Review: Rich Prick

Rich Prick by Tijan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I was provided an ARC in exchange for an honest review.  

This is a standalone, but it is set in the Fallen Crest world.  If you've read [book:Crew|41519287] and [book:Crew Princess|46130620] you will recognize some of the side characters, but if you haven't this reads as a standalone.  Reading the other books gives you some of the backstory on some of the side characters, but it isn't necessary to keep up with the story, which I really appreciate in a standalone that takes place in an already established world with established characters.

This is kind of an opposites attract, insta-love, broken characters save each other kind of story.  The way Aspen and Blaise kind of collided and quickly fell for each wasn't really realistic and didn't work for me.  They didn't make sense as a couple, and they way their relationship started was a bit ridiculous.   As the book went on and their relationship developed in the second half of the book, I started to like them as a couple much more.  Both main characters have a ton of baggage to sift through in this book and that seems to draw them together like moths to a flame.  They are balms to each other's broken souls.  Much like Tijan's previous books there are alot of emotional discussions about what the characters are doing and how they choose to deal with those things. 

 That being said this book has alot of mature themes (sex, alcohol, violence).   

There is decent character development between the main characters, but I felt like Aspen dealing with her parents and Blaise dealing with his issues could have been flushed out a bit more.  For the most part this a fine addition to TIjan's New Adult selections.  Parts of it made me roll my eyes especially the voyeur scenes at the beginning, but I know I'm not alone there.  Aspen and Blaise really grew on me the longer I read this, and I'm glad we got to know more about them.  I'm looking forward to more books from this world.

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