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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Brinkley has worked at Heartbreak for Hire for 2 years, ever since she went through a terrible breakup. She loves getting revenge for her clients and sticking it to men who remind her of her ex. Then, girl meets boy. Mark is one of Brinkley’s targets before he suddenly shows up as her new co-worker at Heartbreak for Hire.
As a counselor, I enjoyed the psychology talk and felt the academic sabotaging (though for me on a smaller scale).
I loved Mark and was rooting hard for him. He was sensitive and kind and extremely patient with Brinkley. Like most romance novels, Brinkley and Mark had unresolved issues they needed to work through in order to make it work.
I couldn’t put this one down and read it in a day. Have you ever picked up some ARCs, and they just didn’t feel like a real book? This one wasn’t like that. This felt solid to me.
What I didn’t love were the intense sex scenes. I’m no prude, but these scenes went from 0 to 100 REAL QUICK. Some of the dirty talk made me cringe because it seemed so out of character.
Lastly, the ending just felt a little rushed.
Thanks, Netgalley, for the ARC.
3.75/5
A smart, sexy, and witty romantic comedy—perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne—about a twentysomething who lives out every woman’s fantasy: getting paid to give men who do us wrong a taste of their own medicine.
Brinkley Saunders is the female character I want most to be. I loved getting to live in her brain and see her grow as a character over the book. Her life seems pretty idyllic, but it's far from what it appears. We've all had moments where we wanted revenge on someone and Brinkley gets to live that out. Her relationship with her former mark will keep you on your toes.
This is more than the workplace rom-com I was looking for. It has family, and friend drama in addition to the standard work drama. Heartbreak for Hire is a secret service that specializes in revenge for jilted lovers, frenemies, and long-suffering coworkers with a little cash to spare and a man who needs to be taken down a notch.
What's always been a woman-only office is about to change as Brinkley's boss announces she’s hiring male heartbreakers for the first time, and one of the new hires is a former mark it turns everything on its head.
Heartbreak for Hire was such a good book, as soon as I finished it I went back to some of my favorite parts. This was my first book by Sonia Hartl and I really enjoyed the pacing, plot, and characters,
Brinkley Saunders is the female character I want most to be. I loved getting to live in her brain and see her grow as a character over the book. Her life seems pretty idyllic, but it's far from what it appears. We've all had moments where we wanted revenge on someone and Brinkley gets to live that out. Her relationship with her former mark will keep you on your toes.
This is more than the workplace rom-com I was looking for. It has family, and friend drama in addition to the standard work drama. Heartbreak for Hire is a secret service that specializes in revenge for jilted lovers, frenemies, and long-suffering coworkers with a little cash to spare and a man who needs to be taken down a notch.
What's always been a woman-only office is about to change as Brinkley's boss announces she’s hiring male heartbreakers for the first time, and one of the new hires is a former mark it turns everything on its head.
Heartbreak for Hire was such a good book, as soon as I finished it I went back to some of my favorite parts. This was my first book by Sonia Hartl and I really enjoyed the pacing, plot, and characters,
Hiring a woman to seek revenge against the man who has wronged you , a novel idea and one that is explored in Heartbreak for Hire. Brinkley was wronged by her previous boyfriend, which led her to her current job working for Heartbreak for Hire, where she specializes in taking down men with big ego’s. The job isn’t always pretty, but after years on the job, Brinkley is forced to see that not all the men she is hired to take down are the villains they are made out to be… one may even be her knight in shining armor.
The book had some unexpected spice and a likeable love interest that makes the reader root for the couple, as a Brinkley works on her issues with men and tries to open up again. She learns revenge isn’t the only thing that she was looking for .
** I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review
The book had some unexpected spice and a likeable love interest that makes the reader root for the couple, as a Brinkley works on her issues with men and tries to open up again. She learns revenge isn’t the only thing that she was looking for .
** I received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review
Firstly, CW: gaslighting, neglectful parent, abusive relationship, abuse of power, hate of a specific group of people
I have not been this angry with a book in a long time. It has made me so mad that articulating my thoughts about it is really hard.
Brinkley and Markus are thrown together into an unusual work situation, where they humiliate “mean guys” after Mark was one of Brinkley’s marks. As far as awkward meet-cutes go, this one is the strangest. She thinks he’s the scum of the earth, he thinks her name is Anna. But they overcome their “differences” and finger-blast like bunnies because he is so hot.
There are so many “bad guys” in this book. Some of them are intentional, but others are insidious mentions that are hard to discern as the feeling of the character or the author herself. There is toxicity in Brinkley’s previous romantic relationship. Her absolute lack of communication and abuse cycle with her mother and her Bond-villain-level bad-bitch-boss are just the tips of the turd mountain that is the backdrop of this romantic comedy? (Is that even possible?)
There is judgment and shame in pursuing the arts, in choosing a career that is not academically driven, there is also a dumpster fire’s worth of hate on Academia (academics are not without faults, but maybe not so blanketly bad?), there is gaslighting from everyone!
I had hoped to escape into a fun world and instead ended up screaming in frustration at the harm I think this book can cause if someone is not careful in how they read it.
I have not been this angry with a book in a long time. It has made me so mad that articulating my thoughts about it is really hard.
Brinkley and Markus are thrown together into an unusual work situation, where they humiliate “mean guys” after Mark was one of Brinkley’s marks. As far as awkward meet-cutes go, this one is the strangest. She thinks he’s the scum of the earth, he thinks her name is Anna. But they overcome their “differences” and finger-blast like bunnies because he is so hot.
There are so many “bad guys” in this book. Some of them are intentional, but others are insidious mentions that are hard to discern as the feeling of the character or the author herself. There is toxicity in Brinkley’s previous romantic relationship. Her absolute lack of communication and abuse cycle with her mother and her Bond-villain-level bad-bitch-boss are just the tips of the turd mountain that is the backdrop of this romantic comedy? (Is that even possible?)
There is judgment and shame in pursuing the arts, in choosing a career that is not academically driven, there is also a dumpster fire’s worth of hate on Academia (academics are not without faults, but maybe not so blanketly bad?), there is gaslighting from everyone!
I had hoped to escape into a fun world and instead ended up screaming in frustration at the harm I think this book can cause if someone is not careful in how they read it.
This was a fun and sexy story.
I really enjoyed the meet-cute/build of the relationship between Brinkley and Mark. I liked how they supported each other’s passions and helped each other realized their dreams.
Overall, a quick read with an interesting premise. There were a few elements that just fell off and didn’t need to be included at all. But the core of the story evolved well.
{cw -gaslighting/emotional abuse (in both romantic relationship and by boss)}
I really enjoyed the meet-cute/build of the relationship between Brinkley and Mark. I liked how they supported each other’s passions and helped each other realized their dreams.
Overall, a quick read with an interesting premise. There were a few elements that just fell off and didn’t need to be included at all. But the core of the story evolved well.
{cw -gaslighting/emotional abuse (in both romantic relationship and by boss)}
This book is such a great enemies to lovers story. Really a great light fall read!
Great recommendation for your friend who loves both a great love story and horrible guys getting their hearts crushed.
I really hope this author explores the other heartbreaker’s stories in future books!
Great recommendation for your friend who loves both a great love story and horrible guys getting their hearts crushed.
I really hope this author explores the other heartbreaker’s stories in future books!
Spoilers, all spoilers.
Brinkley works for a secret company that takes cash only to "ruin" men who have wronged others. There's different divisions, but only one woman working in each division. Brinkley is in "ego" and is a "master" at taking egotistical men down a few pegs (or ruining their career). Or so we are told.
Brinkley joined this job because of huge mommy issues, dropping out of her graduate school program, and not being ready or willing to take a leap on her painting. All she really wants is "a gallery" for her career. Sure.
But of course, when she's sent on the first mission we go along with her on, she fails and gets some oral instead because the mark is just her type and they have sparks. Sure. Okay. But, before she can come she gets outta dodge and hides behind a dumpster because what is she doing!? I'm also thinking this by the by.
Turns out dude is just a Nice Guy because the woman who hired the H4H is truly the villain here (good job vetting clients???) and Mark is just trying to get his foot in the door at Northwestern University as a professor, because that is all HIS grandfather ever wanted for him.
Oh, and now Mark is working for H4H because the evil CEO who someone in my book club described as being just like the evil pink wearing teacher from Harry Potter, has decided to now hire men for the business. And Mark, despite just being a "failed mark," is now Brinkley's underling.
What?? Why??
Of course Brinkley has already fallen for Mark - all the why bickering and fighting, and he is apparently the bees knees, and she worries about ethics all of a sudden while also getting a bar to chant "Little D*ck" at a shitty guy for "revenge" and another crowd chanting "Finger Butt" at another shitty man. Is Brinkley good at this job? seems to me she just throws lame and offensive names out there and is chaos in each situation.
Anyway, I do not get what this book was trying to do. All Brinkley wants is her gallery, on her own merit. That doesn't happen (on her own merit), and I never get why Mark would actually be in love with her, or frankly really anything about him.
There's also a shitty mom subplot, a sperm donor subplot, and oops I wrote a a secret article about your shifty "job" subplot, and well, I just didn't like any of it at all. Also, if your cat doesn't like wearing sweaters and attacks you all the time, that isn't a good thing?? And if the cat scratches you and hisses at you because it is forced to wear a sweater vest for the grovel, well, why are you torturing the pet?
anyway, what a ride that was, and I AM excited to talk about it at book club.
Somewhere I read a review calling this "charming" and pft, no.
Brinkley works for a secret company that takes cash only to "ruin" men who have wronged others. There's different divisions, but only one woman working in each division. Brinkley is in "ego" and is a "master" at taking egotistical men down a few pegs (or ruining their career). Or so we are told.
Brinkley joined this job because of huge mommy issues, dropping out of her graduate school program, and not being ready or willing to take a leap on her painting. All she really wants is "a gallery" for her career. Sure.
But of course, when she's sent on the first mission we go along with her on, she fails and gets some oral instead because the mark is just her type and they have sparks. Sure. Okay. But, before she can come she gets outta dodge and hides behind a dumpster because what is she doing!? I'm also thinking this by the by.
Turns out dude is just a Nice Guy because the woman who hired the H4H is truly the villain here (good job vetting clients???) and Mark is just trying to get his foot in the door at Northwestern University as a professor, because that is all HIS grandfather ever wanted for him.
Oh, and now Mark is working for H4H because the evil CEO who someone in my book club described as being just like the evil pink wearing teacher from Harry Potter, has decided to now hire men for the business. And Mark, despite just being a "failed mark," is now Brinkley's underling.
What?? Why??
Of course Brinkley has already fallen for Mark - all the why bickering and fighting, and he is apparently the bees knees, and she worries about ethics all of a sudden while also getting a bar to chant "Little D*ck" at a shitty guy for "revenge" and another crowd chanting "Finger Butt" at another shitty man. Is Brinkley good at this job? seems to me she just throws lame and offensive names out there and is chaos in each situation.
Anyway, I do not get what this book was trying to do. All Brinkley wants is her gallery, on her own merit. That doesn't happen (on her own merit), and I never get why Mark would actually be in love with her, or frankly really anything about him.
There's also a shitty mom subplot, a sperm donor subplot, and oops I wrote a a secret article about your shifty "job" subplot, and well, I just didn't like any of it at all. Also, if your cat doesn't like wearing sweaters and attacks you all the time, that isn't a good thing?? And if the cat scratches you and hisses at you because it is forced to wear a sweater vest for the grovel, well, why are you torturing the pet?
anyway, what a ride that was, and I AM excited to talk about it at book club.
Somewhere I read a review calling this "charming" and pft, no.