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3.94 AVERAGE
Reread: still loved it, now sad that the Company #3 is on hold indefinitely
Eric and Alex.
There's a lot to unpack here, but it’s all worth it. Hang in there.
He's a professional hockey player for the Brooklyn Bruisers who is injured and potentially coming up on the end of his hockey career. His mom left when he was a kid, and his dad was busy with work. He has friends (his teammates), but he doesn't really form attachments. Overall, he's been so focused on his career that there hasn't been room for anything else in his life.
She's the CEO of her family's company, she’s a tech billionaire, she's pregnant and she may be in danger. She is also friends with the owner of Eric's hockey team. Oh, and she spent part of a summer with Eric when they were kids.
Alex's business is being threatened. Her baby daddy is not a good guy. Max (Eric's brother and part of the family's security business) cons Eric into attending a conference in Hawaii as Alex's fake boyfriend. One thing leads to another and...
Trouble is, we're working with a lot of doubt. Alex is surrounded by people who don't think she can do her job. She doesn't think she can be a good mother based on her role model. She doesn't want to depend on others. And someone keeps dialing up the threat level to her personal safety.
Eric needs to make some important decisions that are going to impact the current season, but may also change the course of his life. But what comes after he hangs up his skates? He doesn't want to join the family business. He might want to do something peripherally related to hockey. But he is first and foremost a hockey player. He loves what he does, and can't imagine his existence without it.
So our two MCs don't really make sense. Alex stubbornly, almost to her own detriment, believes that she has to do everything on her own, that she can't lean on anyone else. And Eric doesn't share what is going on in his head, or try to make Alex a part of his life; he only tries to fulfill needs in her life. Our MCs want and need each other, but don't want to include the other.
The mole is discovered.
The threat to the company isn't really resolved.
Rosemarie is born.
Eric retires from hockey.
HEA. And they learn to live together and with each other? kinda? maybe?
There's a lot to unpack here, but it’s all worth it. Hang in there.
He's a professional hockey player for the Brooklyn Bruisers who is injured and potentially coming up on the end of his hockey career. His mom left when he was a kid, and his dad was busy with work. He has friends (his teammates), but he doesn't really form attachments. Overall, he's been so focused on his career that there hasn't been room for anything else in his life.
She's the CEO of her family's company, she’s a tech billionaire, she's pregnant and she may be in danger. She is also friends with the owner of Eric's hockey team. Oh, and she spent part of a summer with Eric when they were kids.
Alex's business is being threatened. Her baby daddy is not a good guy. Max (Eric's brother and part of the family's security business) cons Eric into attending a conference in Hawaii as Alex's fake boyfriend. One thing leads to another and...
Trouble is, we're working with a lot of doubt. Alex is surrounded by people who don't think she can do her job. She doesn't think she can be a good mother based on her role model. She doesn't want to depend on others. And someone keeps dialing up the threat level to her personal safety.
Eric needs to make some important decisions that are going to impact the current season, but may also change the course of his life. But what comes after he hangs up his skates? He doesn't want to join the family business. He might want to do something peripherally related to hockey. But he is first and foremost a hockey player. He loves what he does, and can't imagine his existence without it.
So our two MCs don't really make sense. Alex stubbornly, almost to her own detriment, believes that she has to do everything on her own, that she can't lean on anyone else. And Eric doesn't share what is going on in his head, or try to make Alex a part of his life; he only tries to fulfill needs in her life. Our MCs want and need each other, but don't want to include the other.
The mole is discovered.
The threat to the company isn't really resolved.
Rosemarie is born.
Eric retires from hockey.
HEA. And they learn to live together and with each other? kinda? maybe?
As much as it pains me to admit it, this book just isn't working for me. I vaguely recall reading a couple of chapters of it closer to when it was originally released and struggled with it then. Unfortunately, I didn't fare any better this time around. The "pregnant with another man's child" thing isn't something I particularly enjoy. I made it somewhere between 40-50% in before deciding I just can't continue on. It's probably more of an "it's not you, it's me" situation than anything else. So far, I have enjoyed every book of Sarina's I've read (which is most of them) but sadly, this one doesn't seem to be a good fit.
Moonlighter is the first book in Sarina Bowen’s new The Company series, and if you've read the Brooklyn Bruisers series and the spin-off Brooklyn series (if you haven't, please do so! I mean hockey players!!) then you're familiar with Alexandra and Eric.
Moonlighter delivered everything I've come to expect when I pick up a Sarina Bowen book, it was packed with humor, banter, and suspense and oh my goodness - fake dating, and one of my favorite tropes - friends to lovers!
Eric and Alex first met as teens and now they come face to face again.
Eric Bayer, an aging hockey player, has to help out his wildly successful brother at "The Company". It's no big deal, he just has to be a fake boyfriend to an old family friend.
Alex is a brilliant CEO, she's powerful and in need of some serious protection from her ex boyfriend and that's where Eric comes in. Alex and Eric have to spend time being a fake couple and well ... You'll just have to read for yourself!
So if you're in the mood for a great story with twists and turns, sexual tension and banter you to read this one!
I can't wait to read more about the Bayer family and The Company
Copy generously provided by the author for an honest and unbiased opinion.
Moonlighter delivered everything I've come to expect when I pick up a Sarina Bowen book, it was packed with humor, banter, and suspense and oh my goodness - fake dating, and one of my favorite tropes - friends to lovers!
Eric and Alex first met as teens and now they come face to face again.
Eric Bayer, an aging hockey player, has to help out his wildly successful brother at "The Company". It's no big deal, he just has to be a fake boyfriend to an old family friend.
Alex is a brilliant CEO, she's powerful and in need of some serious protection from her ex boyfriend and that's where Eric comes in. Alex and Eric have to spend time being a fake couple and well ... You'll just have to read for yourself!
So if you're in the mood for a great story with twists and turns, sexual tension and banter you to read this one!
I can't wait to read more about the Bayer family and The Company
Copy generously provided by the author for an honest and unbiased opinion.
I flew through this one and I absolutely LOVED it.
After reading Eric and Alex's book, I absolutely cannot wait for more from The Company series!
After reading Eric and Alex's book, I absolutely cannot wait for more from The Company series!
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Enjoyed this book a lot, if you are a fan of the Brooklyn Bruisers series, I liked these characters a lot!! Eric and Alex's trip to Hawaii is just a small part of the book. I learned a lot about the Bayer family business. Alex is an admirable character. She and Eric make a cute couple. Eric is exploring other career options as his hockey career winds down due to injury. Alex is fighting the stereotypes of female CEO's and her prototype for an Alexa or Echo for higher wealth clients that promises privacy.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
authors stop mentioning harry pott//er in your books challenge!
very funny* to read a book where heroine is super feminist and then the fact that she'll read these books to her child
very funny* to read a book where heroine is super feminist and then the fact that she'll read these books to her child