The Mister Book Review

Goodreads synopsis: London, 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face.
 
But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past.  Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own?
 

I will admit I did have some kind of salty feelings going into this book. I loved the fifty shades series but I did have in the foremost of my mind that this would be like or along the same lines as the fifty shades. I don't know why I judged it but oh well. 

I don't have a lot of cons so I will start out with that. One thing that did kind of irk me was the fact that Max's sir name was Trevelyan which is Christians' mother's maiden name. On goodreads James said that there was no relation to Christian or his mother but stil......

So there is a good chunk of the story where Max and Alessia are in hiding because of certain events that has taken place. Obviously there are feelings involved with the two but I felt like they never really got to know each other during that time. I would say about 70 percent of them in hiding was nothing but them being intimate. Honestly, I started to skim through the scenes because it was so repetitive. I love a good sexy time book but this one didn't really tickle my feathers. Also, there was a "secret room" that the daily's could  not go in to clean either. Hmmm....wonder what other book had a "secret room". There is some intimacy between Max and another character that got under my skin but it is a spoiler so I won't mention it. If you read it please let me know how you felt about that certain situation. 

Max is grieving from the death of his older brother. His brother was the Earl and the promised child in the family while Max and his sister were the "spares" . Max now has to take his brother's place and is thrown responsibilities that he does not want. He spends his nights with a different woman and lives his life like how he wants. I will say that he does grow a bit throughout the story. For those of you wondering, no he isn't anything like Christian as far as personality. I understood some of his motives because he is dealing with his brother's death the only way he knew. His relationship with Alessia is so sweet ultimately. I loved how he fought for her. 

Alessia is an undocumented immigrant. She is working as Max's Daily. Her english is not as good but good enough to get by. She is very much attracted to Max (she calls him Mister) but she feels like she has nothing to offer him. She really has some messed up situations that she is in. She started out as this meek and shy girl but by the end of the book she was a complete 180. 

The writing was good and easy. I read this in two days. It could have been one if I wasn't renovating. It was close to 500 pages but it really was a quick read. 

This story covers topics such as human trafficking, immigration, and arranged marriages. 

I gave this story 3 stars.