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nite0wl29 's review for:
Heartbreak for Hire
by Sonia Hartl
I have a love/hate relationship with this book. On one hand I really enjoyed the banter between Brinkley and Mark. And the other?? The storyline could use a makeover. Like a little less bashing on the academic department and more focus on Brinkley and her career, and her love for painting.
I can’t hate on the H4H company too much because there was a time in my life when I probably would’ve said yes if Margo approached me with a job opportunity. That was after moving from one bad relationship to another, so I can’t speak on behalf of everyone who’s experienced a toxic relationship. But...one guy?? One bad relationship and you want to punish EVERY guy?? Not to mention this is entirely one-sided so you have no idea what the whole story is. It just seemed a little excessive to me. The first several chapters made me feel like I needed to really hate men in general just to find any humor in this story. If anything I was more uncomfortable than entertained.
Also, being enemies-to-lovers in the workplace should’ve ended up earning extra brownie points from me. I’m a sucker for the angst in a good slow burn. What I despise is having cringey sex scenes randomly thrown in the narrative. I skimmed over or skipped them all together. I’m an adult: I don’t need every bodily fluid and sound spelled out for me. Give me all the emotional feels PLEASE.
Again, these are my thoughts and opinions and what I expected out of a contemporary romance novel. I’m picky about anything modern I read and this particular book just failed to miss the mark.
I can’t hate on the H4H company too much because there was a time in my life when I probably would’ve said yes if Margo approached me with a job opportunity. That was after moving from one bad relationship to another, so I can’t speak on behalf of everyone who’s experienced a toxic relationship. But...one guy?? One bad relationship and you want to punish EVERY guy?? Not to mention this is entirely one-sided so you have no idea what the whole story is. It just seemed a little excessive to me. The first several chapters made me feel like I needed to really hate men in general just to find any humor in this story. If anything I was more uncomfortable than entertained.
Also, being enemies-to-lovers in the workplace should’ve ended up earning extra brownie points from me. I’m a sucker for the angst in a good slow burn. What I despise is having cringey sex scenes randomly thrown in the narrative. I skimmed over or skipped them all together. I’m an adult: I don’t need every bodily fluid and sound spelled out for me. Give me all the emotional feels PLEASE.
Again, these are my thoughts and opinions and what I expected out of a contemporary romance novel. I’m picky about anything modern I read and this particular book just failed to miss the mark.