Precious Things, Review for RORR
On her way to a job interview with one man at Bulwark Mutual Funds, Jewell Kincaid witness an employer being rude to his employees and stops to intervene. When she realizes he is hearing impaired she signs to let him know what she thinks. She finishes her interviews and leaves, and although acing the interviews she is unsure what standing up to a manager at the company will do for her hiring chances. When she is hired on for a higher position that what she applied for, with a higher salary to match, she has no idea what she’s in for.
When Jewell Kincaid stands up to BP (Benjamin) Roth he is taken aback. After perusing her resume and seeing how well she can handle herself, in addition to the fact she is fully capable of using ASL, he decides to manipulate things and hire her himself.While he hires her based on his libido Benjamin has no idea that it is his heart that is in danger.
Together Jewell and Benjamin become a formidable force in the office, both personally and professionally. As they draw closer together Benjamin’s life explodes. The murder of his sister rocks his already fragile world. Being brought up by an abusive father and a seemingly indifferent mother has made him tough. Very tough. The only one to get through to him, before meeting Jewell, had been his sister, Victoria, and now she was gone.
Can Jewell show Benjamin that love makes all the difference and that she will stand by him no matter what? Or will Benjamin retreat to his cold, silent world where it is easier to not love anyone than continue to be hurt by them?
Katelyn Hughes has done a masterful job at creating both these characters and the world in which they live. I love the way she has made Benjamin both soft and hard with his emotions. The way he is at war with himself, the way he strives to be better than he is told he would be, yet how he believes that he is unlovable, touches the reader. It would easy to let him fall to the bitterness yet Ms. Hughes intersperses sections where you can see how much love and tenderness this hero really has. Jewell is no wilting lily either; even though she is sweet and giving she is also feisty and strong. She stands up for herself when needed and realizes when just stepping back is a better idea. Growing up in a diverse, loving family has given her a solid background and her family’s back story is very well thought out.
My one and only caveat for this story is if you buy it based on the cover, as some people do, then you will be slightly confused as it really has nothing to do with the story. Also, for myself, I didn’t really like the addition at the end of the story where the heroine is pregnant. I think this was a typical plot line in an atypical book. It wasn’t needed as the book “had me from hello” so to speak. However, this is a minor thing and it didn’t upset me too much. With writing this good I’m not sure there’s much to ruin.
Precious Things is wonderful, touching novel that will leave you, at times, gasping in horror at how awful people can be and then smiling in delight at how good they are. This isn’t your classic good versus evil, although there is that element, it is the growth of two people, both individually and as a couple, and how they come together to prove that love is a precious thing that can overcome even the most heinous of circumstances.
I give it a 5
Labels: Rating 5
posted by Michelle @ 8:51 p.m.
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