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calicat42's review
challenging
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I really struggled with the rating. I LOVED the little mystery side plot that was happening, and honestly wish that was the focus of the book! I was much more invested in that storyline! Unfortunately, the toxicity in the relationship was a bit too romanticized for me. Also, I hate rich guys who think that they are entitled to the world just because of their status and power. Nothing romantic about that!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Car accident
l_piller's review
emotional
funny
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
Graphic: Sexual content
andra_k's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
jmyers1's review
I just could not finish this book. It started off strong, and I liked the idea but I could not bring myself to keep going. I thought it was poorly written, the scene changes were confusing and I could not bring myself to like the characters. Not only were they both unbelievably toxic, they acted like bratty teenagers. I could not figure out if they even liked each other and their actions just didn't make sense. One minute he was at her door acting like the worlds best boyfriend, the next they seemed to hate eachother? Within the first few chapters, there was stalking and harassment in the workplace and I was at the point where it was making me uncomfortable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Stalking
adriology's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
lifeofchrstnlvly's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Wow. This book was bad! There was a plot, but it was so bad. It was a mess. Most of the things that happened didn't make sense (one example: Jameson sees Emily as a f**k buddy, but he woke up one morning and decided she was the one. Now I know this happens in real life, but for them, it was too convenient just to keep the plot going. They didn't even know each other that much and now you're telling me you are suddenly in love and you want to marry her?).
Jameson and Emily were stuck in an endless loop of sleeping together, then Emily finds something to get mad about, then sleeping together, then Emily finds something to be mad about, then repeat. I lost count how long this went on.
Emily was the most annoying FMC I ever read. She was in her 20s, but she kept acting like a high schooler. It was a pain knowing her thoughts, because it was to childish. As for Jameson, I don't know why someone would fall in love with him. During one of their conversations, Jameson found out Emily sometimes have her food delivered. He was flabbergasted because he thought she should not let other people touch her food. What if they put drugs in her food causing her to pass out and sleep without any idea to what's happening? What if the delivery person comes back to Emily's house and r**e her? Why was this Jameson's line of thinking, you ask? Because, and I quote, "If I were a rapist, that's what I would do." Yup, straight from Jameson's mouth.
Listen, every time I read romance books, I leave my morals out the door, lock myself inside the book's universe, and read. I'm used to reading books with loose morals and I'm not a prude when it comes to this (I read the Cat & Mouse duet and I didn't have a problem with Zade). But what Jameson said was a huge red flag. Why would you even write that?! Why would you let your character "fall in love" (in quotations because honestly, they weren't really in love - they were just in lust) with someone who thinks like that? At this point, I just pitied the characters who were left in the hands of this author.
They fight over the smallest things. They make a big deal out of everything, especially Emily. One frown from Jameson makes her think that he hates him. Are they really in their 20s and 30s? So childish and immature.
I'm not against the grumpy/sunshine and boss/employee tropes (I loved the Dreamland billionaire series), but it was overdone in this book. Also, why was it so long? It didn't need to be 500+ pages. The third act breakup was thrown to the readers just so there will be tension.
If you haven't guessed it already, this is a 1 star read. If I could give a 0 star rating, I would, but the lowest rating I give to any book as bad as this is 1 star since I still give credit to authors who write books (even if their works are so freaking bad).
Jameson and Emily were stuck in an endless loop of sleeping together, then Emily finds something to get mad about, then sleeping together, then Emily finds something to be mad about, then repeat. I lost count how long this went on.
Emily was the most annoying FMC I ever read. She was in her 20s, but she kept acting like a high schooler. It was a pain knowing her thoughts, because it was to childish. As for Jameson, I don't know why someone would fall in love with him. During one of their conversations, Jameson found out Emily sometimes have her food delivered. He was flabbergasted because he thought she should not let other people touch her food. What if they put drugs in her food causing her to pass out and sleep without any idea to what's happening? What if the delivery person comes back to Emily's house and r**e her? Why was this Jameson's line of thinking, you ask? Because, and I quote, "If I were a rapist, that's what I would do." Yup, straight from Jameson's mouth.
Listen, every time I read romance books, I leave my morals out the door, lock myself inside the book's universe, and read. I'm used to reading books with loose morals and I'm not a prude when it comes to this (I read the Cat & Mouse duet and I didn't have a problem with Zade). But what Jameson said was a huge red flag. Why would you even write that?! Why would you let your character "fall in love" (in quotations because honestly, they weren't really in love - they were just in lust) with someone who thinks like that? At this point, I just pitied the characters who were left in the hands of this author.
They fight over the smallest things. They make a big deal out of everything, especially Emily. One frown from Jameson makes her think that he hates him. Are they really in their 20s and 30s? So childish and immature.
I'm not against the grumpy/sunshine and boss/employee tropes (I loved the Dreamland billionaire series), but it was overdone in this book. Also, why was it so long? It didn't need to be 500+ pages. The third act breakup was thrown to the readers just so there will be tension.
If you haven't guessed it already, this is a 1 star read. If I could give a 0 star rating, I would, but the lowest rating I give to any book as bad as this is 1 star since I still give credit to authors who write books (even if their works are so freaking bad).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Infidelity and Rape
unusablebooklore's review
emotional
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.0
Well this book hit me out of nowhere. I felt like some how I missed all the hubbub about it online. Going into it I had no expectations. To be honest I was thinking it would be another series where I would read book one and abandon the rest.
Boy was I wrong. I'm now deeply invested in (...almost) all of the Miles brothers lives.
Don't avoid this book. The MC are flawed, and at times will have you face palming, but in the end smokin' hot together and their story is wonderful. The novel does a fantastic job setting up the world surrounding Miles Media and drags you in.
Boy was I wrong. I'm now deeply invested in (...almost) all of the Miles brothers lives.
Don't avoid this book. The MC are flawed, and at times will have you face palming, but in the end smokin' hot together and their story is wonderful. The novel does a fantastic job setting up the world surrounding Miles Media and drags you in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism and Infidelity
amberlinanderson's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Things I liked:
The storyline in general.
There were parts that made me laugh out loud.
There were parts that were really hot.
Things I didn’t like:
Jameson called Emily a bitch way too many times.
The fact that they went from loving each other to hating each other every single day that they were together until the last chapter. The toxicity of this relationship is not for me.
I enjoyed Aaron and Molly’s side stories (until Aaron’s got just as annoying as Emily’s), but we received no closure. Those loose ends were not tied up. I’m hoping that gets rectified in the following books. I’m planning to give book #2 a try at least, but if it’s the same dynamic, unfortunately I’ll have to stop there.
This is meant to be an age gap book, but Jameson acts like he’s a 20 year old man child, so there’s that.
The storyline in general.
There were parts that made me laugh out loud.
There were parts that were really hot.
Things I didn’t like:
Jameson called Emily a bitch way too many times.
The fact that they went from loving each other to hating each other every single day that they were together until the last chapter. The toxicity of this relationship is not for me.
I enjoyed Aaron and Molly’s side stories (until Aaron’s got just as annoying as Emily’s), but we received no closure. Those loose ends were not tied up. I’m hoping that gets rectified in the following books. I’m planning to give book #2 a try at least, but if it’s the same dynamic, unfortunately I’ll have to stop there.
This is meant to be an age gap book, but Jameson acts like he’s a 20 year old man child, so there’s that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
sami_leigh's review
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
“But it was the way you kissed me that I remember the most.”
My eyes searched his. “How did I kiss you?”
“Like you’d been waiting your whole life to kiss me.”
🗞️ Dual POV
🗞️ Quick read
🗞️ One-night-stand
🗞️ Billionaire brothers; World’s leading media company
🗞️ Workplace romance (it turns out he’s her new boss 😱)
🗞️ Forced proximity
🗞️ Brute/possessive male MC
🗞️ ‘Touch her and I will kill you’ vibes
🗞️ Some personal growth in MCs; some healthy boundaries & communication established
🗞️ In a few instances, women are named a ‘bitch’, ‘bimbo’, or other derogatory terms, based on snap judgements & appearance.
🗞️ Spicy 🥵
This book is available on Kindle Unlimited and Audible Plus.
⚠️ Minor violence, toxic relationship.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Violence and Toxic relationship