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kateyroa 's review for:
The Takeover
by T.L. Swan
Decent but needed more
The kids and pets are some of the funniest things I’ve read. The initial meeting was believable and interesting. The second meet-cute was great.
Spoilers ahead…….
What frustrates me was how little they communicated. The sex was great, the chemistry off the charts - but didn’t they ever talk? Decisions made after being together months (at least 7 - because Claire makes that comment at one point) and they’ve never discussed? House? Future? Dead husband? Failing company? How can you call someone your partner and basically buy a house without discussing the situation. And the kids future? Nobody sat down and discussed their reasoning? - like adults? Just a lot of “deal breaker comments” - “how dare you” inner monologues.
They drew so many lines in the sand - only to realize they missed sex - so they got back together.
I would consider this a HFN - happily for now - there will be resentment in the future. He’s given up so much to give in to her demands. And I’m bummed that he has to quit Miles Media in order to save her company. His mother was right - all he wants to do is swoop in and fix things. If he really is a fixer - there should have been a way to have Anderson Media go under the Miles media umbrella - which would still allow the Andersons to run it.
And there were lots of details that were wrong. For one, The Edison hotel is a dump. For that to be their hotel - oh geez…..
and to buy an engagement ring where he did? No way. He would have gone straight to Neil Lane and had the diamonds brought to him. Or had a shopping trip at Tiffany’s with the boys.
And no epilogue?? Was it a boy? Was it a girl? Did they finally move? When did they marry? What about his mother? Did Claire ever develop a friendship with anyone???? Did Claire still work at Anderson? Does she do something else that she actually liked?
There were so many things I did love about the book - the banter, the kindness of Tristan - over and over and over again - the boys - their initial meeting with Tristan is some of the funniest stuff I’ve ever read. Ever.
But sadly, so many things didn’t hit the mark for me. It wrapped up way too quickly. I don’t really remember them ever leaving Paris. Suddenly they were ring shopping. Sigh….
The kids and pets are some of the funniest things I’ve read. The initial meeting was believable and interesting. The second meet-cute was great.
Spoilers ahead…….
What frustrates me was how little they communicated. The sex was great, the chemistry off the charts - but didn’t they ever talk? Decisions made after being together months (at least 7 - because Claire makes that comment at one point) and they’ve never discussed? House? Future? Dead husband? Failing company? How can you call someone your partner and basically buy a house without discussing the situation. And the kids future? Nobody sat down and discussed their reasoning? - like adults? Just a lot of “deal breaker comments” - “how dare you” inner monologues.
They drew so many lines in the sand - only to realize they missed sex - so they got back together.
I would consider this a HFN - happily for now - there will be resentment in the future. He’s given up so much to give in to her demands. And I’m bummed that he has to quit Miles Media in order to save her company. His mother was right - all he wants to do is swoop in and fix things. If he really is a fixer - there should have been a way to have Anderson Media go under the Miles media umbrella - which would still allow the Andersons to run it.
And there were lots of details that were wrong. For one, The Edison hotel is a dump. For that to be their hotel - oh geez…..
and to buy an engagement ring where he did? No way. He would have gone straight to Neil Lane and had the diamonds brought to him. Or had a shopping trip at Tiffany’s with the boys.
And no epilogue?? Was it a boy? Was it a girl? Did they finally move? When did they marry? What about his mother? Did Claire ever develop a friendship with anyone???? Did Claire still work at Anderson? Does she do something else that she actually liked?
There were so many things I did love about the book - the banter, the kindness of Tristan - over and over and over again - the boys - their initial meeting with Tristan is some of the funniest stuff I’ve ever read. Ever.
But sadly, so many things didn’t hit the mark for me. It wrapped up way too quickly. I don’t really remember them ever leaving Paris. Suddenly they were ring shopping. Sigh….