As I was reading Point of Submission by Remy Landon, I was
reminded of the curious and intoxicating game of dating. You know the game
where the girl, Cassandra Larson, meets the boy, Carlo Leone, and where the girl
plays hard to get and the guy is relentless in his pursuit but yet has ulterior
motives hidden behind truckloads of charm and smoldering good looks. Yep, that's the game I was reminded of here in the novel. However, whichever role these two took
on to play this game and regardless of what they initially thought about themselves,
both Cassandra and Carlo began a free fall into the land of “I like you more
than I like you”.
For Cassandra, a waitress and stable hand, men are untrustworthy
and cheaters. She is still trying to overcome the betrayal of her father and
her ex-boyfriend. While on the other hand Carlo is a CEO of his family’s
business and is adored by all, his employees, his sister, and every breathing
woman that catches a glimpse of him. However, there is something a little off
about him besides the game he and his best homie plays to manipulate women to
submit to them. That includes random nightmares and words that go unspoken and awkward conversations that seem to just stop when talking about his love life. Carlo has set his eyes on Cassandra as the next contestant of
his twisted game and all things seem to be going smoothly according to all of
his twisted and infinite “man knowledge” until Cassandra unknowingly began to
thaw the ice box in his chest where his heart use to be as he begins develop feelings and a
conscious.
In this novel, there was a lot of stable talk, flirtatious banter, and
tom-sneakery to draw you in and hold your attention to the very end. And
speaking of the end…Just as the novel was making yet another climactic climb, Ms.
Landon just left me lost and stranded somewhere between the Bermuda Triangle
and Atlantis beneath the Atlantic Ocean. I was so ready to swipe to the
next page of my reader, and had just sat up a little straighter when it
just ended. UN.FREAKING.BELIEVABLE!!!
I digress. This is definitely a pretty good read with good
supporting characters without too much kink-foolery but yet there were enough shenanigans
to take notice and get you over the hump… you know if you like that sort of thing *wink*. I am definitely
looking forward to read the next in this series because I am so very curious as
to what will happen next between Cassandra and Carlo.
As a child, Remy was an avid reader and writer, bringing
stacks of books everywhere she went and scribbling stories in a thick spiral
notebook.
She heard somewhere that you should have a career based on
what you loved to do when you were 10, and she would love nothing more than to
follow that advice.
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