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Shipped
by Angie Hockman
2.5 stars
Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy of this book! All opinions are my own.
You know I’ve never been on a cruise? After a few heavier reads, I wanted a lighter read, and even better if it would transport me, so I picked up Shipped.
It’s about a young woman named Henley who’s a marketing manager at a cruise company. She’s up for a promotion, but in order to land the role, she’s got to go on a cruise to the Galápagos Islands with her archnemesis, Graeme, who’s also her competition for the promotion and put together a killer proposal. It’s fine, she can survive a week-long cruise with him, right?
This one had a lot of ups and downs for me. I liked the premise of the story (I’m here an enemies-to-lovers story), but the characters fell flat for me. In addition, I felt that some of the writing was too cheesy for me and maybe made me cringe a little. I did love the descriptions of the wildlife and nature in the Galápagos. It felt nice to travel somewhere through my book, since I’m not traveling IRL. I’d start to think that I was getting more invested or there would be a scene that was better, but then my interest would drop again.
I liked some of the themes that the author wanted to explore, such as climate change and sexism in the workplace, but overall the story didn’t really come together for me. I just felt that it was a very uneven read that I maybe should have DNFed, but if the premise sounds interesting to you, you might like it more than I did!
Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy of this book! All opinions are my own.
You know I’ve never been on a cruise? After a few heavier reads, I wanted a lighter read, and even better if it would transport me, so I picked up Shipped.
It’s about a young woman named Henley who’s a marketing manager at a cruise company. She’s up for a promotion, but in order to land the role, she’s got to go on a cruise to the Galápagos Islands with her archnemesis, Graeme, who’s also her competition for the promotion and put together a killer proposal. It’s fine, she can survive a week-long cruise with him, right?
This one had a lot of ups and downs for me. I liked the premise of the story (I’m here an enemies-to-lovers story), but the characters fell flat for me. In addition, I felt that some of the writing was too cheesy for me and maybe made me cringe a little. I did love the descriptions of the wildlife and nature in the Galápagos. It felt nice to travel somewhere through my book, since I’m not traveling IRL. I’d start to think that I was getting more invested or there would be a scene that was better, but then my interest would drop again.
I liked some of the themes that the author wanted to explore, such as climate change and sexism in the workplace, but overall the story didn’t really come together for me. I just felt that it was a very uneven read that I maybe should have DNFed, but if the premise sounds interesting to you, you might like it more than I did!