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A review by justmevictoria
Four Night Stand by Georgia Moore
3.5
This book was kindly sent to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
What happens at the conference, stays at the conference… right?
For months now, Jules has been swooning over a guy in different department at the publishing house she works at. She’s never met him and doesn’t even know what he looks like. But his voice, humour, and music taste has her crushing on him hard whenever he calls for IT help. When she’s asked to attend a conference to fill in for her boss, she’s excited at the prospect of finding new inspiration in a role she’s starting to feel is becoming stale. And adding to the excitement is meeting her conference buddy, Cam, who just happens to be her unseen office crush. The pair are excited by the prospect of finally getting to know one another, but things take an awkward turn on the drive from Canberra to Sydney when Jules mentions having a ‘conference fling’, a suggestion by her besties to finally get back on the horse. The last thing she expects is Cam to agree to be her fling for the four days of the conference. But between meddling siblings, former colleagues and long-held feelings, it’s not long before the lines between a fling and something more are blurred, and Cam and Jules are soon faced with the reality of leaving the conference bubble.
Office and workplace romances are an absolute VIBE! Georgia’s debut novel serves up everything to love about a workplace romance but make is Aussie! This was such an easy and fun romance, with a healthy splash of spice, as we take the romance out of the office to a conference where anything goes for those four days of the conference…
I was hoping for so much out of this book, but it just didn’t really hit the spot - it felt like it was missing something, but I can’t really put my finger on what that was. Cam and Jules had some sweet chemistry, but I kind of wish we had gotten to see a little of their relationship and connection when they were just flirting over the phone before they met face-to-face. At times, their pairing didn’t quiet hit the mark, but I think it could have been better had we truly seen the evolution of their relationship, rather than just hearing about that initial connection after the fact - two co-workers falling in love over the phone, having never met in person, then they find out they’re spending the week at a conference together? THAT’S the kind of office romance that’s swoon-worthy! We skipped over the feet-kicking fluff that would have added so much more to Cam and Jules’ story.
In saying that, once we got into everything, Cam and Jules did have some sweet chemistry, some very swoony moments, and plenty of spice, which you would definitely expect in a book about colleagues hooking up while at a work conference! Out of the bedroom, the pair have an easy banter and a massive love of 80s synth-pop. Their drawn-out miscommunication about the parameters of their relationship did bring down their chemistry a little, but I enjoyed how their stories came together in the end.
Now, while I read mostly books set in first person, I’m not opposed to romance written in 3rd person. But recently, a tweet went around the book community where someone was complaining about not knowing that a book was written in third person and present tense, and that they couldn’t read and enjoy the book because of it. I hadn’t really given much thought to how a POV is written in terms of person and tense, but I couldn’t help but notice it when reading this, which did annoy me a little - I definitely wouldn’t have given it a second thought had it not been a talking point in the book community recently! I couldn’t totally vibe with the writing, and I don’t know if that’s down to Georgia’s writing style or being overly aware of the person/tense it was written in… I’ll have to give Georgia another go with her next release!
If you’re a sucker for workplace romances and what to get some more romance set in Australia on your TBR, this is one you definitely need to check out!
What happens at the conference, stays at the conference… right?
For months now, Jules has been swooning over a guy in different department at the publishing house she works at. She’s never met him and doesn’t even know what he looks like. But his voice, humour, and music taste has her crushing on him hard whenever he calls for IT help. When she’s asked to attend a conference to fill in for her boss, she’s excited at the prospect of finding new inspiration in a role she’s starting to feel is becoming stale. And adding to the excitement is meeting her conference buddy, Cam, who just happens to be her unseen office crush. The pair are excited by the prospect of finally getting to know one another, but things take an awkward turn on the drive from Canberra to Sydney when Jules mentions having a ‘conference fling’, a suggestion by her besties to finally get back on the horse. The last thing she expects is Cam to agree to be her fling for the four days of the conference. But between meddling siblings, former colleagues and long-held feelings, it’s not long before the lines between a fling and something more are blurred, and Cam and Jules are soon faced with the reality of leaving the conference bubble.
Office and workplace romances are an absolute VIBE! Georgia’s debut novel serves up everything to love about a workplace romance but make is Aussie! This was such an easy and fun romance, with a healthy splash of spice, as we take the romance out of the office to a conference where anything goes for those four days of the conference…
I was hoping for so much out of this book, but it just didn’t really hit the spot - it felt like it was missing something, but I can’t really put my finger on what that was. Cam and Jules had some sweet chemistry, but I kind of wish we had gotten to see a little of their relationship and connection when they were just flirting over the phone before they met face-to-face. At times, their pairing didn’t quiet hit the mark, but I think it could have been better had we truly seen the evolution of their relationship, rather than just hearing about that initial connection after the fact - two co-workers falling in love over the phone, having never met in person, then they find out they’re spending the week at a conference together? THAT’S the kind of office romance that’s swoon-worthy! We skipped over the feet-kicking fluff that would have added so much more to Cam and Jules’ story.
In saying that, once we got into everything, Cam and Jules did have some sweet chemistry, some very swoony moments, and plenty of spice, which you would definitely expect in a book about colleagues hooking up while at a work conference! Out of the bedroom, the pair have an easy banter and a massive love of 80s synth-pop. Their drawn-out miscommunication about the parameters of their relationship did bring down their chemistry a little, but I enjoyed how their stories came together in the end.
Now, while I read mostly books set in first person, I’m not opposed to romance written in 3rd person. But recently, a tweet went around the book community where someone was complaining about not knowing that a book was written in third person and present tense, and that they couldn’t read and enjoy the book because of it. I hadn’t really given much thought to how a POV is written in terms of person and tense, but I couldn’t help but notice it when reading this, which did annoy me a little - I definitely wouldn’t have given it a second thought had it not been a talking point in the book community recently! I couldn’t totally vibe with the writing, and I don’t know if that’s down to Georgia’s writing style or being overly aware of the person/tense it was written in… I’ll have to give Georgia another go with her next release!
If you’re a sucker for workplace romances and what to get some more romance set in Australia on your TBR, this is one you definitely need to check out!