"Sweetheart, I've had a guardian angel since the day you walked into my life. My elevator angel. My fiery one. My Seraphina."
TW: car accidents, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, loss, disability
Release Date: January 3, 2022
Genre: Contemporary romance, fiction
Rating:
Summary:
Sometimes you have to lose it all in order to find yourself.
When a tragic accident leaves mathematician Seraphina Ellis broken and despairing, she is convinced that she will live out the remainder of her life in lonely solitude. Determined to conceal her disability from her co-workers, she hides away in her desolate cubicle, crossing off the days of her life, unfulfilled and defeated.
A chance meeting with irascible but mesmerizing billionaire scientist and CEO Milo Grant provides her with the job of her dreams, and the chance of escape from cubicle land. But Grant is haunted by his own monsters and is increasingly interested in more than just her mathematical magic.
Review:
I knew it had to go downhill at some point. The last few books I had read were such hits. I thought to myself, how did I get so lucky? But as we all know: what goes up, must come down.
I was hoping for a story that maturely and accurately discussed trauma, PTSD, and disabilities...with a side of sexiness (especially since the love-interest is her BOSS). I'll get to the point: this story was very one-note, very superficial, and very shallow. There was so much conversation of deep-seated trauma that was never explored. This book feels like it was written by a pack of men that just gave me the ick. It was such a good concept that was never developed and fell flat.
Milo is this billionaire CEO who is known for being a horrible boss. In fact, he is verbally abusive and manipulative with his team. This is totally acceptable though because he has trauma. Wonderful! I am so glad we clarified that he is damaged and that is why his behavior is acceptable, even to the head of HR who watches all this happen. Whew. Milo is also extremely possessive with Serpahina, yuck. Both Milo and Seraphina are exceptionally co-dependent, it is very unhealthy. The male gaze is strong with this one. The romance and sex scenes felt so masculine and very cringey. The blurbs about her being completely waxed and hairless? How sexy, how seductive. Wrong. This felt so unnecessary and written by someone who does not appreciate or understand the female form, hairless or not.
I liked the ending that briefly touched on Seraphina's experience at the Morley house. I was more intrigued by Robbie and Molly's story and relationship. However, the mentality that "what you are going through is not THAT bad. It could always be worse. You could be like Billy and be completely paralyzed. So don't feel sorry for yourself, feel sorry for someone who has it worse." HORRIBLE. WRONG. NO.
Please, just save yourself the trouble. Don't read it. Ever. I feel like I have wasted so much energy finishing this book and having to write a review on it.
Quotes:
"You have me Seraphina," he rasped. "You definitely have me."
"He was fighting monsters the same way I was. They were just different monsters."
"My lost boy is no longer lost."
"Sweetheart, I've had a guardian angel since the day you walked into my life. My elevator angel. My fiery one. My Seraphina."
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