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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
DNF at 72% with 1.5 stars. My first DNF of the year.
I'm a sucker for Hate-Love romance novels and I was enjoying myself until it started resembling a typical wattpad story that I am trying to avoid getting myself into so early in the year. With the appearance of meddling parents and cunning ex, combined with naive mc, I knew where this was going. Thus, I am not finishing this book.
It was cliche therefore predictable but it was a light read. If I had more patience and stuck with it, maybe I could've given it a 2.5 rating but I don't. Sorry.
I'm a sucker for Hate-Love romance novels and I was enjoying myself until it started resembling a typical wattpad story that I am trying to avoid getting myself into so early in the year. With the appearance of meddling parents and cunning ex, combined with naive mc, I knew where this was going. Thus, I am not finishing this book.
It was cliche therefore predictable but it was a light read. If I had more patience and stuck with it, maybe I could've given it a 2.5 rating but I don't. Sorry.
A story about hate that turns into love with a whole lot of emotions thrown in for the journey. I was totally taken with Max! Insta-love for me with him :) Nina on the other hand...drove me batshit crazy at the end! I find myself being irritated and pissed off with these female MCs who go back and forth and don't know their own hearts. Max made up for it though - he was everything that you want: kind, considerate, compassionate and honest. This was an enjoyable read and one that I would recommend.
Nina Burton is 23 years old and in desperate need of money to pay off her bills and save her grandma's house before it forecloses on her. She works as a dog walker in the day and at night she works at an all-night coffee shop.
Max Sturm is 29 years old and desperate to find someone to marry in order to stay in the United States and get his green card. He no longer believes in love due to being burned in a past relationship and has offered Nina 1 million dollars to marry him.
But what happens when two people start off as "acquaintances" but gradually learn to trust each other and discover that sometimes the best things happen when they aren't planned. But when Max's family arrives to question the relationship will they get through it when they also bring a surprise guest?
This was a good book and I enjoyed learning about both Nina and Max's pasts and why they each needed to get married. I felt super bad for Nina with her financial situation and understood why she was so desperate to keep her house. Due to her own families dealings with love she had no belief in love and relationships and therefore had no problem marrying for money.
Max was desperate to stay in the United States and had been burned by love in the past so therefore he was ready to focus on his job. But he gradually began to see a different side of Nina when she would let down her guard.
I loved watching the friendship of Max and Nina and see how they began to rely on each other and help each other out. Nina was incredible when Max's family showed up and I loved watching her under pressure and seeing her take it on! The two had such chemistry and I really enjoyed seeing their relationship progress into more!
I was so proud of Max with his dad and I knew how much he cared at that point. I was pretty sad with the "twist" of Max's and although I knew in my heart what would happen I still had to make sure everything turned out the way I wanted it to!
Loved the very end!!
Max Sturm is 29 years old and desperate to find someone to marry in order to stay in the United States and get his green card. He no longer believes in love due to being burned in a past relationship and has offered Nina 1 million dollars to marry him.
But what happens when two people start off as "acquaintances" but gradually learn to trust each other and discover that sometimes the best things happen when they aren't planned. But when Max's family arrives to question the relationship will they get through it when they also bring a surprise guest?
This was a good book and I enjoyed learning about both Nina and Max's pasts and why they each needed to get married. I felt super bad for Nina with her financial situation and understood why she was so desperate to keep her house. Due to her own families dealings with love she had no belief in love and relationships and therefore had no problem marrying for money.
Max was desperate to stay in the United States and had been burned by love in the past so therefore he was ready to focus on his job. But he gradually began to see a different side of Nina when she would let down her guard.
I loved watching the friendship of Max and Nina and see how they began to rely on each other and help each other out. Nina was incredible when Max's family showed up and I loved watching her under pressure and seeing her take it on! The two had such chemistry and I really enjoyed seeing their relationship progress into more!
I was so proud of Max with his dad and I knew how much he cared at that point. I was pretty sad with the "twist" of Max's and although I knew in my heart what would happen I still had to make sure everything turned out the way I wanted it to!
Loved the very end!!
Three and a half stars.
I really liked the sound of this book, a woman who marries a man for $1 million so that he can get his green card.
Whilst I enjoyed the book, I didn't feel that it lived up to the blurb. Specifically,.
Max Sturm is a German day trader living in Portland. He forgot to renew his visa and now needs a green card marriage to stay in the USA. Having been burnt by love before he is looking for a no-strings, no attachment, no commitment three year business arrangement.
Nina Burton has spent her twenties looking after her grandmother, she gave up dreams of college and now works as a dog walker during the daytime and in a coffee shop in the evenings. She is facing the loss of her grandmother's home unless she can find some serious cash. She never knew her father, her mother walked out the door one day and never came back - she doesn't believe in love and marriage.
This all started very well, Nina is naive and Max is sophisticated, he is used to issuing orders and likes to make decisions on her behalf (eg orders her a whisky when he doesn't even know what she likes to drink). Nina may be poor and desperate but she isn't a push-over - she tells him off good and proper. I liked that.
But midway through the novel it became more of a love story and less of a hate story, I still enjoyed it but I didn't feel it was as alternative as it could have been.
But overall, good story, some great snark and an author I will look out for in 2017.
I really liked the sound of this book, a woman who marries a man for $1 million so that he can get his green card.
Whilst I enjoyed the book, I didn't feel that it lived up to the blurb. Specifically,
Spoiler
the prologue says this isn't a love story, this is how she comes to hate the man she married, which isn't true, she comes to love himMax Sturm is a German day trader living in Portland. He forgot to renew his visa and now needs a green card marriage to stay in the USA. Having been burnt by love before he is looking for a no-strings, no attachment, no commitment three year business arrangement.
Nina Burton has spent her twenties looking after her grandmother, she gave up dreams of college and now works as a dog walker during the daytime and in a coffee shop in the evenings. She is facing the loss of her grandmother's home unless she can find some serious cash. She never knew her father, her mother walked out the door one day and never came back - she doesn't believe in love and marriage.
This all started very well, Nina is naive and Max is sophisticated, he is used to issuing orders and likes to make decisions on her behalf (eg orders her a whisky when he doesn't even know what she likes to drink). Nina may be poor and desperate but she isn't a push-over - she tells him off good and proper. I liked that.
But midway through the novel it became more of a love story and less of a hate story, I still enjoyed it but I didn't feel it was as alternative as it could have been.
But overall, good story, some great snark and an author I will look out for in 2017.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Eh... One of my fav tropes so it started really good. Had some nice moments. Heroine was annoying as hell, i couldn’t connect with her. she acted way more ridiculous than the situations called for.
3.5 stars.
Not sure who classed this as an erotica because it really isn't. There was some cringy dialogue and the ending felt a little rushed, and it was a tad insta-lovey (but on the side of the guy which is different) but overall, this was a fun read.
- QUOTES -
'Looks dimmed with time. Wit sharpened.'
'Hate came from fear and doubt and burned at the same degree as passion. Consumed as much thought space, required as much energy to feel, dominated as much mind space.'
Not sure who classed this as an erotica because it really isn't. There was some cringy dialogue and the ending felt a little rushed, and it was a tad insta-lovey (but on the side of the guy which is different) but overall, this was a fun read.
- QUOTES -
'Looks dimmed with time. Wit sharpened.'
'Hate came from fear and doubt and burned at the same degree as passion. Consumed as much thought space, required as much energy to feel, dominated as much mind space.'