Emerald Island (The Billionaire Bedroom, #1)

by Fiona Blake

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A Tropical Island Fairytale.

***3.5 Stars***

Let’s take a step away from reality and picture in our minds what we would wish for when we’re having a bad day. I’ll start off with being given an all inclusive (flights, accommodation, activities, food and alcohol) tropical island holiday where everybody is nice and friendly. Why don’t we add (for all the single ladies) a young billionaire owner of the island who’s disillusioned with the model like women who get shoved in his face and wants a real woman instead? Sounds good? Well, seeing as it’s a fairytale…we better add an evil witch who tries to sabotage happiness for everyone. In a nutshell…we have a Fairytale Emerald Island style.

Now, to be honest, I liked Emerald Island. I enjoy reading Fairytales where Prince Charming sweeps the heroine off her feet and has enough money not to worry about the everyday battles most of us face. I like to dream of having enough money to be pampered and served in a tropical setting. I also wouldn’t mind being able to step away from my real life problems and having enough faith in my BRAND NEW assistant to take over running my business while I’m away. Stepping away from reality is part of the reason I enjoy reading romance.

Emerald Island was a short, sweet and compact love story that ticked all the right boxes…sort of. I read it in 2 hours and while I enjoyed it, it just didn’t have enough momentum to get my heart pumping or make me feel connected with the characters. I wanted to get to know Erik and Sophie more. There was not enough back story for me to understand the choices Erik and Sophie made. This is the start of the series and while we weren’t left with a cliffhanger ending (which to some is a tick in the positives column) I just don’t feel an overwhelming need to go on. I kind of liked where it ended.

I liked Emerald Island but I think it would have been better fleshed out a little more. As a series, it has potential and I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it probably would have been better for the author to leave us with a cliffy and wanting more.

*** There are a few different covers for Emerald Island so I took it upon myself to pick my favourite for my header. ;-) ***

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