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A review by eantoinette285
The Player by Kresley Cole
5.0
Let me start off by saying that I had no idea Dmitri was getting his own book (that, or I just completely forgot). Anyway, as soon as it was on my radar, it was all but overnighted to my house thanks to Amazon. I was nowhere near disappointed!
I'm not even going to pretend I understand where Victoria or Dmitri are coming from in their family situations (you'll understand at the end.. they're a bit cuckoo), but their lives work for them and that's why I had to go ahead and say that neither of them are nutters.
Victoria's family owes a debt, and a large one. She's known con games for as long as she can remember. It's when her work brings her into the path of one Dmitri Sevastyan that her life not only takes a complete 180, but is also set on the fast-track. Within Days of meeting, Dmitri is talking marriage and Victoria finds it impossible to say no. Days and weeks together seem completely blissful, until Victoria's family make a discovery that seems to pop the couple's bubble of happiness and send them crashing back to earth. Will new revelations, confessions, and past demons tear these two apart, or make them stronger than ever?
Their story sounds like absolute lunacy, and to an extent, it absolutely is, there's no denying that little fact. However, there's also something enviable about their instant need and draw to one another. It's absolutely fairy tale and story-book, and they have their less-than-perfect moments, but Dmitri has zeroed in on Victoria and has had her in his crosshairs since day one. She may have been burned a few times in past relationships, but Dmitri promises to give her the goddamn world, and he does.
Trust me, they have moments of less-than-stellar swoon city emotions, but doesn't every couple? They did a lot of things in an unconventional way, and they have a lot to work through, but their determination and resilience for one another and their relationship almost make you want to believe a fairy tale could exist in this world. I both adored and despised them for the affection they obviously had for one another, in both good and bad.
I'm not even going to pretend I understand where Victoria or Dmitri are coming from in their family situations (you'll understand at the end.. they're a bit cuckoo), but their lives work for them and that's why I had to go ahead and say that neither of them are nutters.
Victoria's family owes a debt, and a large one. She's known con games for as long as she can remember. It's when her work brings her into the path of one Dmitri Sevastyan that her life not only takes a complete 180, but is also set on the fast-track. Within Days of meeting, Dmitri is talking marriage and Victoria finds it impossible to say no. Days and weeks together seem completely blissful, until Victoria's family make a discovery that seems to pop the couple's bubble of happiness and send them crashing back to earth. Will new revelations, confessions, and past demons tear these two apart, or make them stronger than ever?
Their story sounds like absolute lunacy, and to an extent, it absolutely is, there's no denying that little fact. However, there's also something enviable about their instant need and draw to one another. It's absolutely fairy tale and story-book, and they have their less-than-perfect moments, but Dmitri has zeroed in on Victoria and has had her in his crosshairs since day one. She may have been burned a few times in past relationships, but Dmitri promises to give her the goddamn world, and he does.
Trust me, they have moments of less-than-stellar swoon city emotions, but doesn't every couple? They did a lot of things in an unconventional way, and they have a lot to work through, but their determination and resilience for one another and their relationship almost make you want to believe a fairy tale could exist in this world. I both adored and despised them for the affection they obviously had for one another, in both good and bad.