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amyreadsandsails's review
5.0
mf - contemporary romance - moderate steam - white MCs - pov: first dual - best friends series - celebrity - child free - class gap - enemies to lovers - forced proximity - found family - opposites attract - villains and morally gray MMC - wealth - workplace - hea: >!child-free!<. This undercover boss setup was great and I love Annika Martin’s endings. I wasn’t sure how she was going to pull it off but she did. I found the workplace found family very satisfying and there were several beautiful lines that I highlighted.
smalltownbookmom's review against another edition
4.0
My first by Annika Martin and even though it was book seven in her Billionaires of Manhattan series, it definitely worked just fine as a standalone. Great on audio, this was a hilarious (and surprisingly VERY steamy) workplace romcom. 10/10 recommend!!
simply_shannon's review
5.0
Butt Dialing a Billionaire by Annika Martin is light romantic comedy that follows Jada, is a straight up goody-two shoes. She is a hardworking, sassy, and feisty, fashion designer at a failing company and Jaxon (aka Jack Smith), an ex- Formula One Racer, bad boy billionaire, with a stick up his butt. He just so happens to inherit the company Jada works for, following the death of his parents.
Jaxon, makes a speech to the company, via speakerphone, in regards to the current situation and how they will move forward. Shortly after, he hears someone mocking him. After accidentally butt-dial Jaxon, Jada and her “work family” create a pact that no one talks about the butt-dial, so Jada doesnt get fired. Jaxon, goes on a manhunt to find the butt-dialer and get revenge. He decides to go all “undercover boss” with a terrible 90’s makeover and starts working at the company.
The book is an office romance, enemies to lover, slow burn with a hidden identity. Jada and Jaxon can’t stand each other at first but they slowly develop a connection.
Check out this book on October 11th! Available on KU, Nook Books, Apple Books and Kobo.
I RECEIVED AN ADVANCED READERS COPY FOR FREE! I AM LEAVING THIS HONEST REVIEW VOLUNTARILY
Jaxon, makes a speech to the company, via speakerphone, in regards to the current situation and how they will move forward. Shortly after, he hears someone mocking him. After accidentally butt-dial Jaxon, Jada and her “work family” create a pact that no one talks about the butt-dial, so Jada doesnt get fired. Jaxon, goes on a manhunt to find the butt-dialer and get revenge. He decides to go all “undercover boss” with a terrible 90’s makeover and starts working at the company.
The book is an office romance, enemies to lover, slow burn with a hidden identity. Jada and Jaxon can’t stand each other at first but they slowly develop a connection.
Check out this book on October 11th! Available on KU, Nook Books, Apple Books and Kobo.
I RECEIVED AN ADVANCED READERS COPY FOR FREE! I AM LEAVING THIS HONEST REVIEW VOLUNTARILY
ellenmlittle's review
I absolutely detest the MMC. He has literally nothing compelling about him, and I don’t even care to learn about the tragic backstory that makes him such an asshat. Could not finish. I’ve read 3 other books in this series and really liked them! I have no complaints about the writing or the plot, they both seem fun, but I could not get over how repulsive I found Jaxon.
halffast's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars rounded down for GR. A CEO goes into his workplace "Undercover Boss" style to find an employee who made fun of him. This premise was really fun and there was an interesting deeper plot about saving the company that I enjoyed. I also liked Jaxon's character development arc. However I struggled to connect with the heroine, Jada, and I cringed thinking about her making out with Jaxon while he had a giant fake mole on his face. Audiobook narrators both did a great job.
threeundertwopnw's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
An absolute delight. This author strikes a great balance between the inner voices of each character. Funny, sweet, and sexy.
winterreader40's review
4.0
3.5 stars
Jaxon's parents die in a plane crash and the company goes to him but he just wants to sell it and get away from anything his family had to do with, he's talked into waiting to keep the market from crashing and he reads a horribly pretentious speech that sounds like something his father would have said.
Jada's workplace is being run into the ground by an incompetent jerk and when they are called in to listen to this horrible speech from the new company owner, she snaps and starts making fun of him until she realizes that someone butt-dialed him and he heard everything.
Jaxon decides to hunt down the butt dialer because that's what spoiled/bored rich boys do and in the process becomes a functional human being. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the rest of the series mostly because of how they kept treating Jaxon while he was undercover, it seemed like a childish reaction from a group of adults, but otherwise this was good.
Jaxon's parents die in a plane crash and the company goes to him but he just wants to sell it and get away from anything his family had to do with, he's talked into waiting to keep the market from crashing and he reads a horribly pretentious speech that sounds like something his father would have said.
Jada's workplace is being run into the ground by an incompetent jerk and when they are called in to listen to this horrible speech from the new company owner, she snaps and starts making fun of him until she realizes that someone butt-dialed him and he heard everything.
Jaxon decides to hunt down the butt dialer because that's what spoiled/bored rich boys do and in the process becomes a functional human being. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the rest of the series mostly because of how they kept treating Jaxon while he was undercover, it seemed like a childish reaction from a group of adults, but otherwise this was good.
tlea's review
4.0
This is the first time I've read anything from this author and I had no idea that it was part of a series. I have to admit that it took me most of the book to start liking Jaxon/Jack. From spoilt, entitled rich guy to a man who actually cares was perhaps too long a journey and I can understand why other reviewers were turned off. Maybe because I haven't read any of the other books, but I was willing to go with it while I would have liked Jaxon's change of heart to come sooner, I quite enjoyed the story. Once the truth was revealed to Jada, I quite liked the interaction between Jaxon and Jada, but for most of the story Jaxon is an emotionally stunned ***hole. I would have liked more interaction with Jenny as a counterpoint, but overall I liked this story enough to probably read more from this author.
sarahcophagus's review
3.0
There's something unique about Annika Martin's billionaire series vs other billionaire romances, besides the wacky theatrical set ups. I think nearly all of them are asshole, jaded, misanthropes and these books go out of their way to show the soul cost of maintaining billions of dollars vs it being solely a perk. Money is a corrupting influence, especially over a certain threshold. This one in particular was very good at highlighting how out of touch Jack was with day to day operations of regular people (trace my foot, peasant!). It was annoying, and fairly off putting to read, which made my opinion of the book suffer overall, but I still really enjoy that aspect that keeps the billionaire trope relatively fresh.