A review by justmevictoria
So Not My Type by Dana Hawkins

4.0

Falling in love with the boss's daughter wasn't on the bingo card… 

 

Workaholic Sophie Black doesn't have time for relationships - she's been clawing her way up the rungs at her ad agency to show that not having a degree isn't holding her back. With the prospect of going on a fact-finding cruise, the team has one final major project to pull off with an expeditated timeline. To help with the campaign, her boss gives her a newbie to train, but this newbie just happen to be the CEO's daughter, Ella Northwood. The pair couldn't be more different, and Ella embodies everything Sophie despises about the privileged. But with both having to work overtime to pull this campaign off, the assumptions they've made about each other come crashing down, and there's an undeniable chemistry between them. It's not just the advertising campaign that's high-stakes, and if they want to succeed all round, they're going to have to fight their way to the finish line. 

 

Dana caps off a fabulous queer romp in Seattle with a delightful and heartwarming story, filled with witty banter, undeniable chemistry, and two more leading ladies that you can't help but fall in love with as they fall in love with each other! Sophie was a fun character in In Walked Trouble, and getting to see her take centre stage was so enjoyable, and Ella was such a great character to counter Sophie. 

 

Sophie and Ella embodied everything to love about the co-workers and forced proximity enemies-to-lovers trope, and I couldn't get enough of their relationship! From their mutual attraction and pining during their 'enemies' period, to them finally giving into their feelings for one another and on-track to live their best u-haul life, Dana injected so much love with these two, especially once they both opened up about their insecurities. It was sweet and swoony, and a little bit steamy, and their relationship had me hooked from the very first page. 

 

It was great to see Dana give some representation to epilepsy through Ella, highlighting how debilitating it can be and much it effects life choices. In Ella's case, it also meant how overbearing and protective her parents became because of her diagnosis, resulting in her trying to gain more independence. Most of what we see of Ella and her epilepsy is very much tell and not show, and while I do wish we actually got to see more of the after-effects first-hand, rather than just Ella and other characters describing what was happening, I feel like people would end up complaining that Dana got the representation wrong if we saw more on-page. 

 

I was slightly disappointed that we never got an epilogue, like Dana had provided in the previous two books. After everything that happened between these characters, we definitely needed to have a time-jump to see how they were navigating their relationship, and potentially seeing a final wrap-up of Mack & Charlie and Maya & Remi for good measure. 

 

This whole trilogy has been a super fun read, and if you're in need of some more swoony sapphic reads, it's time to head off to Seattle and fall in love with an the person you least expect. While I'm bummed that Dana has wrapped up these characters and this  world, I'm excited to see what she's working on next! 

 

Book a one-way ticket to the queer capital of America and have your own sapphic happily ever after!