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carleneinspired's review
1.0
Olivia Calloway hasn't had success with any of her business ventures and she's tired of watching her trust fund money wither away. She's giving herself two months to take a temporary position and start another new business of her own. But being a secretary to Garrett Emerson isn't as easy as it looks when you're a clumsy fool who happens to have the hots for your boss. She's put to the test, both at work and in her possible relationship, when she has to plan the company's New Years Eve party.
I don't know what other people read, but I read an extremely confusing, short romantic comedy. I expected a lot more from it, I actually liked it at first, and then things just sort of went downhill. I never felt like I got to know the characters, though I think I would have liked them both if I had. I also never understood their immediate draw to one another, but maybe that's due to the jumping around timeline. What could have been a great story, starting in October sometime and ending after New Years, started in October, jumped a month ahead, somehow skipped weeks entirely, and just ended. I would much prefer to see this in the form of a Hallmark movie.
I don't know what other people read, but I read an extremely confusing, short romantic comedy. I expected a lot more from it, I actually liked it at first, and then things just sort of went downhill. I never felt like I got to know the characters, though I think I would have liked them both if I had. I also never understood their immediate draw to one another, but maybe that's due to the jumping around timeline. What could have been a great story, starting in October sometime and ending after New Years, started in October, jumped a month ahead, somehow skipped weeks entirely, and just ended. I would much prefer to see this in the form of a Hallmark movie.
capa105's review
2.0
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I received an eArc from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I read this book on the day that I got to South Korea, by then I was severely sleep deprived, but I got through the book pretty quickly in a few hours – I blame the hotel and the fact that they didn’t have my room ready by the time I got in.
This was a fun and light read, and honestly that’s the most I can say in favor of this book: it’s fun, light, easy to read.
The writing is easy enough to get through, but I did find a lot of inconsistencies. At first I thought “well, Cristina, maybe you’re reading things wrong because you haven’t slept in 48 hours…“, but nop, it was not my mistake. The timeline is a bit messed up between Olivia and Garrett’s point of views.
The characters are fun and light as well, but it’s a case of sort of insta-love, and there isn’t much character or relationship development and that was a real shame. We do see Olivia bonding with Garrett’s daughter, and sure, that is taken into account, but at the end of the day it doesn’t go much deeper than that.
The plot reads like a simple TV movie rom-com – fun, light and perfect for a lazy sunday. I found the ending quite hard to swallow really, and if you’ve read this you probably understand why.
To sum it up, it was an alright read, you should give it a go if you like fun, light romances, without much plot. As I said, perfect for a lazy sunday… ;-)
Rating: 2.3 Stars
I received an eArc from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I read this book on the day that I got to South Korea, by then I was severely sleep deprived, but I got through the book pretty quickly in a few hours – I blame the hotel and the fact that they didn’t have my room ready by the time I got in.
This was a fun and light read, and honestly that’s the most I can say in favor of this book: it’s fun, light, easy to read.
The writing is easy enough to get through, but I did find a lot of inconsistencies. At first I thought “well, Cristina, maybe you’re reading things wrong because you haven’t slept in 48 hours…“, but nop, it was not my mistake. The timeline is a bit messed up between Olivia and Garrett’s point of views.
The characters are fun and light as well, but it’s a case of sort of insta-love, and there isn’t much character or relationship development and that was a real shame. We do see Olivia bonding with Garrett’s daughter, and sure, that is taken into account, but at the end of the day it doesn’t go much deeper than that.
The plot reads like a simple TV movie rom-com – fun, light and perfect for a lazy sunday. I found the ending quite hard to swallow really, and if you’ve read this you probably understand why.
To sum it up, it was an alright read, you should give it a go if you like fun, light romances, without much plot. As I said, perfect for a lazy sunday… ;-)
Rating: 2.3 Stars
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