I enjoyed this book! I was in the mood for a light, fun read and this met the mark. Early on, I thought I might not finish it. A particular struggle I have with reading first person POV is feeling that the protagonist/narrator is too aware of their actions. For example, in Shipped the main character discussed biting her bottom lip and she was thinking, and I personally that took me out of the story. I don't like reading characters who sound as though they know they're narrating their actions. But I kept reading, and I'm glad I did. I really liked the ending, the friendships, the GIRL POWER — I love when everyone gets a happy ending, and this was worth finishing.

Henley is a rock star!!!! I enjoyed this book so very much. Henley is a total bad ass and Graham Cracker should be giving lessons to men world wide on how to treat women in the work place rather than competing with Henley for a promotion. Once I started this book I had a hard time putting it down. Mostly because Henley is so relatable. I enjoyed her character so much. Angie Hockman is being added to my list of must read authors. I already can’t wait for her next book.

Shipped is a fun enemies to lovers story. The book is hailed as a mix between The Hating Game and the Unhoneymooners and I would say it was a pretty spot on comparison. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and was rooting the whole time for both characters! Swoon.

I was provided with an electronic ARC through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

When I saw this book being billed as The Unhoneymooners meets The Hating Game, I knew I had to read it. I love both of those books, but The Hating Game is the book I compare all other rom-com books to. And Shipped did not disappoint.

Henley is a worker bee who is busting her butt in school and in work but kind of missing the rest of life. She gets added to a short list for a promotion against her nemesis, Graeme, and she will do whatever it takes to win. When Henley and Graeme are forced to go on one of their work’s cruises together, Henley finds out she doesn’t know Graeme like she thought.

Is this book exactly like The Unhoneymooners and The Hating Game? No. And why would I want it to be? Those books already exist, and I don’t want to read an exact copy of them in something new.

I liked both Henley and Graeme and was rooting for them both to get the promotion by midbook. I’m so tired of reading books where the male is over confident and seems to have no reservations about things in life. Graeme had depth. He was a bit shy. He was afraid of certain things.
I liked that Henley was a bit sassy and confident in her work. And I really enjoyed how she learned to stand up for herself.

I’m giving this a 4 outta 5!

Thanks SO much to Netgalley for this ARC!

Holy sh*t I loved this? I'm so pleasantly surprised!

I requested this because when a book compares itself to The Hating Game, I have to. Shipped does nothing to hide the influence of the former book, given the similar tropes, but even beyond that it's so refreshing in other ways and both characters are so ADORABLE that I loved it more than I thought I would.

Henley Evans wants nothing more than to feel successful in her life, to earn a spot in an executive's board meeting and belong there on her own merit. When a promotion comes up at her corporate job for a cruise line, she's ecstatic to learn she's on the short-list, but so is her nemesis coworker who works from home that she's never met. Her boss wants them both to take a cruise and gain inside perspective on the region for their proposals, and finally being alone with Graeme seems like asking for trouble for Henley.

People who liked The Hating Game are going to like this, hands down. Henley is such a good character? She's driven and cocky when she should be, while hopelessly human when it comes to real fears and anxieties that she has tried too long to ignore. Graeme is pretty perfect, honestly, but that's what we kinda want sometimes from a love interest. He does the absolute MOST in this book, I appreciate him so much.

I wasn't expecting to like the side characters as much as I did, but even the small inclusions some had felt natural and well done. Even Nikolai!!! The ultimate surprise favorite was Walsh. I will admit, there's a scene where she opens up and it felt a little... cliche in how it played out, but things are cliche for a reason and it wasn't enough to damper my feelings.

Honestly, I read some parts of this book with a wide smile on my face and I never do that. This book is just... sweet. I adored it. Read it!

This was an utterly delightful escape—I could feel the sand, the rocking of the ship, the sun’s rays. I felt fully immersed.

If you’re looking for a fun read, this is a great one!

This was enjoyable, though it didn't quite "hit" it for me. I think I craved more overall depth. It felt a tad "paint by the numbers" romance, and I craved getting to know the characters more instead of focusing on a surface level romance, which was a bit what it felt like to me. I normally LOVE hate to love, and at the beginning, I was totally feeling it. But Graeme was clearly a good guy the moment you meet him in person, and I just didn't feel like there was enough reason for her to hate him.

I'm so sorry it didn't quite work for me, but I do think others will enjoy it! It's a fast read and quite pacey, which I think will work in its favor.

I tend to leave negative reads off of Goodreads as I don't want to hurt the author in any way, but thank you to the publishers for the chance to read!

This was a fun, light romance read! “The Unhoneymooners meets The Hating Game” is seriously a perfect description. Henley and Graeme were a great enemies-to-lovers couple, with my favorite part being that they were never really enemies at all and Graeme loved her all along *heart eyes*! I enjoyed the travel aspect of the story and the glimpse of the Galapagos, a place I’ve never really seen depicted in fiction. There were also well-done components of environmentalism, women overcoming sexism in the workplace, etc that added more depth to the story and Henley’s character. I think this one will be really popular when it comes out and I look forward to recommending it!

What a sweet, swoon-worthy book! A perfect mix of family drama, a hate-to-love romance, exotic travel, workplace drama, and female empowerment! A wonderful quarantine read!

First, let me start off by telling you how much I LOVED this book! I was sold on the synopsis because it said it was The Hating Game meets the Unhoneymooners (2 books that I loved) and the description couldn't be more accurate! I laughed out loud, I blushed and I thoroughly enjoyed this read! Can't wait to read more from Angie Hockman!

Thank you to Netgalley for my advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion!

Shipped gets three stars because 1) the narrator and main character, Henley, works in the travel industry, which is of interest to me, and 2) because the book sheds light on eco tourism and the opportunity it presents for to garner support for conservation efforts around the world. Plus, it was great to learn some about the Galápagos Islands.
More stars are missing because Henley is, unfortunately, a self-involved, emotionally immature twit through most of the book. She doesn’t come into her own until near the end of the book— too late to rescue most of the narrative which had me saying, “You idiot!” multiple times as she made Incorrect, ill-deserved assumptions about Graeme based on almost nothing. Good points are made about some of the challenges women can face in the workplace when one works for an incompetent man (or woman, really). And about the strength to be had from supportive friends, family and colleagues in all aspects of life. Angie Hockman’s motivations in writing Shipped are commendable. The setting, plot and generally amusing wittiness give me hope for her next book.

This definitely has that contemporary romance vibe. Two people that hate each other forced into close proximity. There is a good amount of tension that I like when it comes to these enemies to lovers. I found Henley annoying though. She just hated this guy so much especially when they meet and he’s nice the entire time. (Not exactly enemies to lovers really) It was almost unfair. Even when he told her the source of the reason she’s mad she still hates him. The description says their email battles are legend in the office but we only got one email conversation and I wanted more to actually see what they fought about.I found the Walsh story almost too much for the side story. Also when Walsh says tw*t I found it jarring. I was waiting for that steamy scene and was disappointed really. Overall it is a so so book that left me wanting to go to the Galápagos but not too into the romance.
Thanks NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Graeme and Henley work for the same company, but have only met via tele- and video-conferences. None the less, they have an adversarial relationship that only gets worse when their boss pits them against each odor a promotion.

This is a light, fun, beach (or cruise!) read. Their relationship has a lot of ups and downs, with a few amusing supporting characters thrown in for interest. I think you’ll enjoy the book as much as I did.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

I loved The Hating Game, so I had high hopes this premise would be just as fun — and it was! I loved the main characters' chemistry, even though some of the supporting characters somewhat annoyed me. Of course, the setting deserves a huge mention. The description of the Galapagos and its wildlife was beautiful. It made me want to book a trip ASAP.

I really liked this book! I thought it had a great plot and the writing was really good. I was immediately interested in the book because the description compared it to The Unhoneymooners (one of my favorite books) and The Hating Game. I really liked both of those books so I was pulled into this one. I must say that I love the kind of story where the characters hate each other, or just like in The Hating Game there's only really one person who is hating. I just love when it's all because of a miscommunication and this one was done really well. I thought the ending was really good as well but as usual I would have loved an epilogue. I feel like at times though it was almost a direct rip off of the books mentioned especially The Hating Game. Like sometimes it just felt identical but otherwise it was its own unique story. I did like the plot that they go on the cruise together though at times I was really confused as to why Walsh was with them. It wasn't until the end that I understood Walsh's part in the whole story, before that it was kind of like and why is she here? In general I thought there were some great side characters but at times I just didn't understand their purpose at the moment they were mentioned. Overall I really liked Graeme (still don't know how to actually pronounce the name) and Henley they were really cute and nice characters. I give this book 4 stars!

This book was adorable! I loved the unique setting. The cruise ship and island were beautifully rendered. Henley was such an active character who went after what she wanted, and I related a lot to her ambition. She was still likable even though she made a ton of mistakes. I especially loved her sister Walsh! I really hope Hockman writes a book about her (wink wink). Reading this book was like going on a little cruise myself!

Thanks to Net Galley and Gallery books for this ARC!

This was cute and with a fun premise that I personally haven't seen before in a romance novel. I thought the characters were well developed and enjoyed how their relationship developed. Now I'm dying to travel to the Galapagos! Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the digital ARC.

This was a really fun, quick read for lovers of chick lit. The heroine is Henley, a woman living in Seattle who's going through a "slump" in life, who feels like she's stuck in the same place both professionally and personally. In order to vie for a promotion at work (a cruise company with a rather unimaginative name...), she ends going on a cruise in the Galapagos with her enemy, competing for the same promotion. Overall, it was a sweet story albeit parts of the story were pretty cliched and trite, and the writing isn't as sharp as some of the British chick lit writers (like Sophie Kinsella). But I liked the millennial style of writing (with texts), and I enjoyed the female workplace empowerment plot point (which arguably was more central than the romance) as well as the conservationism and corporate responsibility plot points (although pretty ironic given that this is a cruise company...). Recommend for those looking for a easy, fun read! (thank you Netgalley!!)

This book was too much! It has everything!! A hard working, caring, lead with an amazing support system, a mysterious work enemy turned friend turned lover, and a close quarters trip to a super fun location. I absolutely devoured this. I was rooting for all the characters the whole time.

2.5/5 stars

This novel is billed as “The Hating Game” meets the “Unhoneymooners” which are two of my favorite romances. That billing is correct, jut the two other books are better. I liked this one well enough and had a fun time reading it, but the plot and characters were not developed well enough for me.

I did not like either of the characters. Henley was fine? I got that she was ambitious, but she was annoying too. (I hate calling female characters annoying and I tried so hard to get where she was coming from, but I just couldn’t). In the end it all comes “full circle” and all that jazz, but I just did not like how she was written. Graeme was just fine? He did some cute things, but aside from being SO HOT and having a tragic backstory dude was just a mediocre love interest. Plus, in hate to love stories I need some GOOD BANTER and this was just not it.

Overall, I would suggest reading something else unless you really want a cruise ship romance.

TW: brief mentions of abusive relationship to side character