Review: Rosenfeld by Maya Kessler

Rosenfeld by Maya Kessler

Blurb from Goodreads:

A brazenly sexy and scathingly candid novel about a white-hot relationship and the two intractable characters who emerge from it transformed. Noa Simon is a thirty-six-year-old filmmaker who knows what she wants when she sees it, and when she meets Teddy Rosenfeld, an antagonistic, older CEO, she goes for the jugular. An electrifying encounter in a bathroom stall after their first meeting only serves to whet Noa’s appetite, and despite Teddy’s subsequent rejections, she is exhilarated by the challenge—and by her own insatiability. In her first power play, she takes a job at his office, setting up a battle of the wills that Teddy proves unable to resist. Their ravenous, volatile romance will ultimately unearth difficult secrets from both of their pasts, and finally force Noa to reckon with her deepest desires and most destructive impulses. Written with visceral intensity and voyeuristic precision, Rosenfeld is a propulsive tale of sexual abandon that titillates and interrogates in equal measure.

 I liked the beginning quarter of this but then it just seemed dramatic and overblown for its own sake.  It was also WAY, way too long.  The same thing just kept happening over and over and I was so bored. I almost wish this were a novella with just the beginning because it was intriguing and mysterious at first.  Hope you have better luck!

Rosenfeld comes out next week on November 19, 2024 and you can purchase HERE.  

He's sitting by one of the white tables on the lawn, talking to his business partner. They laugh at something, but stop when everyone's asked to quiet down. The lighting dims and he watches the movie projected on the screen by the stage. Up until that moment, he has no idea that there's such a thing as me. Up until that moment, I have no idea that there's such a thing as him. But we're soon to find out.