I know I'm going to be odd man out because I'm giving this story a 5 star rating but let me tell you why. First off I found the character of Carrie Richardson refreshing and the storyline as many have said is a bit Cinderella-ish, but only in the way that Alexeis is mega wealthy and to all at first glance Carrie appears to be poor as a church mouse with the brains to match, but I like the fact that the author allowed us to believe that and fed us bits and pieces into Carrie's true character as the story progressed. I know there are enough reviewers who will say that Carrie was a bimbo or she was portrayed as such by the author, but what those who read it missed was that Carrie herself never believed herself to be stupid or inferior to Alexeis she was just not use to his lifestyle and she never spoke on topics that he and his friends were fluent in i.e. art, theater the whose who in their mega rich world and their goings on, because Carrie could honestly say she knew nothing about those things because her own world before meeting Alexeis revolved around science and research and her parents where both scholarly people whose lives were immersed in their lives as said scholars. I think its rather unfair to class her as a "bimbo" because she happen to meet someone who was willing to spoil her, although to be fair he was misguided in thinking she was two bricks short of a load in the intellect department, but the author did a good job of putting human error, flaw and prejudice on display. This book really gives meaning to the saying "Still waters run deep". It's a book that I personally enjoyed and lets be honest ladies we don't purchases these books for their "realism" its fantasy and a chance to escape a bit, so for those who keep harping that its "unrealistic" or "stupid" do yourselves a favor and stop spending your money on them or take them out from your local library or pick a different genre to read about. Happy Reading