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236 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 17, 2023
I have to start by thanking the author for offering me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
He f*cked like every orgasm was a winning lottery ticket and he lived in a trailer park.
Rom-coms are not the genre I usually go for. I am more of a dark romantasy kind of gal. But, I absolutely love how this author writes, so, I am jumping on anything she writes, no matter the genre.
It is a short lovely novel, that can be read very quickly. The words just flow on the page. It starts with a ballerina, who arrives with a petite white fluffy puppy squeezed at her chest on the threshold of the Matchmaker searching for love through a program that promises to find human partners to millionaire Orcs. From then on, the story continued with a swoon-worthy romance, with plenty of spicy scenes (done well, I might add).
The sheepishness, combined with the thousand-watt smile and the alluringly graceful physique, bemused Matchmaker. But she didn’t think she would have any trouble making Charlotte a solid match. Orc males appreciated spirit, but they also adored a touch of wholesome sweetness.
Besides the fact that I usually do not go for rom-com books, I also reflexively steer away from billionaire/millionaire romances. Call it envy or class consciousness, but it rubs me the wrong way to read about the love interest being a staple for a system used to accumulate wealth on the backs of mistreated workers somewhere down the line. However, this book successfully treats the subject of the ‘millionaire boyfriend’ by not avoiding it. The main character has occasional remarks about the wealth of her Orc, and they are either done at his expense or as valid observations of someone from the ‘outside’, who is observant of the discrepancies between a ‘normal’ life and a ‘rich’ one. All of that without being too pedantic, but wrapped in a package of humorous language:
We really do need to eat the rich,” Charlotte murmured, snuggling against Brahnt as she popped a gold leaf and chocolate strawberry into her mouth. “Though I won't lie. I could get used to this.
One other thing I would note is that many authors stray away from using names of companies, restaurants, references to other popular books from the contemporaneous present (Fifty Shades of Grey), or present-day vernacular (like ‘boy math’). The reasoning is that with time these references come to fall flat, so, there is a certain risk involved in this. But this author showed, quite boldly by the many drops she did with present-day names, that you can worry less about the readers in the future in the favour of the readers you have in the present who would be delighted by such witty remarks and quick comparisons.
“I just don't see how this is going to work out well for me. It's like boy math and boy math always screws over the girl.” Everyone was silent as everyone contemplated the truth of that statement. No one argued.
“You're home early,” Charlotte said, justifiably suspicious. “Did you think I wouldn't know?” So they were cutting straight to the chase.“Know what, Mr. Grey?”
Overall, this book was great. I say that as someone who does not read Orc romances usually, and when she does, it is only when this author chooses to write another novel with Orcs in it (I much more prefer the way she depicts Fae romances, but that may be because I read the series The Fae Prince of Everenne three times already, and I am waiting for the next book like some may wait the second coming of Jesus).