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hazelgirl21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
jmyers1's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Stalking
adriology's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
_chrstnlvly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Jameson and Emily were stuck in an endless loop of sleeping together, then Emily finds something to get mad about, then sleeping together, then Emily finds something to be mad about, then repeat. I lost count how long this went on.
Emily was the most annoying FMC I ever read. She was in her 20s, but she kept acting like a high schooler. It was a pain knowing her thoughts, because it was to childish. As for Jameson, I don't know why someone would fall in love with him. During one of their conversations, Jameson found out Emily sometimes have her food delivered. He was flabbergasted because he thought she should not let other people touch her food. What if they put drugs in her food causing her to pass out and sleep without any idea to what's happening? What if the delivery person comes back to Emily's house and r**e her? Why was this Jameson's line of thinking, you ask? Because, and I quote, "If I were a rapist, that's what I would do." Yup, straight from Jameson's mouth.
Listen, every time I read romance books, I leave my morals out the door, lock myself inside the book's universe, and read. I'm used to reading books with loose morals and I'm not a prude when it comes to this (I read the Cat & Mouse duet and I didn't have a problem with Zade). But what Jameson said was a huge red flag. Why would you even write that?! Why would you let your character "fall in love" (in quotations because honestly, they weren't really in love - they were just in lust) with someone who thinks like that? At this point, I just pitied the characters who were left in the hands of this author.
They fight over the smallest things. They make a big deal out of everything, especially Emily. One frown from Jameson makes her think that he hates him. Are they really in their 20s and 30s? So childish and immature.
I'm not against the grumpy/sunshine and boss/employee tropes (I loved the Dreamland billionaire series), but it was overdone in this book. Also, why was it so long? It didn't need to be 500+ pages. The third act breakup was thrown to the readers just so there will be tension.
If you haven't guessed it already, this is a 1 star read. If I could give a 0 star rating, I would, but the lowest rating I give to any book as bad as this is 1 star since I still give credit to authors who write books (even if their works are so freaking bad).
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Infidelity and Rape
unusablebooklore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Boy was I wrong. I'm now deeply invested in (...almost) all of the Miles brothers lives.
Don't avoid this book. The MC are flawed, and at times will have you face palming, but in the end smokin' hot together and their story is wonderful. The novel does a fantastic job setting up the world surrounding Miles Media and drags you in.
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism and Infidelity
amberlinanderson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The storyline in general.
There were parts that made me laugh out loud.
There were parts that were really hot.
Things I didn’t like:
Jameson called Emily a bitch way too many times.
The fact that they went from loving each other to hating each other every single day that they were together until the last chapter. The toxicity of this relationship is not for me.
I enjoyed Aaron and Molly’s side stories (until Aaron’s got just as annoying as Emily’s), but we received no closure. Those loose ends were not tied up. I’m hoping that gets rectified in the following books. I’m planning to give book #2 a try at least, but if it’s the same dynamic, unfortunately I’ll have to stop there.
This is meant to be an age gap book, but Jameson acts like he’s a 20 year old man child, so there’s that.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
sami_leigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
“But it was the way you kissed me that I remember the most.”
My eyes searched his. “How did I kiss you?”
“Like you’d been waiting your whole life to kiss me.”
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Toxic relationship and Violence
liferhi_inspired's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
📝 Alternating 1st Person, Available in KU
If you like enemies-to-lovers for the bickering, check this one out. I swear, 75% of this book was either Jameson & Emily fighting or making up 😉 The other part was a Emily & the Miles brothers trying to figure out who was feeding the competition insider secrets. I enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to get to know the other Miles brothers, especially Tristian.
𝔸𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕠𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤: I appreciated that this narrator has a different narrator for each POV, especially when I came to the steamy scenes
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
raine83's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Hate crime, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Moderate: Stalking and Alcohol
Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy
bluebearywitchy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I'm not one for the office romance type, but this was a nice change of pace.
Emily and Jameson are both incredibly stubborn individuals and their bickering is hilarious, but this may be an issue for some. Emily plays hard to get the whole time when in reality she has it baaaaaad for him, and his CEO ass can't seem to lose his control for a second to communicate things to her.
Overall it's a really fast paced, light hearted book with good burns, good spicy scenes, and the typical drama you'd expect in a corporate setting.
Graphic: Sexual content