Ugh, this was so frustrating because parts of it were really good and I thought the ending was quite satisfying, but this has one of the most annoying TELL HIM THE TRUTH big misunderstandings that I've encountered in a while. Stasia is the British wife of the Italian millionaire, Rico-- until he caught her in bed with a naked man while they were on vacation with his younger sister and banished her, pending their divorce.
Now said sister is in the hospital with amnesia because of a horse-induced head injury, and when she finally wakes up, she thinks the two of them are still newlyweds on their honeymoon. Furious, Rico informs Stasia that they must now pretend like they are still married, so as to not upset his amnesiac sister (who didn't even like Stasia at first??? but now, apparently, she does??), although of course, he still expects the hate-sex because he is a man with #needs.
Deus-ex-head injury aside, the cause of the big misunderstanding is so FRUSTRATING because it could have been resolved with a single sentence and even though it was great that Rico apologized, he only did so after treating the heroine like shit for 90% of the book and calling her a slut. We also never see the sister grovel, and she needed to-- even more than the hero. Because holy shit, that was basically SA.
Anyway, while the sex scenes were spicy and I thought the writing was good, this had way too many tropes that were not for me and I did not personally like the way they were combined.
2 to 2.5 out of 5 stars
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