NMmomof4's Reviews > Cold Hearted Casanova

3 Stars

Opinion Breakdown
The Good: The premise and banter.

The Not-So-Good: The h.

The Bad: The off page slight time jumps that took the place of on page connection between the mcs -- it felt like I was just told they connected instead of experiencing it with them.

Overall: This was alright. I'm honestly surprised I made it through because the beginning was slow and I didn't really like the h. I liked the premise and banter, so I think that's what had me sticking with it. I would've liked more time with them connecting on page because I do feel like some of that was done off page in slight time jumps. This, potentially, would've made me feel their connection to each other more, which is probably my biggest issue.

Brief Summary of the Storyline: This is Duffy and Riggs story. Duffy catches Riggs in a compromising position with her married high-profile boss and takes advantage of the situation by blackmailing him into marriage for her visa that is about to expire. Riggs agrees to it to get his own boss off his back and to prevent it coming out that he is the billionaire he is. They bump heads and eventually give into their attraction to become f-buddies while married and waiting for the immigration meeting and end up catch feelings for the first time with one another. There is some ex drama, some secrets revealed, some baggage they both have to work through, and some sexy times...and they get a HEA ending.

Point Of View (POV): This alternated between Duffy and Riggs POV.

Overall Pace of Story: Good for the most part. The beginning felt slow. I never skimmed and I thought it flowed well otherwise.

Instalove: No, more like hate-to-f-buddy-to-more

H (Hero) rating: 3.5 stars. Riggs. I liked him but he really was immature a lot of the time.

h (heroine) rating: 3 stars. Duffy. I struggled with her a lot at first but I appreciated her character growth by the end.

Sadness level: Low/moderate. I shed a few tears but didn't get as emotional as I thought it would.

Push/Pull: Yes (view spoiler)[ the h and H both push away and pursue the relationship at times (hide spoiler)]

Heat level: Good. They have some good tension, chemistry, and scenes -- but not so much it takes away from the story.

Descriptive sex: Yes

OW (Other Woman)/OM (Other Man) drama: Yes (view spoiler)[the h's ex causes some drama (hide spoiler)]

Sex scene with OW or OM: Yes (view spoiler)[there is a scene at the very beginning of the H and the h's boss, who is his f-buddy (hide spoiler)]

Cheating: Not between mcs

Separation: Yes (view spoiler)[They are separated shortly, and both said there were no other partners during this time. (hide spoiler)]

Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[Loss of a parent/child abandonment (off page), loss of a parent to Huntington's Disease (on page), cheating by side character (off page), the H was a manwhore before the h (mostly off page), and growing up in poverty (off page) (hide spoiler)]

Closure: This ends in a cute place with what I would call a HEA ending (view spoiler)[they're still married and she is pregnant (hide spoiler)]

Safety: This one should be either Safe with exception or Not Safe for most safety gang readers depending on personal preferences
(view spoiler)[
- Does Not have cheating
- Does have a descriptive sex scene with the H and OW
- Does have both the h and H pushing away
- Does have a separation between the h and H
- Does Not have abuse
- Does have a HEA ending (hide spoiler)]