This one wasn't for me.Shallow b*tch to love interest is not my trope.
If you like the "thinks she is better than him to love him" trope then you might like this one. If you blanket think that men are the problem then this one might be for you. I'm not saying men aren't trash, I'm saying that in this written in detail description of how it went down and what happened after is not something that, in my opinion, deserved what she tried to do to him. Was he slimy? Yeah, a little. The rest is spoilery but toward the bottom there is more detail about the situation I'm referring to.

26% - Kat is effing annoying. She seems like every American woman stereotype rolled into one really annoying character. First of all, she's freaking delusional and makes up some wild story about a man on a bus. Then when that man isn't what she made up in her brain she is rude to him. HELLO he didn't do anything wrong, you selfish brat. The self hating American thing is a serious turn off. Are people really like this? I don't know people who are actually like this. 
"I refuse to settle for a mediocre relationship or for a mediocre career and I'm usually proud of myself for this. It means I know my worth and potential but today I wonder if it just makes me a juvenile fool..." THE ANSWER IS YES. 
30% - I'm all for screwing the boss/client but seriously, if she isn't even attracted to him and she honestly says it's just to get ahead and what harm? Are you freaking kidding me? God, she's so effing stupid. She stopped it far too late. He is a pig but she's an idiot. 
31% - OMFG. How in Jesus name do we go from not going out with the team to going out with the team and acting just as gross as them? You can't just tell yourself you know it's wrong but justify it at the same time. 
37% - Oh so now she wants to come around to Rory but still trash him in her own mind. I hate her so much. And now it's the HR ladies fault that you didn't say no and didn't stop him and didn't pull away. 
Then there is the client bar scene. She got drunk on purpose. She sat next to him. He put his hand on her knee and started rubbing her leg. Then he progresses to running his fingers over her panties. All the while she internally told herself she didn't hate it, she said she wouldn't mind doing it to get ahead. She said she should stop him but didn't actually want to. Then when she got a phone call from a guy she doesn't even like she started to worry about what people would think about if she went through with it. Then she stood up and left. He didn't snatch her back down. He didn't try to detain her in any way. Then besides coyly suggesting they go out again soon he doesn't push anything. IF she had liked him and all of these things happened and then progressed, nothing would be said. It would be perfectly fine and perfectly normal but since she thought in her head, without any outward dislike, he is supposed to be a mind reader? 


"...but maybe the only way you can be anti-feminist is if you force a certain path upon a woman or judge her on how you think she should."

A few times toward the end I really thought she was "getting it" and she was maturing and growing and taking responsibility for her actions. I don't really think she did though.

Kat moved to London from Michigan for a dream job. She frequently worked from home and while looking outside, develops a crush on the guy getting on the bus. She starts watching out for him, until she decides to meet him. Rory is a boy next door.

This book was too slow burn for me. I listened to the audiobook and found the narrator not to my liking either.

Many thanks to Net Galley and Dreamscape Media for a copy for an honest review.

I liked the narration but the story overall felt very cheesy. The main characters weren't likable and made it really hard to connect with the story.

Awesome story! Amazing narration and main characters! Story had a good flow and was easy to follow. Shout out to Netgalley and publishing for allowing me to listen and review this book!

4 STARS!

Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for the audio ARC. I was overly annoyed with the man character and the immaturity of her. In addition to that, I felt it was making fun of how British people spoke and was really unnecessary to the story. Do not recommend.