"My Arrogant Boss" was a fast-paced, steamy novella featuring an enemies-to-lovers romance between billionaire coffee company CEO Finn Weston and Rachel Quinn, a recently unemployed publicist who became Finn's new executive assistant. Work wasn't the only connection between them; they'd actually met months earlier when their respective best friends Aaron and Katie got engaged and asked Finn and Rachel to be part of the wedding party. They'd been enemies ever since that disastrous first meeting, and when she first learned the identity of her new employer, Rachel was convinced that they could never work together. However, her desperation for a paycheck took precedence over all other considerations, so she was forced to give it a try.
The beginning of the story was cute and funny, and I enjoyed the obvious chemistry between Rachel and Finn as well as the fact that Rachel tried so hard to push control freak Finn out of his comfort zone. As the story progressed, however, I started to wish that Rachel and Finn's characters were a bit better developed. For example, why exactly was Finn such a control freak? Also, did Rachel grow up in Los Angeles and is that why she decided to move back there after she lost her job in New York? Where was her family, particularly her parents? She had a couple of conversations with her older sister Pam, but I got the impression that Pam lived in a different city. These details bothered me because I couldn't figure out why Rachel was so dependent on her best friend Katie for financial support, namely a place to stay.
The beginning of the story was cute and funny, and I enjoyed the obvious chemistry between Rachel and Finn as well as the fact that Rachel tried so hard to push control freak Finn out of his comfort zone. As the story progressed, however, I started to wish that Rachel and Finn's characters were a bit better developed. For example, why exactly was Finn such a control freak? Also, did Rachel grow up in Los Angeles and is that why she decided to move back there after she lost her job in New York? Where was her family, particularly her parents? She had a couple of conversations with her older sister Pam, but I got the impression that Pam lived in a different city. These details bothered me because I couldn't figure out why Rachel was so dependent on her best friend Katie for financial support, namely a place to stay.
I also found myself growing increasingly annoyed with Finn's behavior and treatment of Rachel. He was in a fake relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Ariel, so that Ariel's father would continue to invest in his coffee company. At the same time, he kept pushing Rachel to be with him and even said he loved her, while acknowledging that he had no plans to call things off with Ariel for at least a couple of months. What exactly was Finn's plan? Was he going to sneak around with Rachel until he was finished using Ariel and her father for their money? That doesn't seem like love to me. It seems like he wanted to have his cake and eat it too.
Overall, I had a tough time coming up with a final rating and recommendation for "My Arrogant Boss" because while I didn't love it, I didn't hate it either. It's a light, quick, and steamy story, but ultimately not particularly memorable for me. I would still give the next one in the series a try.
*Review copy provided by the author/publisher via Grey's Promotions. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "My Arrogant Boss"
The guy I hate the most is now my new boss...
Finn Weston is CEO of one of the hottest companies around and he's every girls' dream guy--every girl except me.
Ever since the day I tossed my champagne in his face at my best friend's engagement party, we've never gotten along. But, hey, it wasn't like he didn't deserve it.
After losing my job and being left with no choice but to find another, I came to the awful realization that my new position was to work for the infamous jerk, Finn.
I've despised this guy for months, even though he has the body of a god and a smile to die for--and, sure, he's really easy on the eyes and there are moments when I want to climb him like a tree--but still, I still loathe everything about him.
Finn has made it his mission to show me who's really in charge, but in doing so we're left with no choice but to get closer. And one night in a hotel is all it takes for my irritatingly hot boss to not seem so irritating to me anymore...
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