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Managed
by Kristen Callihan
Four and a half rock stars!
This had absolutely everything my little heart could wish for. Sarcasm, double-entendres, humour, a sassy heroine and an aloof hero. They travel the world with a rock band. Nuff said.
Sophie is a social media liaison consultant and travelling to London for a job interview. Somehow she has been bumped from cattle class (sorry, economy) to first class where she is sat next to the most beautiful man on the planet. Unfortunately, it appears that he didn't get the personality to match and starts creating a fuss because he paid for two first class seats. Now when I read the first few chapters of this book at the end of the first book in the series [b:Idol|29541818|Idol (VIP, #1)|Kristen Callihan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1463156270s/29541818.jpg|49842522], I carped about how this just wouldn't be possible - they would have told Sophie that the flight was full rather than give a first class seat that had been paid for (and they cost in the $000's) to someone from economy who paid a couple of hundred dollars for a seat. Well Kristen Callihan explains it beautifully.
The beautiful man is Gabriel "Scottie" Scott and he is the manager of probably the biggest rock band in the world, Kill John. Since he was such an ass and made such a fuss, Sophie decides to have some fun at his expense. But it seems as though the uptight guy in a suit actually has a sense of humour under his cashmere vest-top and in a weird way they hit it off. Until Sophie explains why she is travelling to London and the guy reveals that he is Gabriel Scott and they could very easily be working together.
I don't want to reveal anything more of the plot, suffice it to say there are rock star shenanigans, tour buses, opulence and cuddles.
And Kristen Callihan nails the Britishisms, well-played it's hard to get it right but she does it. Just two things. First, Pret a Manger doesn't sell egg salad and rocket (arugula) sandwiches in the UK, that's an American sandwich filling (and yes I checked because I get my lunch sandwich there every day). Second, my fully paid for copy from Amazon had lots (between 10 and 20) of silly typos in it: "he" instead of "the", the occasional misspelling etc. I found that surprising, I'm used to it in ARCs but not in a published book.
Other than that? Perfection. I loved every second of reading it. Kristen Callihan can do no wrong in my eyes.
This had absolutely everything my little heart could wish for. Sarcasm, double-entendres, humour, a sassy heroine and an aloof hero. They travel the world with a rock band. Nuff said.
Sophie is a social media liaison consultant and travelling to London for a job interview. Somehow she has been bumped from cattle class (sorry, economy) to first class where she is sat next to the most beautiful man on the planet. Unfortunately, it appears that he didn't get the personality to match and starts creating a fuss because he paid for two first class seats. Now when I read the first few chapters of this book at the end of the first book in the series [b:Idol|29541818|Idol (VIP, #1)|Kristen Callihan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1463156270s/29541818.jpg|49842522], I carped about how this just wouldn't be possible - they would have told Sophie that the flight was full rather than give a first class seat that had been paid for (and they cost in the $000's) to someone from economy who paid a couple of hundred dollars for a seat. Well Kristen Callihan explains it beautifully.
The beautiful man is Gabriel "Scottie" Scott and he is the manager of probably the biggest rock band in the world, Kill John. Since he was such an ass and made such a fuss, Sophie decides to have some fun at his expense. But it seems as though the uptight guy in a suit actually has a sense of humour under his cashmere vest-top and in a weird way they hit it off. Until Sophie explains why she is travelling to London and the guy reveals that he is Gabriel Scott and they could very easily be working together.
I don't want to reveal anything more of the plot, suffice it to say there are rock star shenanigans, tour buses, opulence and cuddles.
And Kristen Callihan nails the Britishisms, well-played it's hard to get it right but she does it. Just two things. First, Pret a Manger doesn't sell egg salad and rocket (arugula) sandwiches in the UK, that's an American sandwich filling (and yes I checked because I get my lunch sandwich there every day). Second, my fully paid for copy from Amazon had lots (between 10 and 20) of silly typos in it: "he" instead of "the", the occasional misspelling etc. I found that surprising, I'm used to it in ARCs but not in a published book.
Other than that? Perfection. I loved every second of reading it. Kristen Callihan can do no wrong in my eyes.