samanthanoel's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
4.0
bananatricky's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointing. Finn has (apparently) taken his father's offer of money and he is using it to punish the girl who dumped him for a rich guy when they were young. He does this by engaging her cleaning company, rewriting the contract and forcing her to clean his penthouse apartment every day for four hours while he's there.
Rissa didn't dump Finn for a richer guy per se. She and Finn come from dirt poor families and broken homes. What she wanted was someone she could rely on, someone who made her safe. Finn flirted with everyone and Rissa was scared that she couldn't rely on Finn. As it happened her blue blood husband was a wife-beater.
So ridiculous premise, grown men acting like five year olds. Initially Finn intends to buy the businesses of all Rissa's clients so that she is totally dependent on him - but he starts to realise that Rissa is not the woman he thought. But of course, Finn's business manager doesn't act on the changed instructions, or its too late to stop, and one of Rissa's biggest customers sells to Finn and she loses that contract.
Of course the evil ex rears his ugly head and causes problems.
I didn't find either Rissa or Finn to be particularly likeable or believable characters and the book limped along for me.
Rissa didn't dump Finn for a richer guy per se. She and Finn come from dirt poor families and broken homes. What she wanted was someone she could rely on, someone who made her safe. Finn flirted with everyone and Rissa was scared that she couldn't rely on Finn. As it happened her blue blood husband was a wife-beater.
So ridiculous premise, grown men acting like five year olds. Initially Finn intends to buy the businesses of all Rissa's clients so that she is totally dependent on him - but he starts to realise that Rissa is not the woman he thought. But of course, Finn's business manager doesn't act on the changed instructions, or its too late to stop, and one of Rissa's biggest customers sells to Finn and she loses that contract.
Of course the evil ex rears his ugly head and causes problems.
I didn't find either Rissa or Finn to be particularly likeable or believable characters and the book limped along for me.
sectoreighteen's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
saunnik's review
3.0
Didn't enjoy as much as I'd have liked. I found the revenge premise bothersome.
fictioncourt's review against another edition
2.0
Oh to be a book billionaire and have nothing better to do with your time than plan to get revenge from your ex. Finn, dude, you need to get a life and maybe I don't know stop acting like a wounded teen? And Marissa... it was nice to have a not so good girl heroine for once, that's all.
theladyinreds's review against another edition
2.0
I found this book really irritating. I have been known to enjoy the "you done me wrong so I'm gonna humiliate you as payback" trope but I didn't think it worked here.
Like, first off, I didn't buy that she'd actually done him wrong. She broke up with him when they were teens. Big whoop. Hurt feelings are enough for total destruction revenge? Please. Get over your butthurt, assface.
And the waffling? Good god, I couldn't handle the waffling. He's an asshole. He's not an asshole. Nope, he's an asshole again. Lather, rinse, and repeat. Sigh.
Like, first off, I didn't buy that she'd actually done him wrong. She broke up with him when they were teens. Big whoop. Hurt feelings are enough for total destruction revenge? Please. Get over your butthurt, assface.
And the waffling? Good god, I couldn't handle the waffling. He's an asshole. He's not an asshole. Nope, he's an asshole again. Lather, rinse, and repeat. Sigh.
stephanie_inman's review against another edition
2.0
This book was just "too much", as in there was too much going on. Let's see, we have: revenge plot, second chance romance. On it's own, I'm in. But we also have the asshole ex-boyfriend, Finn's drug addiction, Rissa's insecurities, Finn trying to bond with Luke, Finn dealing with his estranged dad and also dealing with his mom's cancer, etc. Again, just too much. None of the plots seemed well developed enough because we were jumping from one to the next too often.
I did like Rissa. My only complaint about her was that she let Finn treat her horribly. He's vowed revenge on her because she broke his heart. When they were teenagers. Like, the dude seriously needed to get over himself. Finn was a known flirt, and gave a lot of attention to other women. Then he enlisted in the military. Rissa, being a teenager, thought she wouldn't be enough for him. So she chose the "safe" choice, Andrew. Finn thinks she chose Andrew because of Andrew's money. Rissa gives him zero reasons to assume this. Andrew is rich, therefore that must be why Rissa chose him. I didn't much think that Finn deserved her after spending years thinking that she was a gold digger. While Rissa chose Andrew for stability, it didn't seem like it was about money. Again, there was no indication of this other than Finn's feelings.
Finn's revenge plot is to basically own Rissa. She has a cleaning company. He hires her company, giving her a job that her company really needs. He then does childish things like put women's underwear and condoms out for her to find. Then he runs completely hot and cold with her, playing with her emotions. But the final straw for me was when he does something that would literally cost her her business, and then he's just like "oops. my bad" and she fucking forgives him! His revenge against her would have also caused her two business partners to lose their business. And he is supposed to have done all of this research on Rissa, so one has to assume he also knows that she employees people who really need a job. She tells him early on how she tries and help people and that some of her employees are struggling, single moms. And the dude is just like "fuck those people who need this job. I've got money and my high school girlfriend broke my heart, so they can all suffer."
Yes, Rissa points this out to him one time, but then just easily forgives him.
I just couldn't get behind this "hero". Which sucked. This book has been out for a long time, and it's sat on my Kindle for nearly as long. I'm trying to read my backlog this year, and I was excited to get to this series. I'm hoping the next few will be more of a win for me.
I did like Rissa. My only complaint about her was that she let Finn treat her horribly. He's vowed revenge on her because she broke his heart. When they were teenagers. Like, the dude seriously needed to get over himself. Finn was a known flirt, and gave a lot of attention to other women. Then he enlisted in the military. Rissa, being a teenager, thought she wouldn't be enough for him. So she chose the "safe" choice, Andrew. Finn thinks she chose Andrew because of Andrew's money. Rissa gives him zero reasons to assume this. Andrew is rich, therefore that must be why Rissa chose him. I didn't much think that Finn deserved her after spending years thinking that she was a gold digger. While Rissa chose Andrew for stability, it didn't seem like it was about money. Again, there was no indication of this other than Finn's feelings.
Finn's revenge plot is to basically own Rissa. She has a cleaning company. He hires her company, giving her a job that her company really needs. He then does childish things like put women's underwear and condoms out for her to find. Then he runs completely hot and cold with her, playing with her emotions. But the final straw for me was when he does something that would literally cost her her business, and then he's just like "oops. my bad" and she fucking forgives him! His revenge against her would have also caused her two business partners to lose their business. And he is supposed to have done all of this research on Rissa, so one has to assume he also knows that she employees people who really need a job. She tells him early on how she tries and help people and that some of her employees are struggling, single moms. And the dude is just like "fuck those people who need this job. I've got money and my high school girlfriend broke my heart, so they can all suffer."
Yes, Rissa points this out to him one time, but then just easily forgives him.
I just couldn't get behind this "hero". Which sucked. This book has been out for a long time, and it's sat on my Kindle for nearly as long. I'm trying to read my backlog this year, and I was excited to get to this series. I'm hoping the next few will be more of a win for me.
bayougirl85's review against another edition
5.0
(Sigh)
Finn and Risa's story was an emotional one. Wow the intense spark between to two were electrifying. I'm blown away by the writing along with the twists and turns, ups and downs.
Finn and Risa's story was an emotional one. Wow the intense spark between to two were electrifying. I'm blown away by the writing along with the twists and turns, ups and downs.
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