A review by fictionmajorette
Beauty and the Beast by Georgia Le Carre

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.0

 

What initially intrigued me about this story was the 1 month deadline.  In most mafia romances, the heroine is sold/kidnapped/etc with the intention of being with the hero forever and they eventually fall in love.  In this case, both parties were aware of the relationship's expiration date.  Unfortunately, that one plot point was the only thing I really found interesting in this book.  There were a few times where interesting plot points were brought up but there was so little emotional payoff or the potential issue was resolved immediately that it was like the actual issue never mattered.  For example, there's a gardener at the mansion and Skye finds out she needs to win him over before he'd let her join him in the garden.  Sounds like a great time for some character development, right? Nah.  Skye brings him 1 box of cookies and he was suddenly all smiles and let her garden with him. I also honestly didn't understand why either character actually liked the other one besides their chemistry in the bedroom.  There weren't really any tender moments where one revealed a small secret or gradually grew closer.