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gillianw's review against another edition
4.0
If you like your books on the charming and funny side, this is the one for you! Even though I didn't get my HEA (it is the first book in a series after all), it didn't leave me frustrated or disappointed - it just left me wanting more. Much more! I hope to read further books from this fabulous author who has managed to give us a heroine who is quirky, smart, interesting and funny. I can't wait for book two!
cadifazio's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
mothercrow's review against another edition
5.0
My cup of tea. Maybe not yours and that’s okay. The lead isn’t badass, strong, gifted, magical, genius, or anything like that, and I appreciated that in this story. I feel like being normal is rare these days. The relationship the two leads create is anything but healthy, however it’s incredibly fun to read, and I loved every bit of it. I’m a sucker for a bad guy in the grey zone. I loved the adventure, and gun fights, and kidnappings, and rescues, and near escapes... all bundled up into a well written, funny, sexy, romantic package. I enjoyed this book wholeheartedly. Bravo Ms. Monk. Very well done indeed.
rellimreads's review against another edition
5.0
Audible.
I read this via KU a few years ago and adored it. Adding Amy McFadden's narration to the mix makes it even better.
Camilla Monk has a totally unique and endearing sense of humor. I couldn't help but embrace the ridiculousness that is Island Chaptal and her captor/protector March. Also, despite this being over-the-top it's also strangely relatable. Entirely from Island's POV - we join her on trying to survive her central but oblivious role in an ongoing mission to recover a diamond her deceased mother hid years ago. March plays the experienced yet OCD ridden assassin. (Think Monk, but with guns.)
Amy McFadden is terrific in this. She provides a full cast of characters from a variety of countries with discernible and consistent voices. Additionally, McFadden also gives each "outtake" from faux romance novels that serve as the intro to every chapter their own unique delivery.
Heads up: This is somewhat a cliffhanger in that there is a complete and enjoyable story here, but there are definitely more adventures to come and the book ends on a bit of a dun, dun, duuunnn...
If you haven’t already - read Camilla Monk’s reviews of her books. They are priceless
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2402072842
I read this via KU a few years ago and adored it. Adding Amy McFadden's narration to the mix makes it even better.
Camilla Monk has a totally unique and endearing sense of humor. I couldn't help but embrace the ridiculousness that is Island Chaptal and her captor/protector March. Also, despite this being over-the-top it's also strangely relatable. Entirely from Island's POV - we join her on trying to survive her central but oblivious role in an ongoing mission to recover a diamond her deceased mother hid years ago. March plays the experienced yet OCD ridden assassin. (Think Monk, but with guns.)
Amy McFadden is terrific in this. She provides a full cast of characters from a variety of countries with discernible and consistent voices. Additionally, McFadden also gives each "outtake" from faux romance novels that serve as the intro to every chapter their own unique delivery.
Heads up: This is somewhat a cliffhanger in that there is a complete and enjoyable story here, but there are definitely more adventures to come and the book ends on a bit of a dun, dun, duuunnn...
If you haven’t already - read Camilla Monk’s reviews of her books. They are priceless
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2402072842
scherkes's review
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
caitybell's review against another edition
5.0
Stop what you are doing. Grab your kindle or nook or phone or tablet. Let me introduce you to your newest binge read, the Spotless series. A perfect blend of contemporary romance, high-stakes action, quirk, and bloody good humor, the Spotless series has bumped its way up to my all-time favorite series list.
Spotless is centered around nerdy 24-year-old Island Chaptal. She's brilliant and unflinching and I absolutely adore her. After getting off work from her job at a tech company, she arrives home only to discover her place clean and tidy--spotless, you might say. As well as a very attractive and dangerous-looking intruder. March, the suit-clad, murder gloves on, man wastes no time in telling her that he's an assassin and is there to kill her--unless she tells him where the diamond is.
Not even having time to wrap her mind around the fact that March literally cleaned her apartment, she quickly explains she has no diamond. Yeah, Island has no idea what he's talking about and before she knows it, she's wrapped up in the middle of a crazy plot involving secret criminal outfits, OCD assassins, a 2 billion dollar stolen diamond, and the truth behind the car wreck that killed her mother years ago. All the while, the enigmatic March draws her in as no other man has before--too bad he's a killer and is keeping secrets from Island that she may never be able to forgive.
When I tell you I laughed, squealed, blushed--I mean it. This book was fast-paced, action-packed, and so utterly charming. Island and March traverse multiple countries in their hunt for the missing diamond and the details Monk provides makes it all the more immersive. The humor is outstanding, the banter fantastic, and--probably one of the best things about the book--each chapter starts with a fake "quote" from a romance book. Fake, in that Monk made them up, but they are ridiculous and silly enough to possibly actually be real. If you know, you know--especially if you read a lot of romance.
Speaking of romance. It's slow-burn, people! In the best ways! The characters have a lot to figure out and a lot of room to grow before they dive in all hot and heavy, and I am living for the tension. I also related a whole lot to Island and March. Island is a nerd, but she's witty and ingenious and I have always strived to be her brand of awesome. March is a smooth, deadly assassin, well known throughout the criminal underworld. He also has severe OCD and it was charming and pulled at my heartstrings to read about his ticks and vulnerabilities.
For a Contemporary Romance, I'd never read such a book. Honestly, I don't even know what genre to appropriately describe it. Adventure Romance? Mystery Romance? I'm not sure, but I do know I love it and think any fan of Indiana Jones, Mr. Right (on Netflix), Knight and Day, or any kind of fresh and quirky Contemporary Romance will too.
Warning: While the book is very lighthearted, there are a few dark moments throughout. It's about assassins, after all, and not all of them follow the same code the fastidious March does.
Spotless is centered around nerdy 24-year-old Island Chaptal. She's brilliant and unflinching and I absolutely adore her. After getting off work from her job at a tech company, she arrives home only to discover her place clean and tidy--spotless, you might say. As well as a very attractive and dangerous-looking intruder. March, the suit-clad, murder gloves on, man wastes no time in telling her that he's an assassin and is there to kill her--unless she tells him where the diamond is.
Not even having time to wrap her mind around the fact that March literally cleaned her apartment, she quickly explains she has no diamond. Yeah, Island has no idea what he's talking about and before she knows it, she's wrapped up in the middle of a crazy plot involving secret criminal outfits, OCD assassins, a 2 billion dollar stolen diamond, and the truth behind the car wreck that killed her mother years ago. All the while, the enigmatic March draws her in as no other man has before--too bad he's a killer and is keeping secrets from Island that she may never be able to forgive.
When I tell you I laughed, squealed, blushed--I mean it. This book was fast-paced, action-packed, and so utterly charming. Island and March traverse multiple countries in their hunt for the missing diamond and the details Monk provides makes it all the more immersive. The humor is outstanding, the banter fantastic, and--probably one of the best things about the book--each chapter starts with a fake "quote" from a romance book. Fake, in that Monk made them up, but they are ridiculous and silly enough to possibly actually be real. If you know, you know--especially if you read a lot of romance.
Speaking of romance. It's slow-burn, people! In the best ways! The characters have a lot to figure out and a lot of room to grow before they dive in all hot and heavy, and I am living for the tension. I also related a whole lot to Island and March. Island is a nerd, but she's witty and ingenious and I have always strived to be her brand of awesome. March is a smooth, deadly assassin, well known throughout the criminal underworld. He also has severe OCD and it was charming and pulled at my heartstrings to read about his ticks and vulnerabilities.
For a Contemporary Romance, I'd never read such a book. Honestly, I don't even know what genre to appropriately describe it. Adventure Romance? Mystery Romance? I'm not sure, but I do know I love it and think any fan of Indiana Jones, Mr. Right (on Netflix), Knight and Day, or any kind of fresh and quirky Contemporary Romance will too.
Warning: While the book is very lighthearted, there are a few dark moments throughout. It's about assassins, after all, and not all of them follow the same code the fastidious March does.
whatsmacksaid's review
DNF principally because the narrator's voice was too bland to keep me interested.