PDF Beautiful Bastard The Beautiful Series Christina Lauren 9781476730097 Books

Product details Series The Beautiful Series (Book 1) Paperback 320 pages Publisher Gallery Books (February 12, 2013) Language English ISBN-10 9781476730097 ISBN-13 978-1476730097 ASIN 1476730091

Beautiful Bastard The Beautiful Series Christina Lauren 9781476730097 Books Reviews

• This was one of those books that I had seen floating around for quite some time. It always seemed like one of the more “popular” contemporary romance books on the market but one that I never seemed to be able to get my hands on. One day I was looking through ebooks and Beautiful Bastard popped up so I said “what the hell” and bought it. And I’m so glad that I did.
  
  The book was very accurately named. I loved that Bennett had a strong personality and that Chloe had an equally as strong personality and stood up to him so well. Individually, the two of them were extremely persistent and headstrong and together they were the perfect combination. A lot of books with strong characters usually have a more submissive female, which is perfectly okay if that's the type of dynamic they enjoy in the bedroom, but it was refreshing to see a female character as equally dominating as the male.
  
  This book was a great change of pace and I'm really glad that I sank my teeth into it. I'm not sure if I'll continue with the series, simply because I have many other books I need to read, but I do definitely recommend Beautiful Bastard. Great read!
  
  Rating 4 Stars.
• FINAL DECISION Funny, sexy and a joy to read. These characters kept me engrossed from the first page. I loved how their relationship began with angry and frustrated sex and ended up as something much more.
  
  THE STORY Chloe Mills is a hardworking intern working towards her MBA. Her boss, Bennett Ryan, happens to be tough, annoying, brilliant -- and incredibly sexy. Bennett finds Chloe infuriating, but he can't stop thinking about her. When the two cross the line between boss and intern, both want to deny what is between them, but can't seem to stop. When angry and desperate attraction tempts both to want something more, the question is whether it is even possible for something more to exist between two demanding independent people.
  
  OPINION I absolutely loved this book. The characters, the sexy, hot interactions between these reluctant lovers. The bickering, two independent and fierce people finding out that they are perfect for one another.
  
  This is the only the second Christina Lauren book that I have read (although my review of JOSH AND  HAZEL'S GUIDE TO NOT DATING is upcoming as of the date of this review). This book was so good that I immediately began reading the second book in the series.
  
  I loved that these two characters are engaged in intense erotica type encounters, but that the book always remains rooted in the characters and not what body parts go where.
  
  Bennett is kind of a jerk when the book starts, but by the end, I began to see him differently. These two are hot and fiery and I loved their battles.
  
  Chloe is an independent business woman. And I really liked that the conflicts between her and Bennett respect her intelligence and her business acumen. The two have some serious bumps on the way to their HEA, but the story is never bogged down with stupid decisions or brainless encounters. These two are smart and hot and driven.
  
  This book is just fun. The pages went incredibly fast and I devoured this book. I loved the turnaround of the normal story. Sex first and then the relationship. And yet, there is always something connecting these characters. Strong, vibrant people who have a deep passion for one another and fight their way to a happy ending.
  
  WORTH MENTIONING This book is told in alternating first person points of view.
  
  CONNECTED BOOKS BEAUTIFUL BASTARD is the first book in the Beautiful series.
  
  STAR RATING I give this book 5 stars.
• I read my first book by this writer and loved it so I started this series--and I was appalled. The h/h are both strong people, both attractive and hard working. Then, one evening (SPOLER ALERT), the hero asks her to stay late to meet with him. Alone in the building, he assaults her. He puts his hands on her body and massages her without her consent. I don't know what happened next because I stopped reading. It may be and probably was that she reciprocated but what he did is sexual assault . He touched her body intimately without any lead up to this, no certainty she wanted this other than he was just irresistible. This was written before the #Metoo movements but it was written by TWO WOMEN who should have realized this is creepy. I had this happen to me twice without my consent--a man has no right to use our bodies for their pleasure, to assume "we want it.". She's alone in a building with her boss who is stronger than she. There is no one to hear her if she screams. This is frightening not sexy.