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Hedge Fund Wives - Tatiana Boncompagni

★★

Nothing spectacular here.  It was a quick, fun, easy read.  I liked that Marcy ended up starting her own business, but that was about the only positive I could find in terms of messages about women in general.  

I hated that in order for Marcy to be happy, she had to end up with a different Mr. Right.  But even so, whatever, that's fine.  The worst was that she met him, slept with him, and they broke up.  Then later she ran into him again, "but this time [she] didn't jump straight into bed with him."  I can only presume that her holding out was the secret to her relationship success this time around.  Well, okay.  See also: gross.

It wasn't painful to read, but it definitely reminded me why I don't normally read this kind of stuff.

This counts toward the 100+ Reading Challenge.

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