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Tropes:
- Grumpy/Sunshine
- Workplace Romance
- Billionaire Romance
- Personal Growth and Healing
The story
Rowan
I'm in the business of creating fairy tales.
Production companies. Five-star hotels. Theme parks.
Everything can be mine if I renovate Dreamland.
Hiring Zahra was a great plan . . . until I fell for her.
By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late.
People like me don't get happy endings.
Not when we're destined to ruin them.
Zahra
After submitting a drunk proposal criticizing Dreamland's most expensive ride, I should have been fired.
Instead, Rowan Kane offered me a dream job.
The catch? I had to work for the most difficult boss I'd ever met.
Rowan was rude and completely off-limits, but my heart didn't care.
At least not until I discovered his secret.
It was time to teach the billionaire that money couldn't fix everything.
Especially not us.
Really short review
4,5/5 stars
Character development is a bit fast-paced (Rowan). Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and loved the ending. I'm also a sucker for men who love like crazy, so there’s that.
Extended review
I read the book in four days—about 100 pages per day. That is not as fast as some of the books I’ve read but certainly faster than others. You see, I often get bored after the first quarter of a book, so I have to start reading another, switching after every chapter. But this book—this book I finished on its own, and that says something.
Now, let’s get into it:
Rowan and Zahra could not be any more different, and I love it. Their thoughts and opinions about the world and each other are portrayed in their own perspective chapters. I personally enjoy getting a look into the love interest’s head and seeing that he actually doesn’t hate her but is slowly falling in love. I like the setup of the book and how it follows a coherent story with characters who will appear in the follow-up books. (The reviews for those will be up shortly—you should check them out!)
Lauren Asher writes in a way that makes you feel for the characters and understand the inner struggles they are experiencing. I really like character development, and I understand that it takes time to change. However, Lauren Asher seems to have had trouble packing that time into 400 pages. To me, it felt like Rowan changed overnight in the middle of the book, which—considering his age and how long he had acted the way he did before his character development—is not very realistic. I was literally stunned at how quickly and easily he became a better person. That is why I subtracted half a star from the rating—because it threw me off a little.
Other than that, I enjoyed the book and loved the ending. I was looking forward to books 2 and 3 in this series and couldn’t wait to buy them.
I would definitely recommend reading it!
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