Mia Caldwell’s Billionaire’s Triplets Matchmakers has an interesting premise and action-packed storyline. As a romance, it fell flat for me, but as a story of two addicts confronting their addiction, it was spot on.
The Good:
Ms. Caldwell’s characters are fully developed. Even though this is the second book in the series, each character—both primary and secondary—is well presented. I really enjoyed Julio and Lissa/Joan’s mothers.
Ms. Caldwell deftly portrayed the struggles of various addictions as well as the impact of addiction on one’s career, relationships, and reputations.
The Bad:
Antonio and Joan’s love relationship is hard to believe. Joan has no faith in Antonio, and neither of them have faith in themselves. The use of sexual attraction as a substitute for love is not unusual, but I do find it unacceptable. The timing of their intimate moments was sometimes questionable, and I found the clinical descriptions to be far from sexy.
The story is wrapped up a bit conveniently and to some extent outlandishly. Royal connections, political threats, along with the bookies and mobsters were a bit much.
The Ugly:
Telepathically conversing babies just doesn’t work for me. I was put off by the unnecessary addition of this attribute. The triplets are given too mature a voice, as well as too much reasoning ability for infants.
The Shining Star:
Mark Kamish’s narration of the audiobook brought this story to life. I enjoyed his depiction of all the characters.