4.5 Stars
Charlotte “Charlie” Merriweather, 24, has pulled one over on her boss one too many times. Avery Banks, 29, has had enough of his untamable assistant’s pranks.
I liked Charlie in the first book, Play, and I wasn’t disappointed here. She’s fun and has a devious desire to chip away at the patriarchal power house in the corporate office environment. I wasn’t too sure about Avery in the first book, but he totally won me over in this one. His cool, controlled, and reserved businessman aura falls away to reveal a dirty-talking hottie with a heart and integrity under the suit. The pair had chemistry, and I felt the sparks between them. They were hot together!
There was good build-up both on the lust and love front. Their relationship plays out like a progression from misperceived abhorrence to attraction to love and the reader gets to experience each step.
The character development is solid. I understood what drove both of them, what held them back, their weaknesses, and their strengths. There wasn’t any unnecessary drama; the story deals with the issues between their personalities after two years of working together yet never connecting till now.
The absence of OW/OM drama also helped to make the romantic vibe stronger, and undoubtedly sealed the swoon-worthy factor on Avery.
“I don’t believe in f**king one person when you’re thinking about someone else.”
I can’t applaud this sentiment enough. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. Give this man an award. Better yet, clone him! There’s a distinct shortage in the romance market of heroes who can keep it in their pants. And the fact of the matter is, it’s so much hotter when they drop them for the heroine.
Told via Charlie’s first person POV (Avery gets a chapter in the epilogues), the overall tone is light-hearted and feel-good (floved the open mic stand-up show) with the exception of one somber episode.
Payton and Max from the first book make appearances and Riley gets his story in the next book.
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