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Engaging the Office Enemy
by Kristin Canary
Alexis & Dax
What a surprise for this ARC to land on my kindle early. I finished up the book I was reading & immediately started Engaging the Office Enemy!
While all of the books in the California Dreamin’ series can be read as a standalone, it’s best to read them in order- you learn about each of the women throughout & Alexis has always been the most “mysterious” and closed off.
We learn why in this book as she pretends to be her “mortal enemy’s” fake fiancée so that he can get a job at a family oriented company. One of Kristin Canary’s biggest strengths in her writing is that while she follows typical trope conventions, the backstories of her characters are so unique and different. What we learn about why Alexis holds everything so close to the vest is unexpected & the vulnerability she shows as she peels back the layers of mistrust while she gets to know Dax is truly a journey.
Ohh sweet Dax - what a guy. Alexis’s office nemesis calls her Rainbow Brite and while she thinks it’s because she changes her hair color weekly, he shares a sleepy confession that makes you swoon.
While this book is told in single 1st person POV, its obvious that Dax falls far before Alexis does. Canary does a great job of weaving in those “are these real or for show” moments of a fake engaged couple that as the reader, has you cheering for them & hoping you get more of glimpses of those scenes.
While it’s easy to get annoyed with Alexis for not dropping her walls & letting Dax all the way in quickly, you also have to have enough perspective that this book is told over the course of one month & the progress she makes by facing her past during that time feels much more realistic.
These two bond over family trauma, getting to know you games, water activities, & rom-com movies. It was definitely worth the wait & I’m not ready to leave this series behind!
Definitely read this book if you like:
- enemies to more
- fake engagements
- guy falls first
- only one bed
- authentic characters
- a sweet, yet perfect grand gesture
Thank you to the author for an early copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
What a surprise for this ARC to land on my kindle early. I finished up the book I was reading & immediately started Engaging the Office Enemy!
While all of the books in the California Dreamin’ series can be read as a standalone, it’s best to read them in order- you learn about each of the women throughout & Alexis has always been the most “mysterious” and closed off.
We learn why in this book as she pretends to be her “mortal enemy’s” fake fiancée so that he can get a job at a family oriented company. One of Kristin Canary’s biggest strengths in her writing is that while she follows typical trope conventions, the backstories of her characters are so unique and different. What we learn about why Alexis holds everything so close to the vest is unexpected & the vulnerability she shows as she peels back the layers of mistrust while she gets to know Dax is truly a journey.
Ohh sweet Dax - what a guy. Alexis’s office nemesis calls her Rainbow Brite and while she thinks it’s because she changes her hair color weekly, he shares a sleepy confession that makes you swoon.
While this book is told in single 1st person POV, its obvious that Dax falls far before Alexis does. Canary does a great job of weaving in those “are these real or for show” moments of a fake engaged couple that as the reader, has you cheering for them & hoping you get more of glimpses of those scenes.
While it’s easy to get annoyed with Alexis for not dropping her walls & letting Dax all the way in quickly, you also have to have enough perspective that this book is told over the course of one month & the progress she makes by facing her past during that time feels much more realistic.
These two bond over family trauma, getting to know you games, water activities, & rom-com movies. It was definitely worth the wait & I’m not ready to leave this series behind!
Definitely read this book if you like:
- enemies to more
- fake engagements
- guy falls first
- only one bed
- authentic characters
- a sweet, yet perfect grand gesture
Thank you to the author for an early copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!