The Mister Published by Vintage by E.L. James
on May 1, 2019
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Women's Fiction, Chick-Lit
Pages: 499
Source: Borrowed, Library
Format: Paperback
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The passionate new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal #1 bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy London, 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own? From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page.
This was one that I’d actually wanted to read for quite some time. And one of my best friends picked it for our book club so I was so excited!
And thennnnn… I started it and was just so disappointed.
I have before read the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy and, while I didn’t love it, found it entertaining. The writing is a bit juvenile and annoying, but at least I semi-enjoyed the characters.
This one, however, was disappointing in that I feel the characters were flat and just uninteresting to me.
The reason I gave it the rating I did, is because I found myself mildly interested enough to keep reading and see if the story got any better.
The writing, surprisingly, seems a little better in this one. However, that’s just the technical side. The story was just not what I really was hoping for.
About E.L. James
I’m a former TV executive, wife and mother-of-two based in the leafy suburbs of West London. I have been writing romantic fiction since 2009 and in 2012 my career took an extraordinary turn when my Fifty Shades Trilogy became a worldwide bestseller and subsequently a series of blockbuster movies.
From an early age, I had dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with—and now those dreams have come true, thanks to you guys.
I haven’t read this one myself and I don’t think I will because I’ve heard many fellow bloggers and readers be disappointed sadly enough.
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