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Trophy Husband (2013)

by Lauren Blakely(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1484055268 (ISBN13: 9781484055267)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Lauren Blakely Books

series

Caught Up In Love

review 1: closer to 3.5 stars.The smutty cover bore surprisingly little resemblance to the sweet, funny, tender, and redemptive story found inside. It's McKenna's story, a 27 year-old fashion blogger who was jilted at the altar (the night before, but close enough) when her fiance up and married a woman he met while at his bachelor party. A year after that fact, she is still somewhat fragile and untrusting -- both of relationships and when they'll blow up in her face, but mostly untrusting of herself, for she blames herself even though she was clearly blameless. We follow her in her journey to turn the tables and learn to stop fighting both with herself and against the potential for happiness with a man. I liked the characters, from McKenna to the men she meets (and one in particular... more, of course) and most of all her close cadre of girlfriends and how important they are to her (and she to them). I liked that they are all independent -- all the women, all the men, but none are oh-so-conveniently independently extraordinarily wealth. These are people who are working for their living.The sex was fun and playful and loving.
review 2: When I read the blurb for this book I thought it was an interesting storyline. But as I read, I found that the whole idea of a wronged woman doing a public internet search/contest for a "trophy husband" just didn't come across into a believable story. I also didn't like that the main female character didn't have the backbone to call things off and just go with who she really wanted as soon as she started feeling a bit off about the whole contest idea. On the plus side, I did like most of the characters, especially Chris. There were a few minor grammar/edit type errors, but nothing that took me out of the story. It was a bit wordy at times, but overall was an okay read...though not something I would ever have a need to re-read. less

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