GRR Reviews The Baby Pact by Lexi Whitlow

The Baby Pact relies on some WTF moments and reads more like a revenge fantasy than a romance. The decision process really makes no sense. And the ending was almost "all tell, no show". This book just left me very disappointed and is one of the author's worst books.

Eliza was the homely good girl, and Macon was the nerd back in high school. They messed up at prom, Eliza got pregnant, and Macon was exiled to another state. Eliza had a miscarriage. They met again in college, but then Eliza was with a possessive nerd, who turned out to be an abusive psycho. Ten years later, Eliza's latest escape attempt from her psycho abusive husband sent her back to her hometown, to work as a librarian while Macon became a billionaire. When they meet again, they picked up where they left off... and Eliza wanted desperately to have a child of her own, and Macon promised to pay for fertility treatments for her, and a full security detail. But Her psycho husband is still out there, taunting, waiting...

The scenario sounds desperate, but the detail makes no f***ing sense. Eliza ran, but her husband always finds her... Duh, if she only runs to places she knows! She went to police many times, but she's never hurt ENOUGH to go to a hospital? And the cops got NOTHING on the guy despite REPEATED reports over 10 years? Yet the husband sends email threats that identified himself by name? WTF? How does one rent a car with cash nowadays? (Yes, the psycho rented a car to "visit" her) The way Macon handled the psycho ex was improbable as well... Through hacking, AND bribing, AND favor with the Bratva (Russian mafia), and all this was merely "told". Argh. Not satisfying at all except maybe as a revenge fantasy.

The characters also seem to show lack of polish. Eliza was basically stereotypical "battered spouse" with zero self-respect ("I'm no good, I'm crap, my husband was right...") but somehow still wanted a baby when she can barely care for herself. Macon was a weird mix between rich alpha billionaire and tech geek / psycho devising the plan to trap the psycho ex for good. Add them together, and it's below average.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Abused woman found her first-love, now a billionaire, and wanted a baby, but her crazy ex is still out there...

Overall Rating: 2/5

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