LibraryThing Early Reviewers copy.
Romance. Professional woman gets all giddy over a hot moviestar and 'saves' him from a busload of teenaged girls. They then semi-accidentally meet for dinner and, despite his bodyguard's hostility, manage to snatch a quick conversation. I presume a romance ensues but I stopped here. I'm uncomfortable with portraying teenaged girls this way, I'm uncomfortable with the main characters, with the lavish descriptions of hair and clothes and the underlying flavour of hostility to women (those women are evil but I'm not like them).
It's quite possible this will appeal to others but I've drifted pretty far from traditional romance novels and this wasn't working for me. It should be acknowledged that Cinderella was never my fantasy :)
Romance. Professional woman gets all giddy over a hot moviestar and 'saves' him from a busload of teenaged girls. They then semi-accidentally meet for dinner and, despite his bodyguard's hostility, manage to snatch a quick conversation. I presume a romance ensues but I stopped here. I'm uncomfortable with portraying teenaged girls this way, I'm uncomfortable with the main characters, with the lavish descriptions of hair and clothes and the underlying flavour of hostility to women (those women are evil but I'm not like them).
It's quite possible this will appeal to others but I've drifted pretty far from traditional romance novels and this wasn't working for me. It should be acknowledged that Cinderella was never my fantasy :)
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