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A review by gailalison
Heartbreak for Hire by Sonia Hartl
3.0
I enjoyed the premise of this book with the heartbreak for hire idea, even though the whole thing is pretty far-fetched. I was willing to suspend disbelief for promise of a fun rom-com. What the company does for revenge sometimes goes beyond what would allow you to consider the characters likeable. If the jobs were along the lines of the first one in the book (getting a guy to admit on tape that he scammed a woman so she could sue him), it would feel a bit less unethical. This is somewhat addressed with Brinkley’s realization about Margo and her sometimes feelings of guilt. I enjoyed the chemistry between the main characters, but didn’t love that they get so graphically physical almost immediately. Just because Brinkley hasn’t been on a date in two years doesn’t mean she is going to disregard her “morals and ethics” because she “hasn’t has a man’s hands on her” in a while..
Some of the ethical problems with H2H are kind of explained by showing the owner of the company’s manipulation of the recently abused/mistreated women she’s hired-convincing them they’re doing good when they’re at their lowest. That helps keep Brinkley likeable as you feel she’s just taken time to realize her abusive, manipulative ex-boyfriend broke her down enough to fall for it. It was difficult to find Brinkley very relatable as she’s obviously very beautiful (which is one thing that makes her good at her H2H job) and an (extremely talented) artist…..just not my preferred type of rom-com heroine. But I suppose that it only makes sense considering her love interest is a modelesque guy with a PhD.
Overall, I found the writing very enjoyable and would consider reading something else written by this author.
Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for allowing me access to this eARC for an honest review!
Some of the ethical problems with H2H are kind of explained by showing the owner of the company’s manipulation of the recently abused/mistreated women she’s hired-convincing them they’re doing good when they’re at their lowest. That helps keep Brinkley likeable as you feel she’s just taken time to realize her abusive, manipulative ex-boyfriend broke her down enough to fall for it. It was difficult to find Brinkley very relatable as she’s obviously very beautiful (which is one thing that makes her good at her H2H job) and an (extremely talented) artist…..just not my preferred type of rom-com heroine. But I suppose that it only makes sense considering her love interest is a modelesque guy with a PhD.
Overall, I found the writing very enjoyable and would consider reading something else written by this author.
Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for allowing me access to this eARC for an honest review!