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A review by bookish_spoonie
The New Guy by Kathryn Freeman
3.0
2.5 stars
Thank you to netgalley for providing this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
The new guy is about Sam, the young, smart and bubbly female CEO of a tech business and Ryan, the new hire who just happened to have an unknown one night stand with his boss before he starts work.
I have struggled on what to rate this as I did enjoy it but there seemed to be alot of repetition and at some points I just wanted to shake Sam and tell her to wake up. Ryan and a colleague called Lucas were my favourite characters but even their funny relationship got a bit samey and repetitive.
This book is basically about sex. The one night stand and then the leading up to, talking about or thinking about sex. Yet there wasn't one sex scene. It was all fade to black. I don't need smut in a romance to love it but because it was such a large part of the story, to leave it out seemed really odd and didn't hit the right balance unlike other contemporary romance authors.
Also I hate it when the artwork on the front cover doesn't depict the actual characters. Sam has red hair, why on earth does the female on the front cover not?!
It was a nice read but sadly nothing special for me and I would recommend many other romances over this.
Thank you to netgalley for providing this e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
The new guy is about Sam, the young, smart and bubbly female CEO of a tech business and Ryan, the new hire who just happened to have an unknown one night stand with his boss before he starts work.
I have struggled on what to rate this as I did enjoy it but there seemed to be alot of repetition and at some points I just wanted to shake Sam and tell her to wake up. Ryan and a colleague called Lucas were my favourite characters but even their funny relationship got a bit samey and repetitive.
This book is basically about sex. The one night stand and then the leading up to, talking about or thinking about sex. Yet there wasn't one sex scene. It was all fade to black. I don't need smut in a romance to love it but because it was such a large part of the story, to leave it out seemed really odd and didn't hit the right balance unlike other contemporary romance authors.
Also I hate it when the artwork on the front cover doesn't depict the actual characters. Sam has red hair, why on earth does the female on the front cover not?!
It was a nice read but sadly nothing special for me and I would recommend many other romances over this.