Reviews

The Contract by Melanie Moreland

kassreads's review against another edition

4.0

This was a workplace romance w/ a marriage of convivence. I really enjoyed reading this one. This was my first from this author and its safe to say I will be going back for more. The hero was an a**hole in the beginning. the heroine was great. I was rarely annoyed with her. which was a change. She was kind, selfless and unashamed of who she was. Most of the book was in his POV, which was a good change. because it was in his POV, it was easier to see how he ended up being the person he was in the beginning. The unkind, selfish man. Throughout the book we got to see the characters go from hating each other, to finding comfort in each other. The two of them had so much chemistry, Seeing them become friends then it eventually turning into something romantic was beautiful. This book was written so well and would definitely read again.

kaeliesreads's review

5.0

This book shows that one Plan to get revenge can Start as one thing and lead to love

scatterbrain's review

5.0

I LOVE IT. I got mad, I cried and I laughed while reading this. It's all cliché I know but it was so beautiful I couldn't put it down.

mollyjeannette's review

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

kendallthefire's review against another edition

2.0

The contract is about a man who needs to fake a relationship to show that he has changed and earn a job at this prestigious marketing firm. Richard is a dick and Katy is his sweet saving grace for getting this job because the boss who is hiring, Graham Gavin, is a family man at heart and needs to know that richards loose ways are behind him. somehow not only do they end up in a fake relationship... They end up officially married to keep the lie going. After learning about each others pasts and acting like they were in a real living relationship all the time things started to change and they fell in love with each other. Obviously the plot line is far fetched but I sought this out. I wanted to read a fake relationship turn real relationship kind of book. So that is not why I gave it such a low score. The low score was because Oh my gosh it was so cheesy and ridiculous. I couldn't handle it. It had good parts but most of the time I wanted to vomit. The writing was so formal and robotic. He would call her sweetheart and she would call him my darling and I would roll my eyes half out of their sockets everytime. Also, Its supposed to be a dual point of view book but Moreland only decided to give us katys perspective when it's convenient. I honestly think there were only about 2 sections that were her point of view and then mid chapter they changed back to richards. So really there was absolutely no point in her have it be two points of view. At the top of each chapter it would say Richard but there was no point in the distinction. It was obviously going to be from richards pov.
1.8-2 stars

digitlchic's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

aathira_suni_sunil's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

shakthi_shivshankar's review against another edition

4.0

Plot: 4/5 ; Spice: 1/5

-workplace romance
-grumpy sunshine
-contractual marriage
-she falls first but he falls harder

Spoiler

it was kinda heartbreaking when she left him. i mean... he felt abandoned. and he searched for her everywhere like lost puppy.

because when you fall in love, you just dont want to loose that essence

And... like in every grumpy sunshine book, the sunshine mc changes the grumpy one.

endlesslytraveling's review against another edition

2.0

It was going okay and then I was bored and started skipping pages.

prostobulochka's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5