Reviews for Secreto Familiar

The average rating for Secreto Familiar based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-11-08 00:00:00 Krysta Bruynson There�s a minor boo-boo in the back blurb. It says, Kristie adopted her late sister�s baby, BEN, but the name of the kid between the covers is JAKE. Before the final printing, HP editor must�ve thought BEN was too generic & decided to change it but neglected to correct the error on the back cover =^2 Kristie is hired by Radford�s wheelchair-bound sis, Felicity, to be her wedding planner. When the hunky millionaire Radford shows up & his hyphenated last name is revealed, it dawns on Kristie that he�s Tarah�s ex squeeze. Radford�s laser beam zooms in on her & sparks flow, as in, insta� attraction in his case & insta� animosity in her case. U see, this is the same dude who�d allegedly dumped Tarah, her beloved late sis. Kristie has hated him for 6 yrs, sight unseen. Kristie�s been wanting to see the culprit who�s to blame for Tarah�s death so that she can let loose her wrath on him. Now that they finally meet, she gets tongue-tied & all shook up. Seeing her shot to pieces, Radford dismisses her as incompetent, but his sis & mom wanna retain her �cuz Kristie�s highly recommended. Radford�s mom offers Kristie sweet accommodations. She�s provided w/ a rent-free office in their mansion & a car @ her own disposal. Damn, I had no idea wedding planning is a lucrative job, I think I�m in the wrong line of work hahahaaa� Radford is puzzled by the negative vibe oozing from Kristie�s pores. She rebuffs his romantic overtures @ every turn. She treats him like a mental punching bag & he doesn�t even know why �cuz she clams up when asked. He assumes he�s been tarred w/ the same brush �cuz mayhap he resembles the man who had badly traumatized Kristie. He�s determined to prove that he can�t be lumped into the same mold. When there�s a rival for her affection, Radford shifts his wooing gear into full throttle. He becomes more determined to win her over, as long as the rival�s ring isn�t on Kristie�s finger yet. Defeatist attitude is a big no-no in his book. Li�l did he know that he�s been condemned as THE (The Hated Enemy) by Kristie based on Tarah�s tear-stained diary, which paints Radford as a heartless villain & liar. Radford has never liked kids �cuz his cousin�s children are hellraisers, but when he meets Jake, something tugs @ his heartstring & he realizes that Jake can be the key to open Kristie�s heart. He gets the shock of his life when he sees a pic of Tarah on the bedside table while they're having their 1st luv session. Kristie finally spits out the bombshell that he�s Jake�s dad. Will he succeed in convincing Kristie that he really luvs her & they can be a happy family if only Kristie�s willing to let go of her hatred & see that her sis was not the pure innocent victim that Kristie had always thought all these years ? After having problems liking the heroes in the previous 2 MM books I read this week, this time it�s the heroine that was a turn off. From the prologue, the heroine didn�t endear herself to me w/ her thoughts, �cuz the moment the surgeon delivered the devastating news that Tarah had just expired, Kristie immediately wished it was the baby who�d died, not her sis. Kristie didn�t care �bout the baby. Whoa� that didn�t sit well w/ me @ all. The prologue ended w/ Kristie wanting to kill the baby�s daddy, whoever the hell he is. What a bloodthirsty wench. She cemented it by threatening to push Radford down the stairs @ 1 point. She�s a shrew, so rude & antagonistic all the time, calling Radford names & plotting her revenge by keeping the big secret �bout Jake�s paternity. Ugh she�s just a bitter pill, spiteful & vindictive. When Jake starts to question her �bout his dad (�cuz all the kids in school has a daddy & he�s the only who doesn�t have 1), Kristie ponders if she should marry her platonic friend to provide a father figure in Jake�s life. There were moments where I mentally scratched my crooked wig, �cuz I couldn�t see what Radford sees in her. I dunno why he even bothers to put in so much time & effort to pursue Kristie or how he even comes to the realization that he�s irrevocably in luv w/ her, when she avoids him like the plague & shows him her disdain every chance she gets, as if he�s a gnat that just won�t go away. Radford came across as a glutton for punishment, w/ his relentless amorous thoughts & actions to tip the scale more favorably towards him. The word �Hormone� got scattered too many times in the book that I was beginning to think the H/H were afflicted w/ a hormonal imbalance =^S Kristie is rude to him from the get-go, as if she�s biting the hands that feed her, but her bark is worse than her bite. I didn�t think Radford really knew her, it�s purely sexual attraction, not luv. She wouldn�t let him get to know her better, no matter how hard he tried. Usually HP heroes are the judgmental ones (w/ �mental� as the operative word), but in this case, Kristie grated on Radford�s nerves (and mine) �cuz she was such a cold, calculating, ungrateful beyotch throughout the book, as if she got a baton the size of Jupiter up her @$$. The only redeeming quality 'bout her that Radford sees, is her wonderful child-rearing skills, 'cuz Jake is a polite & luvly kid. Her logic made no sense @ all, just 'cuz her sis died of complications from C-section, that didn't mean Radford snuffed the life outta Tarah. Her thought process was CUCKOO. How the hell was he to blame for childbirth gone wrong if he had no idea that he fathered Tarah's baby ? < rolls eyes > I wonder if I should persevere �cuz I�m glomming on MM books, still got a few in TBR pile.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-05 00:00:00 Amelie Gamet Ebook. Blogger Bundle 2. Pretty good story about a woman, Kristie, who's raising her dead sister's son. Kristie carries a terrible grudge against the boy's father, so sometimes her dialogue and reactions seem quite extreme. But Radford turns out to be an awesome guy.