Review: Too Damn Nice

Too Damn Nice by Kathryn Freeman
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

Sadly the title is also descriptive of my feelings about this book. DNF at 43%.

Nick Templeton was Lizzie Donavue's older brother's best friend. On the night of her 18th birthday she propositions him, unfortunately Nick was trying to pluck up the courage to ask her for a date. He rejects her, feeling that she has no feelings for him at all whereas, of course, she feels she has been firmly friend-zoned. Lizzie goes off to New York and becomes a famous model, then terrible stories are published about her and Nick rushes in to the rescue and takes her back to England.

There's a ridiculous amount of angst with these two - frankly I'd be worried about being related to either of them, the rellies don't fare well - but more problematic is that the book is so slow, frankly nothing has happened (bar the initial incident that gave rise to the stories) and the two of them are so wet they can't believe the other could have any romantic feelings for them. He's too staid and boring, an English accountant, for an international model. She's too superficial and stupid for such a grounded intellectual like him. Blah, blah, blah. When I was doing everything to avoid reading this book I knew I had to DNF.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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