Book Review: Beneath Him by Komel Kant
Or so she thinks.
It turns out, not only does she have to see Nick again, she also has to live with him. Hired as the new nanny to work for Nick’s affluent family, she can’t seem to get away from the womanizing jerk.
With a hot and cold relationship, and an undeniable attraction between them, Sky might finally be the woman to break through Nick’s arrogance and discover that there is more to him than she ever imagined.
If she doesn’t kill him first.
*Recommended for readers aged 18+ due to language and sexual content.
Book Information:
Length: 269 p
Age group: New Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Series: Standalone
Review:
If I were giving out cheeze awards, Beneath Him would receive the best-cheeze Dramatic 'I love you' in the snow award. Full of "thick thighs" and "hard muscle" and "piercing eyes" descriptions, it was hard to get past the cliches and emotionally connect with the story. The overall plot was interesting though, and that is what kept me reading.
What I liked
Sky is a pretty strong female lead. She doesn't let anyone push her around and that is evident from the "Coffee Shop Jerk" opening scene of the book. Sky is from a not so well-to-do background and she has been hired as a nanny for the Ruggarsons; a millionaire family with well bred lines and elite social status. Though intimidated, she does her own thing and gets by with what she has. It's respectable considering all other circumstances.
Nick is the cliche arrogant, millionaire son. At 24, he is being groomed to follow in his lawyer-dad's footsteps and has had his nose to the grindstone for much of his adult life -- that is, when he's not bedding any woman that wanders within a foot of him. Not going to lie, I sometimes enjoy reading about people who seem to have everything in the world yet fall down the self-depreciating rabbit hole. It gives perspective.
The big reveal at the end I had put together well before, but the premise was still very interesting. This was the best part. Author Komel Kant did a great job at foreshadowing and providing bits and pieces to get the reader thinking about all sorts of scenarios and characters involved.
What I didn't like
There was no emotional connection between either character and the reader. Sky was too busy stomping her feet and yelling in every scene (can we please find other ways show emotion without excessive use of exclamation points?) and it made me question her "21-year-old" age. Her character descriptions revealed that she came from a hard background and kind of had to grow up fast. But I thought that she came off as an 18-year-old stumbling her way around with her first real job and not knowing how to properly interact outside of her perfect comfort zone.
The book is written in a dual POV between Sky and Nick. A majority of the time the POVs were repetitive. Sky would have a couple of paragraphs and then Nick would have a couple of paragraphs saying the exact same thing but with "man words". There was nothing left for the reader to infer as everything was spoon-fed to them and emotional surprises were worn on sleeves.
Nick was hard to emotionally connect to because of his demeanor. He constantly used words like "tits", "ass", and "big booty" to describe Sky and then in the next sentence would claim he had feelings unlike no other for her. Suddenly they were both in love. Yet, they barely interacted and whenever they did interact it was some arrogant match scene between the two. What was meant to show witty banter and sexual tension was overshadowed by "man thoughts" and arrogance by both characters. Their interactions often resulted in hard grabbing, shoving against beds, insults, and at one point -- grip marks (in a non-sex scene). At times I couldn't tell if I was reading poorly written BDSM or a confused romance.
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