I HAVE TO SAY…

SYNOPSIS

After another day of eating hot dogs and pretending to date guests as she interviews them, Eva is tired of where she is in her career, wishing she was doing something more journalistic.

In a moment of frustration and upon seeing how her ex from college landed a huge following off his podcast where he talks about undoing toxic masculinity, Eva gets drunk and posts a video detailing how he’s a hypocrite. She becomes viral overnight.

What could happen?

RECAP AND REVIEW

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Happy one week of being released!

This is currently a standalone romance novel told from Eva’s perspective.

Eva is sarcastic, quick witted, argumentative and hides behind her sense of humor. Rylie is also quick witted, a little less sarcastic, and apologetic about what has happened between them.

After Eva goes viral, they’re forced to build off the momentum in the hopes Eva gets promoted.

The banter in this book had me hooked. Rylie understood Eva’s sense of humor and wasn’t afraid of it which only created more tension and chemistry between them. I was grinning and kicking my feet reading their back and forth.

I also enjoyed getting to know Rylie and Eva. The leads had full backstories that gave them depth.

At times, her “hatred” of him got to be a little much, but it came from a genuine place and issues she needed to work through were revealed. By the end I felt like his goal of redeeming himself was achieved and I was rooting for Eva to realize that maybe it isn’t hate that she was feeling 😏.

The plot line of Eva’s place in the company after going viral was realistic, even with how it ended, and I appreciated that and the commentary about capitalism and social media the story lends itself to.

Read for:

🎙️ Forced proximity

🎙️ Second chance

🎙️ Workplace romance

🎙️ Black Cat x Golden Retriever

🎙️ Hate to love

🎙️Social media culture

OVERALL

Overall, I give this a 4.5 out of 5 stars. I had a great time reading this book and I highly recommend it to lovers of the Chicken Shop Date series and FMCs with black cat, sarcastic energy.