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I read Seduced by the Enemy and was not really blown away.
I enjoyed the struggle that Olivia went through, but it almost got a little too fantastical, I realize people have bad days but it just seemed like Olivias life was just a little bit too much.
I struggled to really click with her as a character, However, I will say I really liked Luca!! He was overall a great character and turned into an upstanding guy.
I will confess that I only gotinto the book before I finally decided it just wasnt my cup of tea.
This book was wonderful, I loved the enemies to lovers story line between Olivia and Luca, I would have liked to hear more about his friends since I believe the series continues with them, The amount of grief and loss in this book also pulls at your heart, Thank you to goodreads for this great giveaway that I won, Luca's father and brother tore Olivia's family apart, and she can never, never forgive them, But for the sake of a motherless child, they will have to put aside their animosity and work together to give her the life she deserves.
But when Olivia isn't focused on her hatred, she is able to see the care and love that Luca can give.
Suddenly, her enemy doesn't seem so horrible, but to fall for him would betray everyone that she loves, Romance, Mafia, crime family, need I say more Thoroughly enjoyed it! I liked that Luca had some sort of integrity, I want you very much, Olivia, but if Id made a commitment to another, we wouldnt be having this conversation.
I liked this book, I liked Luca, Seduced by the Enemy is the first Alyssa J, Montgomery book I've read and I thought it was fabulous, Easy to read, likeable characters and just enough angst to keep the reader interested, Besides who wouldn't like a book with a hot Italian guy : nope
This wasnt good.
Its boring, the story isnt creative and the characters are flat, I could barely speed read through it This story starts off with a bang when the hero Luca arrives from Italy to the heroine Olivias door here in Sydney demanding a lot, Oliva stands up to him and there is a lot of misunderstanding and mistaken identity to be sorted out, so hang onto your seat for a bumpy ride to a HEA that left me smiling.
Luca has flown to Australia with one thing on his mind and that is his niece Christiana and there will be no stopping him from getting what he wants, but when he comes to see Jane and gets her sister Olivia, there is much confusion and after working though the problems he now has to prove to Olivia that he is not his father and convince Olivia to come to Italy and try and understand the feelings he seems to have for her.
Olivia has struggled with a lot since the death of her sister, niece and father and the cancellation of her wedding, now teaching, she is a great artist, the last thing she expects is the man who helped cause a lot of her problems showing up on her doorstep and turning her world upside down, she shouldnt really feel the pull that she does to this very handsome man he is the enemy.
There is a lot going on in this story, lots of emotions and fiery ones as well, Luca was very hard on Olivia in the beginning but he did have his reasons and Olivia could be quite stubborn at times as well, but there was always a very sensual pull between them, one that kept me turning the pages, MS Montgomery has bought them to life on the pages with other characters that have added so much to the story, and the setting is beautiful.
This is one that I highly recommend and I am looking forward to more in the series,
Seduced by the Enemy by Alyssa J, Montgomery is the first book in the Billionaires and Babies Series, This is the story of Olivia and Luca,
Olivia and Luca have hate at first site but that really is due to some misunderstandings and other who interfere with what they know.
But they are trying to work together after each loss their sibling and working out what relationship they did have.
. there is also a young innocent they want to protect,
This was a slow start for me but overall I enjoyed their story,
Rating:,/Stars
Title: Seduced By The Enemy
Authors: Alyssa J, Montgomery
Characters:
Olivia Temple:years old, Blonde, Blue Eyed
Luca Borghetti: Brunette, Black Eyed
Setting: Rome, Italy
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Content Rating:
POV: Third Person
Smexy Level:
Favorite Quotes: N/A
Overall Opinion:
“Seduced By The Enemy” by Alyssa J.
Montgomery is your basic average romance filled with family drama, love and lost, and oppositeattract, From day one, despite having a very bad first impression filled with mistaken identities, it became more than apparent the oozing attraction between Olivia and Luca and they fight long and hard to ignore it but it becomes too much.
Overall it was a pleasant read, obviously not spectacular, even though I did find it annoying that everything that could go wrong, went wrong with the lead heroine: sister and father deaths, art career dissolving, end engagement, etc.
That portion of the series was a turn off and to be honest the series just lacked excitement so I decided to dropped the series.
Perhaps in the future I'll restart where I dropped off,
Wonderful
This book is wonderfully written and you will be quickly drawn into the story.
The characters and storyline are comp!ex yet believable, When Luca and Olivia first meet they think the other is a sibling, They both had to work through some major misunderstandings and lies before they could become friends who where working together to help their shared sick niece.
Their story is just amazing and real in its flawed characters, This book was fun! Luca and Olivia had great chemistry, and the enemies to lovers trope delivered well in this title! I would have liked a little more development on their overall romance, and I wish that it had been just a little bit longer for some fleshing out of characters and plot, but overall this was a quick read and fun romance.
A relationship that started with grieving siblings and a bunch of misunderstandings, This book Started off very slow but ended up being a good story, I tried with this book, I really did but I just found the plot to be kind of all over the place.
I felt like the idea was original and the story was unique, definitely not something you find in a lot of romance novels, but it just felt too convoluted to me.
The first scene was too he said she said without anyone listening to each other and then the surrogate stuff was also a bit odd.
The writing felt mature and intelligent but I just couldn't get into the story and I just found myself irritated by the characters.
I did like the mystery and suspense that the plot held but I still ended up DNFing around, This book grew on me as I read more and more of it, At first I really wasnt taken by Luca, the hero of the story, who comes across as an opinionated, self righteous bully in his first scene.
Turns out there are reasons for his behaviour but it took me a while to forgive him, By that point I was into the story and curious to see how it would go,
Seduced By The Enemy is, obviously, an enemies to lovers story, but its also about trust, patience and the extremes people will go to for those they love.
I liked Olivia, the heroine of the story, who really had to put up with a lot, including upending her peaceful life in Sydney to fly to Rome with her mother Marjorie, another lovely character, to meet and try to save the life of her niece Christiana, whose existence comes as a huge surprise to both the women.
With a web of lies surrounding Christianas existence, there is plenty in this plot to keep readers on their toes.
While I thought it somewhat implausible at times, I did enjoy this story, a bit slow in the beginning to help me get into the story but enjoyable after that, great characters and intrigue. Sometimes your heart will take your every rationale thought and throw it out the window, Losing everything and focusing on the man who slowly made her life a living hell provided her with the driving force to make a difference.
What happens when everything you knew is not what it seems You begin to fall slowly and helplessly for the one who holds your heart captive and life is no longer the place you had envisioned for so long.
It is never reasonable when you are faced with an enemy your family continues to fight with and your helpless as every beat of your heart is for your enemy.
Luca will capitivate your soul as he looks for answers and lets be honest Olivia never stood a chance in his wake.
Both Luca and Olivia have lost their siblings and are trying to piece together the truth behind their relationship.
They may hate each other in the beginning but as they spend time together, sparks begin to fly, Will they find out the truth Fastpaced read with an intriguing story and plenty of drama and emotion, An entertaining read. This is the first book of Alyssa 's that I have read and I love her writing, Starts with Luca arriving at Olivia's door and she thinks it is someone else and she tries to shut the door but he stops her and they argue.
I was drawn in and couldn't put it down because I had to find out happens and loved the ending! I recommend this book!!!!! This book was okay.
There was nothing remarkable about it to make it stand out, A typical Boons and Millsesque romance novel, A man and woman at odds, The man happens to be a billionaire, The woman is down on her luck, They have a battle of wills for half the novel, Most of the romance happens off page, Then boom there is marriage and babies,
I received a free copy from the Goodreads giveaways,
Ive read two books by Alyssa J, Montgomery before, which I enjoyed, So when I saw Seduced by the Enemy on Netgalley I just couldnt resist and requested to read it.
Especially when I saw the Billionaires and Babies part, It definitely sounded interesting and I was excited to start reading,
In Seduced by the Enemy we meet Olivia and Luca, Olivias life has been pretty damn hard the last view years, The sister she loved deeply dies soon after her baby died in childbirth, And after Olivias father heard the news he died of a heart attack, This can all be blamed to Lucas father, Luca is a Italian billionaire and represents everything Olivia hates, But they both have misunderstandings about each other that need to be sorted and slowly on they start to realize not everything is the way it seemed.
Well, what can I say, . this book wasnt for me, The characters where nice enough, and I loved the whole concept of this story but there was just to much that didnt work for me.
For starters I thought the whole backstory was way too complicated and a little to unbelievable for me, Everything that could go wrong, went wrong for Olivia and it was just too much,
The romance between Olivia and Luca was nice enough, But I just didnt like Olivias character all that much, and there where several things about her character that irritated me endlessly.
Especially the fact she hated Luca so much one minute, and then she suddenly loved him, And there
where just so many misunderstanding between Luca and Olivia that I just didnt get their connection at all.
The writing overall was good, And although I didnt really get the romance and I thought some parts of this book where just too much, I found myself wanting to keep on reading so I would know how the story ended.
But still, in the end this book was just not for me, Rating:.Stars
I love me some forbidden romance, enemies to lovers and opposites attract tropes and this blurb promised me all that with some steam and some drama.
Not gonna lie, it totally delivered,
Luca and Olivia have explosive chemistry and I loved how Luca set out to prove to Olivia that he wasn't his father and he wasn't his brother thank god!.
He was a strong alpha male who always put the people he loved first, Whether is was little Christiana or Olivia, He definitely goes above and beyond to try to win Olivia over,
Olivia was a strong heroine, she has been knocked down again and again, with devastating losses but she had an inner strength that never let her give up.
She was a bit stubborn but then she was an even match for Luca who however well meaning his intentions, missteps quiet a bit and had to learn the hard way from his mistakes.
Loved this author's writing style and overall Seduced by the Enemy was a good read, It was bittersweet but I loved the epilogue, This is the first of a series, the next books will feature Luca's best friends and business partners, I'm curious for their stories and will keep an eye out for them,
ARC provided for an honest review
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
All thoughts and opinions are my own,
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