Ashley Shepherd
Auteur de Faking Under the Mistletoe
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Ashley Shepherd is a graduate of Berklee College of Music. He has pursued a career in music and recording for 18 years, garnering several gold and platinum records. An ADDY award recipient for original music, he has produced audio for major labels, network TV, national commercials, independent afficher plus films, games, Internet sites, and international corporate videos afficher moins
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- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 59
- Popularité
- #280,813
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 12
- Langues
- 1
THIS BOOK IS NOT A ROMANCE.
Or maybe it is, but it shouldn't be. This review is a complaint, not to the author but to society. Because this story, it's real. It's what happens in real life. It teaches you a lesson, it reminds you that happy endings do not mean there is no struggle. In fact, happy endings exist only because they're the end to the struggle.
The book talks about a people pleaser, a pushover, Olivia Langley. And I relate to Olivia more than I should. She goes out of her way to impress people, to keep them happy. She hides her emotions behind the mask of cheer she always keeps on. She works for more than 16 hours a day and survives on coffee but never complains when her boss goes out of his way to annoy her with his very specific order of bagels and coffee. She's had shitty Christmases all her life but she makes sure everyone in the office lives the cheer up to the fullest. She even fake-kisses her boss in front of his ex so he doesn't have to look miserable. And that's what we all are.
She adores Levi, maybe too much. She put him on a pedestal he never deserved to be at. And when she gets to know the truth, it hurts her worse that his boss knew all along when she simped for him, but would never tell her. Asher promises to be there for her if Levi is ever around, but the day she's assaulted, he's wailing in misery, all because he thinks her feelings are fake.
I condemn how the book is a romance. I do not hate Asher and Olivia together, I adore them a lot. And even though Asher is caring and protective, in my opinion, he's not ready for her. Worse, she isn't ready for him. When you love someone, you're honest with them. Regardless of how confidential he was supposed to keep his work, he never really assures her the way he should. And the part of being reserved, cold, it's not unreasonable but weird, considering he shared his deepest truths with her.
I love that action is somehow taken and everyone is brought to justice. But I hate how no one is upfront about the atrocities of Levi. No one questions him when he condescends Olivia, all because he's a star. And as much as I feel disgusted to say it out loud, this is the reality of life. And perhaps if I were to tag this book, it wouldn't be fiction, and DEFINITELY NOT A ROMANCE.
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