I received this book for free from Home Cooked Books Tours in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Series: Bridges and Bitters #1
on August 6, 2024
Genres: Adult STEM romance
Length: 06:16
Source: Home Cooked Books Tours
Format: Audiobook
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Blurb:
He hates her for some reason. She will not rest until she changes his mind.
People always like Samantha Vine. It’s kind of her thing. All the employees at her tech startup think she’s the best boss, and the community partners and investors she woos not only trust, but adore her.
Everyone likes her, except him.
Sam may have been caught off guard when she accidentally insulted science teacher AJ Trachtenberg, but she’s pulling out all the stops trying to make it up to him…and it’s not working. Offering his students a swanky field trip doesn’t win him over—it only seems to make him grumpier.
Unfortunately, grumpy looks very good on him. AJ is tall, dark, and annoyingly handsome and he’s got a giant chip on his shoulder. Honestly, his smoldering is distracting.
Sam can’t afford any distractions right now, not with the media hounding her as she tries to take her company public. Maybe she can swing a one-time naked distraction, though. That doesn’t have to mean anything, right? She’s not looking for a happily-ever-after here. She’s just trying to get him out of her head.
Alas, when it comes to business and bossy men, Samantha Vine has trouble letting go.
Fireball is the laugh-out-loud first stand-alone installment of the Bridges and Bitters series. If you love found family, hilarious antics, and off-the-charts heat, you’ll devour these sexy romantic comedies.
My Review
Overall this was a really good story. I liked the characters, I liked the setting, and I enjoyed a lot of the humor. Both characters had their issues, and both had their reasons for the way they acted with each other. A lot of the side characters, including AJ’s students and co-workers, were some of the best parts of the story for me.
There was a lot riding for both characters on the things that happened with their jobs. And I liked seeing that Samantha figured out maybe she was more happy doing the actual work by the end, as opposed to necessarily having to do all the running of the company/brand, etc. AJ had a chip on his shoulder as it said, based on an ex-girlfriend, and while it was definitely understood, I feel he totally overreacted to someone he’d just met at the beginning. I also felt some things were awkward, like the steamy scenes were a bit, as well as her being so turned on by his hairy hands. I mean, yeah, I get that people like different things, but some of that was kind of weird for me to read.
The narrators were great for the book though, and it was a pretty quick and easy listen. And I think the rest of the series is probably good to listen to or read as well! Maybe the other heroes won’t have hairy hands, lol.
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