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smiley_kylie's review
4.0
This is a great book if you're looking to scratch that itch for a quick, cute romance novel with some tropical vacation vibes. Henley and Graeme are both up for a promotion with their small cruise line company. They are given an assignment to go on a company cruise to the Galapagos and draft a proposal to boost bookings. The person with the best proposal gets promoted, so the fierce and flirty competition commences.
The writing is immersive, and I really enjoyed the setting and the variety of characters. Henley kind of rubbed me the wrong way for a good part of the book, but I liked her better as the story went on. The romance is fun, though it did ride the line between clean/spicy a little more than I thought it would based on reviews I saw.
Overall, I had fun with this read, and liked how everything came together in the end!
Read it for:
💙 Frienemies to Lovers
💚 Workplace Romance
💙 Tropical Cruise Vibes
💚 Sister Relationship
⚠️: occasional language, steamy kisses, innuendo, *almost* and implied spicy
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Vomit
reading_withphoebe's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent
Minor: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit
divine529's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I'm obsessed with this book. Everything about this resonated with me and I loved every second of it. It's been a long time since I read a book I didn't want to put down, and this book fit that bill perfectly.
As much as I love romance plots, I don't read many books from that genre and I find that I can be picky. This book checked every box for me.
This follows our main protagonist, Henley Rose Evans, a 20 year-old who works for a cruise company in the marketing department. She's incredibly driven and eternally stressed out and is up for a promotion. The problem? Her incredibly irritating and good-looking co-worker Graeme is also up for promotion, and Henley will do everything she can to beat him. In the meantime, Henley's sister Walsh is also in town unexpectedly. They all end up going on a cruse to the Galapagos and things kind of go from there.
I couldn't put this book down. From the writing, fun plot and fantastic and relatable characters, it just really resonated with me. Henley and Graeme's whole relationship arc was fantastic and I can see myself in both of the characters in various ways. I adore them both so much. The backdrop of the cruise was also delightful and I loved getting to visit the Galapagos in this. The themes and topics explored were also great: climate change, ecotourism, sexism in the corporate world, harsh judgement when you don't know a person, abusive relationships...all explored in a very poignant way.
All in all, a fantastic read and one I'll definitely reread in the future.
As much as I love romance plots, I don't read many books from that genre and I find that I can be picky. This book checked every box for me.
This follows our main protagonist, Henley Rose Evans, a 20 year-old who works for a cruise company in the marketing department. She's incredibly driven and eternally stressed out and is up for a promotion. The problem? Her incredibly irritating and good-looking co-worker Graeme is also up for promotion, and Henley will do everything she can to beat him. In the meantime, Henley's sister Walsh is also in town unexpectedly. They all end up going on a cruse to the Galapagos and things kind of go from there.
I couldn't put this book down. From the writing, fun plot and fantastic and relatable characters, it just really resonated with me. Henley and Graeme's whole relationship arc was fantastic and I can see myself in both of the characters in various ways. I adore them both so much. The backdrop of the cruise was also delightful and I loved getting to visit the Galapagos in this. The themes and topics explored were also great: climate change, ecotourism, sexism in the corporate world, harsh judgement when you don't know a person, abusive relationships...all explored in a very poignant way.
All in all, a fantastic read and one I'll definitely reread in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
Minor: Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Cursing
apolen's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
Moderate: Grief, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders
vj_thompson's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Overall I really enjoy the story, the plot, and longing romance. I did feel like the author focused a lot on the cruise portion; the Galapagos facts and such. The characters fell flat. The romance portion seemed normal, like the beginning of a relationship. The third act conflict was normal and the ending of the book was cute. This is also a clean romance; no sex scenes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Grief
Minor: Vomit and Animal death
deetabz's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny
Minor: Sexual harassment, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death of parent
luisamw's review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It's such a good book! 😄
It was so funny and I really enjoyed reading it 😄
The book was in every second so so good and there are so many plots. These plots make just so much sense and then you totally understand, why a character was this way, in that situation and that way, in this situation.
In this book there are some sad parts, but these parts are very short and normally I don't like sad parts in books, but somehow Angie Hockman managed to make me like even that moments.
(The following paragraph maybe has a little spoiler... 😬)
I also really enjoyed their connection between Henley and Graeme and that their connection has some time to build up.
The whole book was just a feelgood book and I really really liked it 😄
I definitely will reread this book several times and want to read more of Angie Hockman's books.
Btw: I would be so so happy, if there would be a sequel to this book, that's maybe about Walsh, Christina or Tory 😅 I would buy it immediately
It was so funny and I really enjoyed reading it 😄
The book was in every second so so good and there are so many plots. These plots make just so much sense and then you totally understand, why a character was this way, in that situation and that way, in this situation.
In this book there are some sad parts, but these parts are very short and normally I don't like sad parts in books, but somehow Angie Hockman managed to make me like even that moments.
(The following paragraph maybe has a little spoiler... 😬)
I also really enjoyed their connection between Henley and Graeme and that their connection has some time to build up.
The whole book was just a feelgood book and I really really liked it 😄
I definitely will reread this book several times and want to read more of Angie Hockman's books.
Btw: I would be so so happy, if there would be a sequel to this book, that's maybe about Walsh, Christina or Tory 😅 I would buy it immediately
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness
Minor: Sexism and Emotional abuse
i_kin_cardan's review
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
darbylane's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Vomit
higgidigs's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Vomit