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Ugh. I didn’t really like this one, the main guy was annoying BUT the heroine was amazing so I gave some stars for her, we love a strong black female boss

booksy42's review

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4.0

The first half of the book was written from the perspective of the heroine but then it switches to the heroes point of view. This was a new take on the dual perspective for me but I liked it. I liked that the heroine was encouraging without being over bearing and I liked that the hero was vulnerable without being weak. Overall the balance was good and I liked the story. Surprisingly this was not only a different take on beauty and the beast but on shifters as well but it worked.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

virgo_reader's review

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4.0

The way this book was written was SUPER unique.

It was very short, for one - only 130 Kindle pages - and it was split into two parts, the first from the heroine’s POV, the second from the hero’s.

The writing style was… kind of like storytelling. Like the character was recounting something that happened, rather than reacting to it in the moment. In some places it felt more like summarizing, but not (always) in a bad way*.

I enjoyed the competence of the heroine Aurora aka Rory, a go-getter and hard worker who knows how capable she is and easily handled her boss, Luis Pine. I’ve always felt conflicted about boss/assistant romances because I used to be an Executive Assistant and the actual power imbalance is dangerous, and the idea of hooking up with a boss is gross. Did I cringe at their accidental phone call? Yes. BUT, I liked the love story a lot, regardless.

*To finish: the ending was a bit rushed to me, but to be expected from a novella. And I thought that given the super short nature of the book, it was well done.