A review by librarianmorgan
Up Close and Personal by Kathryn Freeman

2.0

I was overall disappointed with this book. I was hoping for a fun Bodyguard-with-a-twist romance, but it kind of fell flat. I never connected with the characters, particularly Kat. She was, to put it bluntly, annoying. I noticed another reviewer mentioned how irksome she found it that Kat complained about Zac's "posh" vocabulary...I'm sorry, I really don't think his vocabulary was posh or any of the words he used difficult to comprehend at all. I didn't really understand the point of Kat bringing that up over and over and over again. Was it to make a statement about Kat's intelligence? Her thoughts on "class" divide? To illustrate the difference in backgrounds between the two? I feel like there were better, less demeaning ways of doing that and pointing out their differences.

I ended up speed reading through this. It read like an insta-love story, and Zac was pushy towards Kat and didn't respect that she wanted to keep things professional while on the job. This could've been a lot more fun.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read this early!