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Catastrophe Queen by Emma Hart
3.0
Catastrophe Queen is a fun and easy romcom read about Cameron, a real estate agent and Mallory, his new assistant.
Mallory is a bit of a clutz, known affectionately by her family and friends as a Catastrophe Queen. On her way to a job interview for an assistant at a real estate agency, she is nearly run over, typical Mallory, but she still surprisingly gets the job. Only it turns out the driver who nearly knocked her down is none other than her new boss, Cameron. Cameron and Mallory are attracted to each other, but keep it professional at work, until they slowly start slipping into each other’s personal lives outside work hours. As they spend more time together, their attraction grows, but will Mallory the clutz fit in to Cameron’s perfect put together life?
Emma Hart has been one of my go to authors for a while, but unfortunately Catastrophe Queen fell a bit flat. I enjoyed Cam and Mallory’s flirty banter, but some places felt repetitive, especially how most of their conversations revolved around how clumsy Mallory was. I wasn’t blown away by the plot, I liked the characters, but they still felt fairly two dimensional and I never really felt like I connected to them. Mallory’s family were hilarious, they were the highlight of the scenes they were in. As for Mallory and Cam as a couple, I felt like there was chemistry, but I wasn’t rooting for them from the start as I have in the past with Emma’s books.
My main problem with this book is the number of grammatical errors and typos in it. Names were changing halfway through, word were misspelt, and from looking at reviews from over two years ago, it seems nothing has changed since this book was published. I try and overlook the odd typo, but when it gets to the point where I’m wondering who a new character is, and it turns out their name has changed, it brings me out of the story and negatively affects my reading experience.
Overall, I would say Catastrophe Queen is a good filler read, great for in between dark and tortured romances, light-hearted enough to make you laugh but not very memorable a few days after finishing.
Mallory is a bit of a clutz, known affectionately by her family and friends as a Catastrophe Queen. On her way to a job interview for an assistant at a real estate agency, she is nearly run over, typical Mallory, but she still surprisingly gets the job. Only it turns out the driver who nearly knocked her down is none other than her new boss, Cameron. Cameron and Mallory are attracted to each other, but keep it professional at work, until they slowly start slipping into each other’s personal lives outside work hours. As they spend more time together, their attraction grows, but will Mallory the clutz fit in to Cameron’s perfect put together life?
Emma Hart has been one of my go to authors for a while, but unfortunately Catastrophe Queen fell a bit flat. I enjoyed Cam and Mallory’s flirty banter, but some places felt repetitive, especially how most of their conversations revolved around how clumsy Mallory was. I wasn’t blown away by the plot, I liked the characters, but they still felt fairly two dimensional and I never really felt like I connected to them. Mallory’s family were hilarious, they were the highlight of the scenes they were in. As for Mallory and Cam as a couple, I felt like there was chemistry, but I wasn’t rooting for them from the start as I have in the past with Emma’s books.
My main problem with this book is the number of grammatical errors and typos in it. Names were changing halfway through, word were misspelt, and from looking at reviews from over two years ago, it seems nothing has changed since this book was published. I try and overlook the odd typo, but when it gets to the point where I’m wondering who a new character is, and it turns out their name has changed, it brings me out of the story and negatively affects my reading experience.
Overall, I would say Catastrophe Queen is a good filler read, great for in between dark and tortured romances, light-hearted enough to make you laugh but not very memorable a few days after finishing.