Review: Lush Money - Angelina M Lopez

Review: Lush Money - Book #1 Filthy Rich Series - Angelina M. Lopez - October 2019

I wasn't 100% sure what I was getting with this book as I hadn't read into the blurb and when I started reading it, I was like oh yep - arranged marriage contracts which I normally love this sort of story and then when I saw the male lead was a part of the royal family - my interests spiked higher and then they were burst as I did not like the main female lead in Lush Money. Normally these sorts of books, it's the guy that takes control and is the alpha male and it works but when the female tries it, she just comes off looking like an ice-cold queen and heartless female. She frustrated me and I did not like her one bit which made this read a borderline 3 star for me as I just couldn't connect with her. Even when Mateo tried to warm up to her and put the ball in his court, she was like one of those nasty bulldogs and I get that she had to act tough as she made her way up the business ladder but having a baby and a marriage contract is not just another business deal - it does have to include some heart as seriously what type of mother is she going to be when the baby arrives and yes Mateo might be a great candidate but is Roxanne ready for her baby to have kingdom responsibilities. The other thing that annoyed me was she kept saying when "her daughter" was born - as she had already made up her mind, it wasn't going to be a boy. Hello, Roxanne babies don't work that way - we don't get to pick the gender we give birth too.  Lush Money was an angsty love/hate romance read and if you are wanting to add diversity to your reading lists with these characters, you can tick it off your list. I am now in two minds about reading Book #2 Hate Crush but will give it a go.