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mrose21's review against another edition
1.0
Wtf is this?
Just plain creepy. And weird. No thanks
She was super cold, I understand not wanting children - lets not shame everyone for wanting kids or not wanting them. However to be so unfeeling in giving up the life inside you. (It isn't HER baby)
Also the hero just killed it. He was so you must do it my way with no compassion for the woman that is giving him a child (a child he wanted) and he doesn't give her any choice, its his way or no way. Sad. He also weirded me out by choosing her because she looked like his late wife.
I have no real opinion of Jane Porter. I read books because theyre sent to me every month. (I have a huge back log) I believe I have read her books before but cannot tell you what they were or if I enjoyed them.
OK quick check I have read one book of Jane's that I have reviewed on GR and that was a 3 star. Maybe this lady and I don't mesh well.
Just plain creepy. And weird. No thanks
She was super cold, I understand not wanting children - lets not shame everyone for wanting kids or not wanting them. However to be so unfeeling in giving up the life inside you. (It isn't HER baby)
Also the hero just killed it. He was so you must do it my way with no compassion for the woman that is giving him a child (a child he wanted) and he doesn't give her any choice, its his way or no way. Sad. He also weirded me out by choosing her because she looked like his late wife.
I have no real opinion of Jane Porter. I read books because theyre sent to me every month. (I have a huge back log) I believe I have read her books before but cannot tell you what they were or if I enjoyed them.
OK quick check I have read one book of Jane's that I have reviewed on GR and that was a 3 star. Maybe this lady and I don't mesh well.
buuboobaby's review against another edition
DNF @ 25%
I just can't get into this one. The premise is kind of creepy. Hero hires surrogate, who looks just like his deceased wife, to bear his baby. I thought that was really yucky. I couldn't get over that plot point, so this is a no go for me
I just can't get into this one. The premise is kind of creepy. Hero hires surrogate, who looks just like his deceased wife, to bear his baby. I thought that was really yucky. I couldn't get over that plot point, so this is a no go for me
mjessamir's review against another edition
2.0
I found the book lacking in so many ways. I'm sorry. At first, I thought it somehow resembled Beauty and the Beast, minus the pregnancy part, of course. I'm not saying the book is bad. Just lacking, IMO.
gamz's review
4.0
Another reviewer noted in their review that you either love this book or you hate it. I loved it.
Reclusive billionaire Nikos hires med student Georgia to be a surrogate. He bought her egg and the use of his body. In her fifth month of pregnancy he demands that she comes to his small Greek island and spend the third trimester in his care. She initially refuses, but negotiates an additional fee and travels to the remote island to finish the pregnancy.
What she finds when she get there causes her all sorts of concerns for the unborn baby. Nikos is a man driven by demons that appear to be tearing him apart.
From the very beginning of the book you find a scarred, hostile, morose man who seemingly has no joy in life. Georgia, no meek pushover, stands up to Nikos attempts to take control of her and gives as good as she gets. The sparks between them start to moment the first meet.
What I loved most about this Beauty and the Beast story is how wonderful Nikos is under all his pain and distrust. He married a woman who devastated him as a man and blamed himself for her death. He depth of compassion is heartbreaking.
Georgia has her own demons that she is battling about walking away from her child at the end of the pregnancy, but she needed to make sure that she helped Niko through his trauma.
This was a very satisfying read. I finished it with the feeling that the protagonists accomplished something. They found a way to heal together. It left me happy.
Reclusive billionaire Nikos hires med student Georgia to be a surrogate. He bought her egg and the use of his body. In her fifth month of pregnancy he demands that she comes to his small Greek island and spend the third trimester in his care. She initially refuses, but negotiates an additional fee and travels to the remote island to finish the pregnancy.
What she finds when she get there causes her all sorts of concerns for the unborn baby. Nikos is a man driven by demons that appear to be tearing him apart.
From the very beginning of the book you find a scarred, hostile, morose man who seemingly has no joy in life. Georgia, no meek pushover, stands up to Nikos attempts to take control of her and gives as good as she gets. The sparks between them start to moment the first meet.
What I loved most about this Beauty and the Beast story is how wonderful Nikos is under all his pain and distrust. He married a woman who devastated him as a man and blamed himself for her death. He depth of compassion is heartbreaking.
Georgia has her own demons that she is battling about walking away from her child at the end of the pregnancy, but she needed to make sure that she helped Niko through his trauma.
This was a very satisfying read. I finished it with the feeling that the protagonists accomplished something. They found a way to heal together. It left me happy.
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