Release Blitz + Review: "Bad Influencer" by Kenzie Reed

I'm thrilled to participate in this week's release/review blitz celebrating "Bad Influencer" by Kenzie Reed. I absolutely adored this opposites attract/enemies-to-lovers romance, which featured endearingly quirky characters and a laugh-out-loud funny, fast-paced plot.

 

The book's main characters, social media influencer/animal rights activist Jillian Fletcher and Bradford Family Amusement Parks CEO Elliott Bradford, could not have been more different, but they had incredible chemistry and I adored their witty banter. Elliott was an introverted workaholic, but he obviously loved his family's company, cared about its employees, and tried his best to be a good leader. Jillian was delightfully snarky, steadfast in her beliefs regarding the proper care and treatment of animals, and loved her family dearly even though she often felt excluded by them. I was so happy when she finally stood up to her parents, older brother, and sister-in-law! She deserved so much better than the way they treated her. 

Jillian's ideas on how to get Elliott to have fun so that she could soften his image through her social media campaign were unusual, but hilarious, and surprisingly effective. The mud run was a personal favorite as well as Elliott's hysterically funny interactions with the young triplets who stayed in the suite next door to them at the Bradford park in Colorado. He was so uncomfortable around kids, which was really not good for someone in charge of a family theme park!

 

Overall, "Bad Influencer" was a tremendous amount of fun, and I highly recommend it for all contemporary romance and romantic comedy fans. I look forward to Kenzie Reed's next release.

*Review copy provided by the author/publisher via Wildfire Marketing Solutions. All opinions expressed are my own.

 

 

About "Bad Influencer"

We’ve all heard about the public image consultant brought in to fix the bad boy’s image. That’s not me.

Nope, quite the opposite. I’ve been hired—well, blackmailed is more like it—to be a bad influence on grumpy, gorgeous, humor-deprived billionaire Elliott Bradford. He’s just become the public face of his family’s company, Bradford Amusement Parks. Problem: The board is about to kick him to the curb because they think Elliott wouldn’t recognize fun if it bit him in the as… spiration.

And they’re not wrong. I can’t believe I have to spend the next three months trying to coax a smile out of Jerk-in-a-Box. But if I fail, my secret shenanigans will be brought to light and my parents will pay the price. Again.

So here I am, getting stuck on top of a midnight roller coaster ride with him… and letting him kiss my panic attack away. Signing us up for a mud run… and letting him wash the mud out of my hair in the shower… Yes, I’m that dedicated to my job.

But the more I get to know broody Elliott, the more I think there might actually be a beating heart hiding underneath that navy double-breasted jacket. And the closer I get to the end of my assignment, the more I want to be the girl who can make him smile for real.