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When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.
Thank you to the author, NetGalley and the publisher for letting me have the opportunity to read this early and I apologize but it just wasn’t working for me. I did have to DNF at 25%. If it takes me more than a week to read and I’m only a quarter of the way in then I know it’s a book that I won’t be able to get into. It will be a one star since I did dnf. I do hope others are able to enjoy it.
This book started out pretty slow for me. Some terminology like “bang on” and other English slang was kind of weird for me to read. Honestly this book just wasn’t for me. Something about the writing style & the characters I just didn’t vibe with also the really long banter throughout. It was just too much. I’ll leave some of what goes on below from what I was able to read & get through.
Grumpy x Sunshine
workplace romance
“Because you seem so sweet I’m afraid of getting sugar poisoning just from looking at you.”
“His thighs were really big. And they were surrounding her, like meaty prison bars. If meaty prison bars could somehow be a great thing, at the same time as being stupendously awful and agonizing.” Cringe..
Alfie Harding is an Author and ex footballer (soccer for us Americans) who is grumpier than ever and rude to everyone who wants to ghost write for him.
Mabel willicker is a Ghost writer that calls Alfie out during the first meeting for being a huge jerk and leaves the meeting to then be followed by him around town. While being followed she reacts insanely weirdly and basically runs away from him and ends up pepper spraying him all because he wanted to speak to her. I definitely thought that was little too far.
They have an awkward moment in her apartment but he all of a sudden leaves but turns back and tells her he’ll see her when they start working together.
He picks her up to take her to his home in a fancy car and his home is massive but empty. Empty of furniture and life whereas her place is extremely colorful. Alfie really does not want to get vulnerable and into what his book should actually include.
*this is where it ends at 25% where I dnf*
This book started out pretty slow for me. Some terminology like “bang on” and other English slang was kind of weird for me to read. Honestly this book just wasn’t for me. Something about the writing style & the characters I just didn’t vibe with also the really long banter throughout. It was just too much. I’ll leave some of what goes on below from what I was able to read & get through.
Grumpy x Sunshine
workplace romance
“Because you seem so sweet I’m afraid of getting sugar poisoning just from looking at you.”
“His thighs were really big. And they were surrounding her, like meaty prison bars. If meaty prison bars could somehow be a great thing, at the same time as being stupendously awful and agonizing.” Cringe..
Alfie Harding is an Author and ex footballer (soccer for us Americans) who is grumpier than ever and rude to everyone who wants to ghost write for him.
Mabel willicker is a Ghost writer that calls Alfie out during the first meeting for being a huge jerk and leaves the meeting to then be followed by him around town. While being followed she reacts insanely weirdly and basically runs away from him and ends up pepper spraying him all because he wanted to speak to her. I definitely thought that was little too far.
They have an awkward moment in her apartment but he all of a sudden leaves but turns back and tells her he’ll see her when they start working together.
He picks her up to take her to his home in a fancy car and his home is massive but empty. Empty of furniture and life whereas her place is extremely colorful. Alfie really does not want to get vulnerable and into what his book should actually include.
*this is where it ends at 25% where I dnf*