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max_pink's review against another edition
2.25
2.25 Stars
Okay, so this is competently written. There is nothing technically wrong with it. Second chance romance with a couple who got divorced. And it's set in South Africa, which is a fun change of pace.
But lord was I bored during the first half of this. It picked up a bit near the end with all of the family drama, but the romance never left the tarmac for me. I'm not going to remember a single thing about these characters except they are both completely useless communicators.
Okay, so this is competently written. There is nothing technically wrong with it. Second chance romance with a couple who got divorced. And it's set in South Africa, which is a fun change of pace.
But lord was I bored during the first half of this. It picked up a bit near the end with all of the family drama, but the romance never left the tarmac for me. I'm not going to remember a single thing about these characters except they are both completely useless communicators.
anabelsbrother's review against another edition
4.0
- Second chance romance, MCs used to be married--all of my kinks, tbh.
- How does Therese make a kiss so intense and sexy????
- Definitely my fav of Therese's books so far.
- How does Therese make a kiss so intense and sexy????
- Definitely my fav of Therese's books so far.
jannat_'s review against another edition
3.0
very well-written. But too much inner monologue for my taste and then a bit repetitive in the events. i did like how it wasn’t toxic and everyone just talked to each other.
afoolsingenuity's review against another edition
5.0
Well this was an emotional rollercoaster!
I was wary when I saw it was a second chance romance where the couple were previously married. I couldn't figure out how it could be written for me to believe the couple actually were meant to be together and deserved a HEA together. I thought it would have too many issues between them and I'd be struggling to believe their reunion.
Not so much.
Instead, it was so well written and the struggle between both Summer and Wyatt about why they split was real as they so clearly loved each other and neither of them were in the wrong for their divorce. They split because each had personal issues to overcome and they did. In the two years since their divorce you could tell they were different people but they were still who the other fell in love with.
I didn't want to out the book down once I started. I loved Summer as soon as she was eyeing up the waiter hoping he could act as a buffer for the awkward moment she would see her ex husband again. And I fell for Wyatt as soon as I learnt of his past and felt for him when I realised how his past would affect how he felt about the divorce as Summer asked for the divorce not him.
It killed me seeing both avoiding taking about their divorce and both misunderstanding what happened there. And then when they did discuss it I was saying as they still weren't listening to each other and the emotions. Got it killed me. I genuinely teared up a little bit reading this because it was heartbreaking how much they loved each other and how they truly were what they other wanted. They were each others rock in a lot of ways and so it hurt they weren't together.
Honestly, I've not read any of Therese Beharrie's books before but I feel like I need to get all of them now.
I was wary when I saw it was a second chance romance where the couple were previously married. I couldn't figure out how it could be written for me to believe the couple actually were meant to be together and deserved a HEA together. I thought it would have too many issues between them and I'd be struggling to believe their reunion.
Not so much.
Instead, it was so well written and the struggle between both Summer and Wyatt about why they split was real as they so clearly loved each other and neither of them were in the wrong for their divorce. They split because each had personal issues to overcome and they did. In the two years since their divorce you could tell they were different people but they were still who the other fell in love with.
I didn't want to out the book down once I started. I loved Summer as soon as she was eyeing up the waiter hoping he could act as a buffer for the awkward moment she would see her ex husband again. And I fell for Wyatt as soon as I learnt of his past and felt for him when I realised how his past would affect how he felt about the divorce as Summer asked for the divorce not him.
It killed me seeing both avoiding taking about their divorce and both misunderstanding what happened there. And then when they did discuss it I was saying as they still weren't listening to each other and the emotions. Got it killed me. I genuinely teared up a little bit reading this because it was heartbreaking how much they loved each other and how they truly were what they other wanted. They were each others rock in a lot of ways and so it hurt they weren't together.
Honestly, I've not read any of Therese Beharrie's books before but I feel like I need to get all of them now.
kjcharles's review
A quite angsty second-chance romance with a divorced couple still tangled up by him working for her father, and mostly by their own difficulty facing up to their issues. Entirely an internal conflict book, where both have to spend a long time working through the knots in their emotions and a lot of the plot motion happens inside the MCs' heads. Or bodies, because this author does the physicality of fear and anxiety really well. I often find internal conflict a bit claustrophobic, with the sense of being trapped in the character's thoughts along with them, but that also means there's a huge emotional relief in finally breaking out, and in the moments of joy along the way.
Do not, incidentally, be put off by the 'billionaire' in the title. (I say this because I am massively put off by billionaires in the title--the words 'guillotine fodder' come to mind--and there's exactly two authors who can make me read them anyway, Beharrie being one of them.) Billionaire is here code for "has a high powered job and nice things" and the story is very much about relatable people struggling with real situations.
Do not, incidentally, be put off by the 'billionaire' in the title. (I say this because I am massively put off by billionaires in the title--the words 'guillotine fodder' come to mind--and there's exactly two authors who can make me read them anyway, Beharrie being one of them.) Billionaire is here code for "has a high powered job and nice things" and the story is very much about relatable people struggling with real situations.
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