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Helpful Score: 2
First, the model on the cover is NOT a size 16 or even close to a plus-sized woman as the heroine is. One of the ways this book is different from others in the series is the size of the heroine. So many times in the story we're told she's not thin or slim, but the publishing company puts a slim woman on the book cover. I'm not plus-sized, but I think it's important the cover stay true to the book.
The heroine has the worst self-esteem I've come across in a story. Nearly every other page is filled with some reference to her size. The hero is a jerk though he eventually reforms his ways, but by the time he did, and it comes near the end of the story, I didn't care about him and felt the two deserved each other.
The story is pretty flimsy. The heroine has lusted after the hero for years. He hasn't noticed her until now. They have a passionate romance in Tuscany. A big misunderstanding happens. Who didn't see that coming? But the big misunderstanding is neatly resolved and a happy ending occurs. Take Me is a far better book that the next in the series (Love Me), but that said it's very predictable and filled with one sex scene after another. I have nothing against those scenes, but more story and less making out would have been better.
The heroine has the worst self-esteem I've come across in a story. Nearly every other page is filled with some reference to her size. The hero is a jerk though he eventually reforms his ways, but by the time he did, and it comes near the end of the story, I didn't care about him and felt the two deserved each other.
The story is pretty flimsy. The heroine has lusted after the hero for years. He hasn't noticed her until now. They have a passionate romance in Tuscany. A big misunderstanding happens. Who didn't see that coming? But the big misunderstanding is neatly resolved and a happy ending occurs. Take Me is a far better book that the next in the series (Love Me), but that said it's very predictable and filled with one sex scene after another. I have nothing against those scenes, but more story and less making out would have been better.
