Series: No Series
Genre: Modern Contemporary
Pages: 212
Publishing House: Pegasus Publishers
Format: Paperback
Review Also Posted On: Goodreads
Book Synopsis:
Natasha has everything. She is World Famous as a Model and is the proud mother of young Jenna. She doesn’t need this modelling assignment, but it is a chance to return to her glorious homeland of South Africa and see her parents and her child in their care. It is going to be PERFECT. All she has to do is wear the most Dazzling Jewellery in the World… and meet the man who owns them. SIMPLE…
Book Review:
NOTE: THANK YOU FOR PEGASUS PUBLISHERS FOR SENDING ME THIS REVIEW COPY, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR AUGUST RELEASES.
A four-star book review. It’s still quite a good book, but I have teeny tiny issues with it. I’ll tell you the issues in a bit.
Natasha is a world-famous model who recently had a modeling assignment. She wasn’t really going to accept the assignment; the only thing that changed her mind about it was the location. Which was her hometown in South Africa. Where her parents and daughter are living. Natasha was chosen to model the Millennium Collection by Jed Lawson. A name that Natasha hoped to never hear again. (Flashbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack~) Natasha was a newbie in the modeling industry, doing modeling assignments. After a while, she went to a bar and saw the guy who got her attention, Jed. She was warned by her friend that Jed Lawson The Billionaire Playboy didn’t do serious relationships. (And before you say, “OMG, this is from Wattpad!” and stuff, let me stop you there.) Shhhh…. Sh… Sh…. No, it’s not. Authors have different story lines, and the Billionaire Playboy stuff is kind of mainstream, but this book is different (well, somehow different). So basically, what happened was that The Billionaire Playboy noticed The Model (a newbie), The Model got seriously attracted to The Billionaire Playboy, took the risk, had a one-night stand (the details were not as intense as Fifty Shades of Grey, so it’s fine), and woke up alone with only a letter that says “THANKS”. Natasha was furious, embarrassed, ashamed, etc. After a few months, she found out that she was pregnant. Decided to keep the baby but also decided to keep the baby’s father a secret. (End of Flashback) Jed knew that Natasha would model his Millennium Collection. and that’s the end of his plan; he didn’t have a well-thought-out plan. Jed was about to put the necklace on Natasha’s… well, neck, but in the process, Jed decided Natasha was too beautiful to model the jewelry, but his action came out as she was too plain and basic to model it. So instead of Natasha, Jed chose Thea (Natasha’s manager) to model the jewelry. Thea put up a fight with Jed, insisting that there is no other model that is better than Natasha, and then she ended up being the one to model the jewelry. Moving on… Natasha felt annoyed with what just happened and went back to her home on the farm, but the billionaire had to find her; he had to. For her to model the Millennium Collection and to apologize to her for his rude actions. So he used his private helicopter (Ha! Helicopter. Billionaire. Figures). Jed found Natasha, but he also saw her daughter. He was infuriated about who was the father of little Jenna. He thought, “Who could be so stupid as to leave beautiful Natasha and her daughter all by themselves?” (Ha! stupid billionaire!) More or less, this modern-contemporary book is about how the billionaire Jed Lawson finds out that Jenna is his love child. how paranoid Natasha was because she thought if Jed found out that Jenna was his daughter, he’d take Jenna away from her. And a seriously jealous manager named Dorothea (Thea) tries to get Jed. Like hell no. This book really made me hate this Dorothea chick.
Anyway, THE BOOK The book was seriously good. No joke. It was really easy to read, and I was really looking forward to reading a contemporary book, and here it is. So why give 4-stars instead of 5-stars? Well, the first one is that the book could have been longer; I wanted to know more about what happens after the ending. What would Jenna’s life be like after the ending? Will Natasha pull Dorothea’s hair till the end of time? (You’ll get me if you read this book.) Second, the transition from Natasha’s point of view to Jed’s point of view is not really that good. For example, I’ll be reading Natasha’s POV and suddenly stop half way because I’m now reading Jed’s POV without realizing it. Now that I’m done with those issues, let’s go to the positive ones. The book’s dialogues were really good. I like that the book gives serious details, from jewelry to cars; even the songs played in this book are very specific. fun, cute, and frustrating at some point, but frustrating in a good way. Overall, a good 4-star book.
WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK?
Yes! If you want to read an easy-to-get into modern-contemporary book, then here it is. This is what I believe is the first contemporary book that Ms. Pixie wrote. (I think) quite good for a first-timer in writing a contemporary book.
I give this book a:
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