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When Kira Murphy unknowingly meets -- and saves the life of -- her celebrity crush Barclay Lucas's brother, Henry, she is drawn into their world. The tension between them is undeniable -- but can they really make it work, what with Barclay's career in politics and the problems going on at Kira's workplace?

I just glanced at the reviews for this book and it seems that everyone has a polarizing opinion on it. I however am somewhere in the middle -- I enjoyed this book immensely but there were also some instances which I could see were problematic (and some pet peeves of my own).

There were parts where Kira would seemingly use 'btw' in speech and I was unsure whether I was supposed to read it as 'by the way' or Kira had literally said 'btw'. At other times there would also be a mention of what year this book is taking place or a reference to a non-fictional person which jarred me out of the book. Oh, and if I ever read the word 'badger' again I will scream. I am not kidding, it was used far too much for me to find tolerable. The sheer amount of British slang made it slightly difficult to read and I felt like I was guessing at what was being said most of the time.

The characters were very well and believably written. Barclay ... has his problems. Quite a lot of them and I feel like they weren't properly dealt with through out the story. He is very controlling and jealous. At one point, he basically has some people follow Kira when she has told him she doesn't want that, which didn't sit right with me. Kira herself was a great character but my first impression of her (on the first page) was of her punching someone. And through out the story she continues to be violent. I understand that it was all supposed to be in play, but you aren't supposed to do actual harm. Henry was great, but even he was at times borderline creepy. Sam (a bodyguard) and Mark (Kira's friend) were the best, I adore them.

The main romance was okay, I felt like they both really needed to work on themselves (especially in Barclay' case) before they got together. While together, they both made some really ... questionable decisions. For example,

when Barclay made Kira move in with him, the evening after they established their relationship. What were they thinking? Kira should definitely stayed with one of her friends. Also, when he disturbed her work at the prison, a heavily guarded prison, I nearly screamed. Not cool.

All in all, a 2.5, because it made me laugh multiple times and I enjoyed most of the time it but not higher because of all the reasons listed above.