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The Last Word
by Katy Birchall
Celebrity journalist Harper Jenkins has a reputation for establishing strong connections with A list stars. Now if only she could make her curmudgeonly boss understand her worth, she’d be golden. Instead, she finds she’s often having to prove herself at pitch meetings, her ideas falling on deaf ears.
Things go from bad to worse when her boss hires her old nemesis, Ryan as the new Features Editor. As if his being the new clear favorite isn’t bad enough, the two are constantly at each other’s throats, the details of their deep seated feud known only to the two of them. While interning together years prior, their attraction blossomed into something more. But a falling out brought them back to square one, they’re not so simmering tension now just waiting to boil over.
Forced to spend more time together, Harper and Ryan have a harder and harder time fighting their unresolved feelings for one another. But can Harper trust her gut or is history doomed to repeat itself like last time?
The Last Word is the first book I’ve read by @katybirchallauthor and I’m honestly surprised why I haven’t seen more love for it (or her). Marketed for fans of The Hating Game, I found the comparison to be true. Also, this book had the unfortunate timing of coming out the same time as the thriller, The Last Word. To be clear, they are VERY different stories, but I digress.
While I loved the banter between Harper and Ryan, what really got me fuming was the unequal treatment of the two in the workplace, due to a chauvinistic boss. I only worked in an office setting for a short period of time, but sadly more often than than not, this is an ideology that still permeates office culture.
The Last Word is a smart romance that definitely will not be the last words I read by this author.
Things go from bad to worse when her boss hires her old nemesis, Ryan as the new Features Editor. As if his being the new clear favorite isn’t bad enough, the two are constantly at each other’s throats, the details of their deep seated feud known only to the two of them. While interning together years prior, their attraction blossomed into something more. But a falling out brought them back to square one, they’re not so simmering tension now just waiting to boil over.
Forced to spend more time together, Harper and Ryan have a harder and harder time fighting their unresolved feelings for one another. But can Harper trust her gut or is history doomed to repeat itself like last time?
The Last Word is the first book I’ve read by @katybirchallauthor and I’m honestly surprised why I haven’t seen more love for it (or her). Marketed for fans of The Hating Game, I found the comparison to be true. Also, this book had the unfortunate timing of coming out the same time as the thriller, The Last Word. To be clear, they are VERY different stories, but I digress.
While I loved the banter between Harper and Ryan, what really got me fuming was the unequal treatment of the two in the workplace, due to a chauvinistic boss. I only worked in an office setting for a short period of time, but sadly more often than than not, this is an ideology that still permeates office culture.
The Last Word is a smart romance that definitely will not be the last words I read by this author.