Review: Mr. Imperfect

Mr. Imperfect by Karina Bliss
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Kezia Rose inherits a ramshackle hotel and pub from her grandmother, unfortunately it is run-down, practically falling down, mortgaged to the hilt and on the verge of bankruptcy. At her funeral bad boy Christian Kelly comes back to town, Kezia's childhood sweetheart, he loved Muriel Rose like his own grandmother but is horrified when her will spells out the dire financial straits the hotel is in but forbids him from gifting/ lending/ paying the money required, instead she demands that Christian stay and help Kezia come up with a plan to reverse the hotel's fortunes.

I'll be honest, there was so much angst in this book it was tiring. Christian and Kezia both bear a grudge, and feel like the wronged party, over the way their romance ended. In fact, they have both in their own ways being living their lives ever since in a kind of holding pattern. Being forced together brings out all the pain from the past, uncovers secrets and bares emotions. By the end the only person I liked was Roland the rat.

Overall, I would classify this as kitchen sink angst (ie the author has thrown in everything but the kitchen sink), alcoholism, orphans, MIA parents, abuse, neglect, gambling (and those are the ones which don't give away key plot devices!).

I really liked Karina Bliss' Special Forces series but so far I'm not so keen on the Lost Boys.

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