Tamar loves and excels at her job within the financial sector of Israel; for the past three years she has won the department's competition and she is determined to win it again this year. With the deadline for the competition coming up, she is blindsided when the department's new addition, Gideon, pulls ahead of her. She has never paid much mind to him before other than when she noticed how attractive he is, but with her personal no dating within the office rules, she has steered clear of him. Now that they are officially rivals, she finds herself bumping into him more and more. After an incident, Tamar learns the attraction is not one-sided and the two decide to go into a no-strings, sex-only relationship. However, as the two get closer, they find themselves confiding in each other about personal and professional problems and soon realize their no-strings plan is not going to hold up.

This was blah, while I enjoyed the romance and diving into some topics I'm not too knowledgeable about including the financial sector and Israeli culture; the writing and plot could use some work. I think a shorter length would have been better as there aren't too many plot points, and the pacing could use some work as the ending and conflict wrapped up very fast and felt rushed. I also found issue with some of the family dynamics at play throughout the book. One of the main conflicts of the book is an affair Gideon's father had, he had a whole second family and when Gideon found out, he stepped away from his family and told no one. There was talk of this throughout the book and multiple times they said Gideon's mother was too fragile to know and lived in a bubble. This didn't sit right with me throughout the whole book and didn't align with the stressed feminism that the plot is centered around.

This book was a classic work place rivals to lovers, but had the bonus of featuring a plus-size main character with insecurities about her body. More than a romance, this book is about a woman trying to get the job she deserves. Early on in my reading experience I would describe it as so feminist, and it would not let you forget it. But unfortunately some of those values got twisted. There is a decision made in the story that robs a woman of agency simply because everyone assumed it would "break her", indicating she's too fragile to handle the truth. That frankly left me with a foul taste. Additionally, the book is incredibly heteronormative, with phrases like the "opposite sex", leaving absolutely no room for non-binary people. We also see at times that the emotions of conversations seemed hard to follow, and the anger didn't read as anger. I often found myself confused that people were so angry. The same whiplash also tended to occur between paragraphs, as sometimes I found myself flipping the page to see if I missed something (since the conversation shifted so jarringly). On the more positive note, the banter between the two main characters was so cute and made me chuckle. The author clearly knows a lot about stocks, investments, and this sector of business, so that was incredibly fun to experience. While some people might feel lost in the jargon, I found it delightful to be surrounding by expertise.

I wasn’t sure what I was getting into when I first started reading Analysing Her Assets but boy did I love it once I started! I work in capital markets and reading a romance that takes place in that world was so fun and different from any of the other books I’ve read lately. I also didn’t know much about Tel Aviv and it was such a fun change of pace to read a book that doesn’t take place with North American or British characters.

I this this story was told in such a beautiful way, I really appreciated the use of dual POV in this book. I liked both Gideon and Tamar so much and loved their connection. I adored how much they supported and respected each other’s boundaries and wants. The spice in this book was great as well, their chemistry was off the charts.

I also really like the women supporting women that happened with the T-Team who helped Tamar through out the book, I found that a nice touch.

Also I loved Giddy and Shemesh, they were adorable and a cute part of the story.

I definitely want to check out other books by Mia Sivan after reading this one.

Thanks to Netgalley, Xpresso Book Tours and the author Mia Sivan for providing me with a e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Maybe the premise was all there, but I didn't like either Gideon or Tamar in fact she just didn't make sense because while she was a very organized and neurotic woman, what she became with Gideon was inconceivable to me, and moreover her sister Tally is unbearable, I dread her presence in the next books, since this is the first in a series. The thing I liked most were the little dogs and the setting in Tel Aviv, because this is the first time it became the setting for a romance.

Magari le premesse c'erano tutte, ma a me non piacevano né Gideon né Tamar anzi lei proprio non aveva senso perché se da una parte era una donna organizzatissima e nevrotica, quello che diventava con Gideon per me era inconcepibile, e inoltre sua sorella Tally é insopportabile, temo la sua presenza nei prossimi libri, visto che questo é il primo di una serie. La cosa che piú mi piacevano erano i cagnolini e l'ambientazione a Tel Aviv, perché é la prima volta che diventa l'ambientazione per un romance.

I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

I tried to get into this book but I just couldn’t follow the story and didn’t connect with the characters. Perhaps others will enjoy but it just didn’t grab my attention and make me love the story I’m afraid.