancy position with Face Exquisite.
The 23-year age gap had us super-thrumming. And then the
other interesting element in the mix was that Eleanor (the older MC) is the one
who always thought she was straight. It is actually her first time of getting
attracted to a woman. Thankfully, this doesn’t have the melt-the-ice-queen
approach. The women are attracted towards each other and the relationship grows
naturally. Without having to struggle with breaking down walls. Yes, there is
some amount of what-the-hacking from Eleanor, but she deosn’t shy away from
Addison because of that.
⭐⭐⭐☆
