author: jessica hart
completion date: 18/10/10
method: stolen from work where it had been abandoned.
we found this book in a drawer at work. from what we could tell, it didn't belong to anyone who worked there, but that could have been because no one wanted to take ownership of this harlequin romance. so i decided to adopt it and see what these books were like. i don't know why i was disappointed in it, i think i expected too much...
the main problem with this novel in my eyes was the complete and utter implausibility of the plot. i found myself actually getting angry at the idiotic premise. i shouldn't be angry at this, i knew that the plot was going to be contrived, but i was hoping for more. maybe a plot that was semi believable. the whole point was to get these characters to fall for each other. thats great. totally what we want from one of these novels, but i wanted at least some reality.
the boss character, successful and not traditionally handsom tom claims to not have noticed imogen, his frizzy haired betty of a PA before he decided to invite her on the honeymoon he was going to take with his wife before she left him for her best friend. problem a) tom is a workaholic. he didn't like the idea of taking more than 1 week off work, never mind 3
problem b) if you were a young woman, would you go to an island (where you would be totally alone for 3 weeks) with your boss who you barely knew?
problem c) although tom is rolling in the coin, the island was very, very expensive and he probably could have got some money back. some, not all.
problem d) why would he take his PA? he didn't even like her that much
sorry, i feel like this is futile. the story was everything i expected it to be, and i can't help but feel that i'm not being totally fair. it was a harlequin romance. i don't think i'll be going there again.
xo-ellebee
