The Girlfriend by Abigail Barnette

Unemployed, blacklisted, and pregnant, Sophie Scaife's life is totally upside down. Her relationship with publishing magnate Neil Elwood is on the rocks. Her best friend's career is igniting. And Sophie is afraid she'll make one of the toughest decisions of her life alone... When a devastating diagnosis forces Neil to return to London, Sophie throws caution to the wind to follow her heart across the Atlantic. Keeping a scorching D/s affair as red-hot in sickness as it was in health is a challenge, even for two lovers as inventive as Sophie and Neil. But Sophie is more than willing to try anything her Sir commands, and their fantasies of control become a welcome refuge from the daily stress of illness. While Neil's wealth and privilege make adjusting to her new situation easier, Sophie finds herself rebuilding her life around an uncertain future. And while both of them face the changes between them head-on, they're all too aware that their happiness may be fleeting-and Sophie could lose Neil forever.

Meh. Dropped this for a few months, came back to finish. Not really worth it.

Mild spoilers

The reviews I read for this book are surprising to me and initially I wanted to say something about it, but I changed my mind. However, I will say that I understand why some of the readers have a problem with the book and if you are sensitive to subjects like abortions, threesomes and/or illness, don't read it.

The Girlfriend was an interesting read more than anything. I didn't come across the subject before in a book, so it was definitely new to me. It was interesting to see how Sophie coped with Neil's illness and how he coped as seen by Sophie. I think Abigail Barnette did a great job describing everything.

The book is not perfect, but I wasn't expecting it to be anyway. Even so, my want to read the series wasn't deterred and I am hoping the next one will be more exciting and entertaining.

I am glad Sophie got closer to Emma; for some reason I really like Emma, she's pretty great and has a neat sense of humour. I would have liked to get to know Michael too, I'm sure he's a good fit for Emma, but I would have liked for him to be more present.

All in all it was a good read and I am ready for the next part. If I didn't get it wrong (I only kinda skimmed through the first line of the synopsis) Emir is going to make an appearance in the next book and I'm looking forward to it.