A review by ela_35
Beauty and the Beast by Georgia Le Carre

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

 For the most part, I really enjoyed this book, but there weren’t enough scenes to show how Luca and Skye’s relationship developed. 

At the beginning, I liked how clearly it was shown that it was just a business transaction. In most books with this kind of scenario, it says the same, but you always see that it isn’t a business transaction for the characters. However, I wanted to see more scenes showing Luca and Skye’s interactions showing their relationship changing because it felt like they ‘fell in love’ without really changing anything about their relationship or getting to know each other. 

There wasn’t really a plot. Luca was portrayed as a dangerous man, but he never does anything to support that – it’s just the way others act around him. I suppose the plot is Skye being paid to sleep with Luca, but her family isn’t shown much, and Luca and Skye’s scenes always seemed clinical/emotionless so I couldn’t really believe their ‘love’. 

Other than Skye’s family, Katie (Skye’s friend) and some of Luca’s staff are shown occasionally, but not enough. 

My favourite scene/thing that happened in this book was Skye’s reaction to the FBI agents. I really want to see more books with similar reactions. 

I might try other books by this author, but I really hope that those books have better relationship developments and more characters.