Pandora for President! Love her cactus-y style when really she is a sweetheart. Super smart and witty! I loved Ozzy too for bringing out the best in Pandora. This book is a fun time but also so powerful modern women

This one was too real for me.

The FMC works for a tech company that happens to be a startup run by 20 year olds.

Of course there’s a layoff and they let go of her.

The issue is, I was also laid off due to lack of work at a tech job, so this hit reallly close and was not fun for me basically immediately. Why I give it 5 stars? I didn't read enough of the book to have any genuine criticisms and the weirdness of the surfer dude made me laugh, so points for that. It was also formatted properly.

Also love that she lives in a van, but if you have no done van life full time and don’t understand the logistics of it, it takes away from the story and romanticizes it instead (you have to pay for rent space, gas, utilities, etc, or else you are “boondocking” which is not being connected to any electricity or water, and you have to prepare for this. The cover made it seem like they lived in the van and boondocked, so I hope that there is more details on the logistics of that, or else it’s going to make it unrealistic).

I plan to pick this one up in a year or so from now once I am more recovered from that traumatic event, but this isn’t going to be a fun romance for me for that reason. I really wish they didn’t have to lose their job?

Thank you for allowing me to sample this eARC. I appreciate the opportunity to provide honest feedback voluntarily.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As a software engineer who enjoys romance, I was very excited to read The Code for Love. But I quickly found myself disappointed by the technical inaccuracies and the misuse of jargon. Many of the IT references felt out of place and were inconsistent with how things are actually done and called in the industry. The code snippet* on page 22, for example, was wrong in so many ways. It showed that Anne Marsh did not have a solid understanding of what she was writing about.

This constantly pulled me out of the story, so I couldn't connect with the characters or immerse myself in the narrative. As a "STEMinist" romance, I expected a more genuine representation of women in tech, but these missteps only perpetuate stereotypes and misrepresent the reality of women working in the industry. I understand that it's an attempt of celebrating women in the field, but these inaccuracies can do more harm than good, reinforcing misconceptions...

Sadly, I had to mark this as a DNF due to these issues. Which is a shame, because I really wanted to like this book.

* Here's two possible ways to correct the Java code:
1) Fix the loop, which prints the message 11 times
for (burglarCount = 0; burglarCount <= 10; burglarCount++){
System.out.println("Panic later!");
}
2) Write it as an if statement, which I believe is closer to the author's intent
if (burglarCount > 0 && burglarCount <= 10){
System.out.println("Panic later!");
}