That is until the handsome, overbearing man admits he’s in love with said ingénue and the power shift changes. This casual use of wealth again reminded me so much of those ‘80s romance novels where the big, alpha male dominants the tongue-tied virgin (and yes Tom is a virgin) with smooth gestures and an air of cruelty. Law is the super alpha to end all alphas, outrageously rich and prone to extravagant gestures such as arriving in a Lamborghini or picking Tom up in a helicopter for a date. The characters are amusing and entertaining, likely to appeal to fans that can delight in classic themes. Other than that, I’m not sure why they are there. Neither of these subplots is well thought out or even important at all to the characters or the purpose of the story and maybe exists to extend the word count.
After the wedding scenes, which are amusing and fun to read, the story goes into a few side plots with a ridiculous and superfluous blackmail and road rage scenes. This doesn’t make much sense but like most of the plot, it doesn’t really matter and the more modern prose helps keep the story moving from one cliché to the next. In a particularly contrived twist, the hated cousin Law Castille that runs the family empire as CEO decides to take Tom to the wedding. Here poor, culturally ignorant Tom is a hard working mechanic trying to get over his richy rich ex-boyfriend that dumped him for the woman he’s now marrying. If this had been with a female lead, it could be called The CEO’s Dirty Secret or something. The plot truly reminds me of old time romance stories with all the classic stereotype characters. Well not exactly as a few explicit scenes would have to be altered by one or two words, but other than that the story is easily the same. In fact, this book could easily have been written with a female mechanic in place of Tom and been exactly the same.
Although Force of Law offers nothing especially original, unique, or different to the genre, the nostalgic appeal of such an over the top, exaggerated book will appeal to romance lovers who love classic romance novels from the ‘80s. Who doesn’t love an over the top alpha so of course I had to check it out. Force of Law has been quite a few rave reviews around the ‘net as a delightful, fun read with a super alpha hero.
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