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A review by aefedele
Doukakis's Apprentice by Sarah Morgan
4.0
I heard about this book on the DBSA podcast and Sarah Wendell raved about it. I put it on my to-read list and started hunting for it at book sales since the library didn't have a copy. Of course I went to one of the smaller libraries in the area and they had added it between the last time I checked and now. I WAS looking for a Stephanie Laurens (yes I'm looking to try historicals) book but they couldn't find that and I was like, "I'll take this instead."
I'm glad I went to the library because this was an amazing story. First and foremost the hero's name is Damon. People who have talked to me about fanfiction and my 'ships' know I love Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries so the name is sort of special. Secondly I found this book so interesting I read it in two hours. I could not put it down for the life of me.
Polly Prince is the unofficial superhero of her father's ad company. When the company gets taken over suddenly she is made Damon Doukakis's apprentice (yes, I went there). Damon has the sense she is a lazy worker who is coasting through her father's business. He would be wrong but there we are.
The chemistry leaps off the page and I was hastily reading to get to the sex scene because it was bound to be hot. It was, for the record. Both of the characters begin to realize they have feelings for each other as they realize both have misjudged the other. Polly begins to understand why Damon is so protective of his sister and why he is so ruthless in business while Damon begins to realize Polly's worth and talents.
This is the perfect case of a book having characters with amazing chemistry and perfect tension between the characters.
Side-note: Apparently none of the editors noticed Damon saying his sister's name is Arianna and then in the next paragraph her name is Analise. The third paragraph goes back to Arianna. I spent about fifteen minutes trying to find out if the names were related (they aren't) or if Analise meant something different in another language (it doesn't). It was kind of annoying and just a bit jarring.
4/5 Stars
I'm glad I went to the library because this was an amazing story. First and foremost the hero's name is Damon. People who have talked to me about fanfiction and my 'ships' know I love Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries so the name is sort of special. Secondly I found this book so interesting I read it in two hours. I could not put it down for the life of me.
Polly Prince is the unofficial superhero of her father's ad company. When the company gets taken over suddenly she is made Damon Doukakis's apprentice (yes, I went there). Damon has the sense she is a lazy worker who is coasting through her father's business. He would be wrong but there we are.
The chemistry leaps off the page and I was hastily reading to get to the sex scene because it was bound to be hot. It was, for the record. Both of the characters begin to realize they have feelings for each other as they realize both have misjudged the other. Polly begins to understand why Damon is so protective of his sister and why he is so ruthless in business while Damon begins to realize Polly's worth and talents.
This is the perfect case of a book having characters with amazing chemistry and perfect tension between the characters.
Side-note: Apparently none of the editors noticed Damon saying his sister's name is Arianna and then in the next paragraph her name is Analise. The third paragraph goes back to Arianna. I spent about fifteen minutes trying to find out if the names were related (they aren't) or if Analise meant something different in another language (it doesn't). It was kind of annoying and just a bit jarring.
4/5 Stars