A Billionaire for Christmas by Jo lyons

 

When talented chef Molly's best friend and business partner, Ava, passes away, she leaves Molly their beloved restaurant – and a wild, impossible bucket list to complete. But thanks to a legal mix-up, Molly's inheritance is at risk unless she ticks off every outrageous item before the Christmas Eve deadline: just twelve days away.

Determined to honour Ava's wishes and desperate to save her dream, Molly searches for a billionaire willing to share Champagne with her in a hot tub – one of the more extravagant challenges on the bucket list. She's in a luxurious ski resort in the French Alps, so it might just be doable. But then she meets Levi. A devastatingly handsome billionaire, yes, but infuriatingly resistant to getting involved!

As the snow falls and sparks fly, Molly is entangled in a series of increasingly embarrassing escapades. With time running out, can she pull off the impossible – and maybe even find love along the way?

Unfortunately, I did not like this book at all. Levi was insufferable, and Molly had no self-respect. I could not understand why she was wasting her time on him. Was the author expecting the reader to be equally as shallow as Molly and immediately swoon because he's a billionaire? To tick the box on her bucket list, she should have just picked another rich, random person, male or female, and got it over with.
There were a couple of scenes involving her cooking that I liked and were quite funny. The bucket list was certainly quite inspired, and it should have resulted in a really funny book. But it didn't. I couldn't wait for it to be over.

 The relationship went from ice-cold and going nowhere for ninety per cent of the book to the inevitable happy ending all the way at the very end.

 I finished this feeling very annoyed that I wasted my audio subscription on it instead of just reading the KU version.