I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. This is a great adaptation to the original novel. Romance was cute.

The artwork is good, the storyline typical for Harlequin romances but with a little bit of a twist. Ariadne is an orphan living with her aunt and uncle who are more concerned with their wealth and image than her well-being. Heartbroken, she attempts to commit suicide when he is stopped by Sebastian. When he learns a bit about her circumstances he announces that he will marry her. But as is to be expected there are many strings attached and hidden secrets on both sides. Complications arise due to misunderstandings and a lack of communication. But eventually, they find their way to each other and happiness while shutting many mouths at the same time.

Advance Review Copy provided by #NetGalley for voluntary review consideration.

I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoy these Harlequin romance mangas. I love the illustrations. I love the stories and since the stories are from actual books, sometimes it even motivates me to go and read the book for more details. Love it.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for sending me this manga to me in exchange of an honest review.

Despite of the story which theme is commonly used in Harlequin novels, the manga twisted a little bit of marriage arrangement and an unexpected knight in shinning armour.

The artwork in this manga was beautifully drawn, the story was sweet but remarkable. Definetely a sweet manga to read during your leisure time.

This book was very clunky and cheesy. I did like the manga illustrations, but the storyline did not captivate me.

I enjoyed the book and really liked it. Waiting to hear more from the author. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the arc

Review to be posted on my blog/goodreads on Sunday.

I received this manga from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

After this one I have just one more Harlequin manga to read, but that one will have to wait until May (when it comes out). So first up this one! About a wedding night with a stranger, oh my. About a girl kicked out, oh no. And then there is the cover that makes me happy and smile.

Ready to read my thoughts while reading? Let's go!

It starts with her wanting to jump off a building because apparently there was a scandal (though I am sure there is more to it then what we read in this intro), and then her meeting the very hot and sexy (but also cold) Sebastian. Who tells her they are set to get married. Yep, arranged marriage time~

Awww, see I knew there was more to it, but that she cannot tell the truth. :( I hope that as the story continues she is able to voice what happened, and I hope that she is able to confide in Sebastian. That would be very nice.

He gives her sweet compliments, and then ends with: "I wish we met a different way." Aww, that is pretty sweet. He wants to have a chance with her.

*snorts* Um.. That newspaper title is a bit off.. "Ariadne, Adoptive daughter of shipping company, engaged to Demetri Spiros." Now I know we have anime about shipgirls, but this is taking it a bit too far? :P

We get a bit of a backstory on Ariadne, but once again, much to my chagrin, we don't get to see what truly happened on that wedding day. Tell us already! I know we are only 24 pages in, but come on, all this teasing and hinting is getting annoying.

Wow, her uncle and aunt are pretty heartless. Instead of sticking to her side, they just kick her out and throw her for some random dude? What the hell?

*snorts* Wow, that is a pretty big bitch move. So you are marrying him.. so you get your money? Because boohoo, you have no money and instead of thinking of getting a job you instantly think of the inheritance. Girl. I had thought you were better than this. But I am at least glad that she is honest about it with Sebastian, I would have disliked her further for this if she hadn't told him about it. I did have a laugh that they both were attracted to each other. At least that spark is there, now they just need to unfake this marriage.

And there is the wedding night. Well, it wasn't with a complete stranger as I thought it would be from the title. OK, it has only been two days, but given the title I had thought they only knew each other for a few hours or maybe not even that.

FINALLY! After all that hinting and teasing we find out what happened during the wedding day and what Ariadne saw. Dang, I can imagine she was shocked. And Demetri was a true dick then that he did that. :| Not classy dude, not classy at all.

Awww, I just loved the moments they were together after the wedding happened. They really have a click and I just LOVE the sparks flying around when they are together.

But I knew that there would be drama and tension soon, and there it is! Dang, Demetri, I already hated your guts but doing that to your ex after all that crap? Wow... Holy fuck by the way, he went way way too far. <spoiler> He just let's her be almost raped by two dudes, and it is only thanks to Sebastian that she gets saved. On that note, I thought Sebastian was just a normal dude who did things with satellites? But suddenly he got two tough dudes and guns? Holy what? Also I am sure that Demetri will be back, sadly. </spoiler>

We find out what Sebastian's secrets are and my heart broke for both him and Ariadne. Ariadne because she knows she has to compete (that is how it feels) with that person, and knowing that sometimes he leaves her for that person. However, I wished she had talked to him instead of doing what she did now, it just didn't make sense and seemed silly. Plus, given the whole Demetri situation it also seemed dumb that she would just go out alone without any protection. :|

Oh my, that changes some things to the situation. Though still I would have liked her to at least have stayed somewhere safe.

Awww! That scene was just so gorgeously done, great job artist!

I am glad with that talk, and also the explanation on how things earlier got changed. Go go Sebastian, that guy is amazing.

Also I laughed so much when the aunt and uncle visited and dearest aunt found out certain things. Oh, man, that guy is sleeping on the couch for the next weeks.

Awwww, that ending it had me in tears. How lovely! How sweet! It was just perfect, and we also get an explanation on why Sebastian went to the attic. That explains a lot, I can now imagine why he did that. I would have done the same thing in his shoes.

All in all, a lovely manga with a couple that was just too adorable together, they had such amazing chemistry. Sure, there were some parts that had me rolling my eyes or that had me cringing, but for most of this book I was just rooting for these two to be together. I also loved the story about Ariadne, not this one but in mythology. The sex scenes were just perfect, though maybe a few too many flowers for me. The art was really good!

I have mixed feelings about this story. The good parts are the Australian setting, the twisted plot and the pretty faces. On the other hand, I found the characters over-the-top dramatic, they focus on beauty as a reason for acting on important matters, and the overall impression I got was of sexism and old-fashioned values.

I liked the fake marriage that it's heightened by a couple of mysteries, one of which turned out to be quite agressive. In general, most of the characters show a mercenary behaviour that crossed the line of immoral and illegal.

I did like that the female characer grew in maturity in the end which is, of course, romantic as well. I enjoyed the story somewhat, but it's still weirdly mysoginistic and flippant.

The pictures are good, but the male character has very sharp features and when they all yell, the mouths appear scarily big :-D

After Ariadne's parents’ death, she was adopted by her uncle and aunt. She never once doubted their love, so she’s shocked and betrayed when her uncle kicks her out of his house and tells her to marry a Greek entrepreneur. Heartbroken, Ariadne meets the stranger who will soon be her husband. He’s more beautiful than she could have imagined, but his eyes are as cold as ice.

A marriage of convenience turns into a heart-melting journey to self-discovery for Ariadne and the prize at the end is a love that she did not dare hope for. Highly recommended.

This contemporary romance is heavily influenced by Greek myths. There is lots of drama and tears. The relationship is lusty, there is a kidnapping with attempted rape, a jilting at the altar, homosexuality, and dead parents. Oddly, cell phones aren't used much yet there are satellites.

While I enjoyed reading this and thought the art was pretty, it was too dramatic for me. The art has random flowers bursting all over. The situation that leads to the hasty marriage was a bit shaky but maybe it works for some because millions of dollars are involved.

I received this free ARC from Netgalley.