Even a minor character like Jane (Amanda's roommate who approves of Malory), Clare (Malory's ex-gf) and Peter (an employee at Malory's lab), can give you such wonderful insights into the main ones. Amanda's mother provides you a window into why Amanda has the beliefs that she does. The secondary characters also have their moments to shine: the OM Nigel is the perfect mix of creepy, manipulative and sadistic. The two definitely have their ups and downs, but the chemistry is gorgeous and their growth as characters is heartwarming to see.

She can alienate some readers because she has no filter between her mouth and brain and some of what she says can appear to be rude (though she really does want to show kindness), but I found her immensely relatable as a sheltered young woman trying to come to terms with her first heartbreak, and learning just how many misconceptions she had about the hero. Likewise the heroine herself I found rather endearing. You discover this character layer by layer and the process is *fascinating*! But Malory is so subtly charming himself that you can't help but fall for him, much like Amanda does. For instance the hero isn't your typical Harlequin Alpha Male: the heroine herself seems to view him as a ordinary and a bit too nerdy, and the Other Man (his stepbrother) as the charming ladykiller. The story itself is so well-done and intricately crafted - and it subverts some of the tropes in the romance genre.

This was an amazing Mills and Boon, and I'm currently on my 5th or 6th full re-read of it! Malory and Amanda make a fantastic couple. Urn:lcp:comparativestran0000crav:epub:8ac27bc3-9be9-497b-b8fd-39525f4b281c Foldoutcount 0 Identifier comparativestran0000crav Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t01075w8b Invoice 1652 Isbn 0263759520ĩ780263759525 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.10 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-0000381 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 08:03:16 Boxid IA40041418 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

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