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A review by shaysshelf
Fired Up by Gigi Templeton
Did not finish book. Stopped at 83%.
First of all, I hate DNFing books, but continuing was not a service to either myself or the book, so here we are. That said, even though I did not vibe with this book, I'm still very grateful to have been given the opportunity to listen to an advanced copy of it from Brilliance Audio and NetGalley.
I always like to give the disclaimer when I DNF a book that just because I wasn't vibing with it, does not mean it's a bad book, nor does it mean you won't necessarily like it either.
I love love love C.J. Bloom - she's one of my favourite female narrators. But I didn't vibe with the mal narrator, Eric G. Dove. I honestly don't even know what the big bad thing that happened to the FMC was, because I zoned out.
The premise is that our FMC is working on securing another season of the BBQing competition show by having a particular meat aficionado participate in the up coming show. There are several moments that allude to her looking a lot different than she used to and that something bad happened to her in the past. It was repeatedly commented that she did not have the appearance for on-camera work and was never allowed to host until now because she didn't look the part. This lead me to believe for the first little while that she lost a lot of weight - which honestly, rubbed me the wrong way? Like suddenly she was worthy of being on camera because she was thinner - this didn't end up being the case, but the damage was already done in my mind. Then the book went on to reference her having "ugly duckling syndrome" - except she doesn't blossom into a beautiful swan naturally, no she has full facial reconstruction and looks like a completely different and more pretty person so that she can follow through on her dreams of being an on camera host while still maintaining her anonymity to hide from her ex who busted her up enough to need the surgery in the first place.
There seemed to be a lack of chemistry between the FMC and MMC in my opinion. I got all the way to 83% and just found myself so bored and having a hard time paying attention to the story because I wasn't invested in the story or the characters. I couldn't bring myself to listen to the last hour and a half or so, because I genuinely didn't care what happens.
Overall, this one wasn't for me.
I always like to give the disclaimer when I DNF a book that just because I wasn't vibing with it, does not mean it's a bad book, nor does it mean you won't necessarily like it either.
I love love love C.J. Bloom - she's one of my favourite female narrators. But I didn't vibe with the mal narrator, Eric G. Dove. I honestly don't even know what the big bad thing that happened to the FMC was, because I zoned out.
The premise is that our FMC is working on securing another season of the BBQing competition show by having a particular meat aficionado participate in the up coming show. There are several moments that allude to her looking a lot different than she used to and that something bad happened to her in the past. It was repeatedly commented that she did not have the appearance for on-camera work and was never allowed to host until now because she didn't look the part. This lead me to believe for the first little while that she lost a lot of weight - which honestly, rubbed me the wrong way? Like suddenly she was worthy of being on camera because she was thinner - this didn't end up being the case, but the damage was already done in my mind. Then the book went on to reference her having "ugly duckling syndrome" - except she doesn't blossom into a beautiful swan naturally, no she has full facial reconstruction and looks like a completely different and more pretty person so that she can follow through on her dreams of being an on camera host while still maintaining her anonymity to hide from her ex who busted her up enough to need the surgery in the first place.
There seemed to be a lack of chemistry between the FMC and MMC in my opinion. I got all the way to 83% and just found myself so bored and having a hard time paying attention to the story because I wasn't invested in the story or the characters. I couldn't bring myself to listen to the last hour and a half or so, because I genuinely didn't care what happens.
Overall, this one wasn't for me.