If I wanted to sum this up in a paragraph or less it would be this: A reverse sort of beauty and the beast where our Beauty is shallow and vain on the outside but has a real heart if she can ever get our of her own way and find it, and where our Beast is kind and good and willing to give up everything for those he loves.
Vika Hale is in a no win situation, trying to just survive, keep herself and her family fed, keep everything from falling apart more than it already has when her life is turned upside down and not only is she now engaged but she's going to be one of the richest women in the world.
Leo has no idea what his father was thinking when he chose a bride for him without talking to him about it and made it a condition in his will that he marry this woman he's never met and take over a company he knows little to nothing about,
Will Vika ever grow up? Will Leo ever be the man he was meant to be? Will the money be the thing that destroys them all? There are so many questions this book poses and it gives you all of the answers, some of them you just have to get to the last chapters for.
The world building in this one is beautifully written, with details that allowed your mind to wander, to see what's being described and be able to imagine you're there, that alone makes me want to read more by Cristin Terrill, some of the descriptions were almost mesmerizing, I could almost feel the fabrics, see the colors, it really is fabulously written.
I'm normally not a fan of books set in space, or with a space theme, or with different worlds, but this one kind of hooked me, opened my eyes and made me want to read more of this genre.
If I could give this one 3.5 stars I would, I just can't get past the first 20ish chapters of Vika being vapid, I know that's how she was supposed to be seen so that her transformation could be "amazing" I just didn't see enough good in her until the very end to get totally invested in her as character.
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.
Now don't get me wrong, I didn't hate this book, I didn't even dislike it, it was just kind of ok, there were a few surprises along the way but nothing that turned my world upside down, even the brother twist I kind of saw coming, it was just the only thing that fit for that level of anger.
The book is worth reading, it just takes a really long time to start to like Vika, and if you don't like the main character it's hard to get into a book, this one though, in the end I'd say it's worth the time, just be prepared to think Vapid Vika through the first 2/3 of the book.
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