Review: NautiCal by Lucy Lennox
SYNOPSIS:
I didn’t mean to stow away on the yacht, I swear.
My first mistake was going home with the jerk at the bar, but in my defense, Prescott said he owned the Worthington—ninety feet of sleek, yachty perfection—and if I could get the chief mate’s job, I’d have an excuse to stay on board and keep avoiding my family and my future.
How was I supposed to know he was the owner’s cheating, gold-digging almost brother-in-law, or that I’d end up stuffed in a closet when the ship left the harbor?
When the real owner finds me and offers me a different job—being his fake boyfriend on a cruise through the British Virgin Islands to tempt Prescott to reveal his cheating ways—that’s when I make my second mistake: I agree.
Turns out, Jonathan Worthington isn’t just a billionaire, he’s funny and generous and a little bit of a control freak. He’s also six feet of sleek, gorgeous silver fox perfection, and suddenly, it’s not just his yacht I’m lusting over.
Worth thinks I’m way too young and flighty for anything more serious than spending the week in his bed… but if you believe we won’t fall in love before the cruise is over, I have a yacht in the Caribbean to sell you.
REVIEW:
It’s a bittersweet feeling to come to the end of this series but I enjoyed Cal’s story. Unconventional, quirky, and a little bit of insta-love but none-the-less it was the cute, adorable read I was hoping it would be.
Cal was the youngest and the last standing gay to fall. But even from early on in the story, you get a hint of Cal’s true nature. The easy, breezy guy he portrays to the world wants a forever man, someone to cuddle, come home, and just in general what his grandparents and the majority of his family has. And while he may be young, he hasn’t had it as easy as it appears. Worth was Cal’s exact opposite in every way. But once their bizarre meet-cute happens the two hatch a plan that goes to h*ll when they can no longer ignore their feelings.
The fake boyfriend troupe is one of my absolute favorites and while Cal and Worth spend a week pretending to date, lines are blurred. What started out as a scheme to catch a cheater turned into cuddle sessions, endless conversation, and steamy kisses. These two fall hard and fast, which is where my insta-love comment comes from as their whole romance occurs in the span of a week. But the shared stories and tender moments between them were so sweet. Worth has a huge heart and just wants to protect Cal, which is exactly what the man was looking for.
The greatest challenge these two seem to face is that they are both pining for each other but neither is willing to communicate his true feelings. While their is an undercurrent due to their extreme financial differences, it doesn’t overshadow the romance. The chemistry and banter had me smiling endlessly. The secondary characters on the yacht accepted Cal with no questions, well mostly. They add so much depth to Worth as a character and hilarity to tense situations. I didn’t care much for the whole Lucas/Prescott side plot but the epilogue gave me the ending I was hoping for.
Now the only linger question I have left is…what the heck am I supposed to read next?
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