Asia
3.5/5
I was excited for this book but it was kind of frustrating and boring in the middle. I loved Rachel Lynn Solomon's books and I was hoping this one would be better but alas, it wasn't.
Shay and Dominic are both working on a public radio and they don't like each other much. When they have a chance to host a show together, there's one catch: they have to pretend they're exes who give relationship advice.
I liked the premise but I didn't like the execution much. I was entertained in the first 30% and then at the very end in the last 20% maybe? It picked up after the PodCon disaster. But tbh It was boring in the middle and I didn't care about their relationship or the story that much.
I disliked their boss since the beginning and it was frustrating to see Shay making herself smaller and accepting the misogynistic bs from him as if it was her due. And While it was interesting to see the reverse age gap, I was so over her calling Dominic a child and calling herself a millennial in every chapter while she bemoaned the age difference between her and Dominic. Is this something Americans are that obsessed with? The generations and "I'm a millenial, you're gen z, don't talk to me?" Really? Or it just this book?
The story was interesting, but I wish it were better.
Tropes:
- workplace romance
- fake relationship
- reverse age gap
- rivals to lovers
- forced proximity
- only one bed
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3.5/5
I was excited for this book but it was kind of frustrating and boring in the middle. I loved Rachel Lynn Solomon's books and I was hoping this one would be better but alas, it wasn't.
Shay and Dominic are both working on a public radio and they don't like each other much. When they have a chance to host a show together, there's one catch: they have to pretend they're exes who give relationship advice.
I liked the premise but I didn't like the execution much. I was entertained in the first 30% and then at the very end in the last 20% maybe? It picked up after the PodCon disaster. But tbh It was boring in the middle and I didn't care about their relationship or the story that much.
I disliked their boss since the beginning and it was frustrating to see Shay making herself smaller and accepting the misogynistic bs from him as if it was her due. And While it was interesting to see the reverse age gap, I was so over her calling Dominic a child and calling herself a millennial in every chapter while she bemoaned the age difference between her and Dominic. Is this something Americans are that obsessed with? The generations and "I'm a millenial, you're gen z, don't talk to me?" Really? Or it just this book?
The story was interesting, but I wish it were better.
Tropes:
- workplace romance
- fake relationship
- reverse age gap
- rivals to lovers
- forced proximity
- only one bed
-