The Man Ban

Snarky Romance Reads Shorter Than Its Actual Length. This is one of those fun, snarky, steamy - yes, there are numerous sex scenes, for those that care either way about such things - romances that doesn't quite work as a true “enemies to lovers”, since the initial fight is more a miscommunication when these two characters - both introduced in 2020's The Boy Toy - first meet up in the aftermath of that tale. It officially clocks in at around 350 pages, but Marsh keeps the tale pulsing along so well that this reader never really noticed the actual length and indeed by the end the book feels much shorter. For technically being a Book 2, this is also a fairly loosely coupled “series” - yes, these characters are introduced in the first book, and yes, the first book's primary couple (and another character or two) appear in this book, but neither is truly dependent on the other and each totally work fine as standalones in a shared universe as well. Overall a fun book, maybe not an “end of summer” book but definitely a fun, summery feel. Very much recommended.