A review by chirson
How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

2.0

I wish the conclusion lived up to the story that came before it, but for me, too much of this book is spent on characters being utterly selfish and mean to each other. I get that mistakes are part of the point, but I found most of the characters became actively annoying, to the point where I'd stop reading to vent at how much I couldn't understand their actions. (Like Arden bringing Ilya to his place, where there were drugs lying around, for example.) In addition, most of Caspian's journey happens off page, and so that lacks closure. Arden admitting he'd been wrong about pushing Caspian constantly: well, a little too late. But mostly, I just stopped liking Arden - I enjoy most of Hall's flaily manic pixie protagonists, but Arden's series of horrible decisions hit the wrong buttons for me. I found Caspian more sympathetic, and that's saying something.

There were some amusing moments, I was fine with the ending, but this is definitely my least favourite Hall so far.