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A review by bellefarren
The Contract by Melanie Moreland
2.0
2 / 5 stars
reread:
21/02/17
27/06/21
edit: I deducted the half star I had originally added because again, Richard's initial treatment of Katy and his general personality was pretty abusive, and the change in him unrealistic. I always enjoy the majority of this book, and the person he tuns into, but there's a fine line between being a difficult boss and being a verbally abusive boss. A better example of this concept is [b:The Hating Game|25883848|The Hating Game|Sally Thorne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1467138679s/25883848.jpg|45762345] imo.
This was a classic "hate to love" storyline, filled to the brim with lots of well-loved tropes such as marriage of convenience/marriage contract. This follows Richard VanRyan, a controlling and successful businessman for a marketing company. He treats everybody he meets with a shocking amount of disrespect and assholeiness (not a real term, but an apt description).
Katharine Elliott, Richard's PA, has dealt with his almost abusive nature for years. With him continuously trying to make her life so miserable that she will quit, because "she's too perfect" and the fact annoys him.
That my friends, is some soundproof logic. Asshole.
I like a change of heart kind of love story as much as the next girl, and I don't mind a few words having been exchanged or cold attitudes, but this was on a whole new level. Richard continuously made Katherine's life miserable, made her more of a maid than a secretary and repeatedly made comments about her appearance and person. He was quite a disgusting character and I think the whole 180 personality change was completely unrealistic. It was like he had undergone a personality transplant, he began as the devil reincarnated, and then suddenly became Pope Francis.
I didn't think it was necessary for such a dramatic change, I think he could have just changed attitudes towards Katherine and become slightly less of an asshole, rather than suddenly being the equivalent of a small-town pastor.
Apart from those small issues, I found the rest of the book to be entertaining and drama-filled. It definitely wasn't anything new and was a little predictable, but it was exactly what I was in the mood for.
reread:
21/02/17
27/06/21
edit: I deducted the half star I had originally added because again, Richard's initial treatment of Katy and his general personality was pretty abusive, and the change in him unrealistic. I always enjoy the majority of this book, and the person he tuns into, but there's a fine line between being a difficult boss and being a verbally abusive boss. A better example of this concept is [b:The Hating Game|25883848|The Hating Game|Sally Thorne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1467138679s/25883848.jpg|45762345] imo.
This was a classic "hate to love" storyline, filled to the brim with lots of well-loved tropes such as marriage of convenience/marriage contract. This follows Richard VanRyan, a controlling and successful businessman for a marketing company. He treats everybody he meets with a shocking amount of disrespect and assholeiness (not a real term, but an apt description).
Katharine Elliott, Richard's PA, has dealt with his almost abusive nature for years. With him continuously trying to make her life so miserable that she will quit, because "she's too perfect" and the fact annoys him.
That my friends, is some soundproof logic. Asshole.
I like a change of heart kind of love story as much as the next girl, and I don't mind a few words having been exchanged or cold attitudes, but this was on a whole new level. Richard continuously made Katherine's life miserable, made her more of a maid than a secretary and repeatedly made comments about her appearance and person. He was quite a disgusting character and I think the whole 180 personality change was completely unrealistic. It was like he had undergone a personality transplant, he began as the devil reincarnated, and then suddenly became Pope Francis.
I didn't think it was necessary for such a dramatic change, I think he could have just changed attitudes towards Katherine and become slightly less of an asshole, rather than suddenly being the equivalent of a small-town pastor.
Apart from those small issues, I found the rest of the book to be entertaining and drama-filled. It definitely wasn't anything new and was a little predictable, but it was exactly what I was in the mood for.