Author: Ana Huang
Main Characters: Ava Chen and Alex Volkov
Rating: Three and Half Stars
Ana Huang, most celebrated romance author of BookTok, found her way to my audible one random day and I am not disappointed to have spent my time listening to this audiobook for the remainder of my day. The story, well structured, the backstories, tragic. The nickname, I’ll admit, sweet. But, I was expecting better. It did not reach the hype that has made me buy it.
The spice was spicing and the love was the emotion was emotion-ing. The story, overall, is good even if it's a bit predictable.
The complete london session was absolutely bautiful. He was patient, protective, respectful even. I know it was fiction, but his following her to and from office made me happy. After all, what girl doesn’t want her man to protect her this way? The final act of groveling at the end was a bit 'dramatic' and it was also a bit wierd.
I dock points, though because some of the character actions make absolutely no sense. Their relationship graph went from zero to jealousy and from there to you're everything I'm darkness too fast for my taste
The high IQ, big bad ice cold billionaire breaks up with the only woman he ever loved because he got scared of a man he later deals with in 30 odd seconds? (Although he got over himself eventually which was good.)
For Big Bad illionaire, Alex Volkov was a diva and Ava Chen was a literal block of sunshine. (A fact that was said out loud too many times) The characters overwhelmed me but the groveling part was good.
Things I adored in the story were a little less in number than the things that irritated me. So plot wise, maybe four stars. But emotions wise, 3 and half stars.
India 
Avantika
Publish Date:
16 May 2025
