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A review by lmrivas54
The Billionaire's Wake-up-call Girl by Annika Martin
3.0
I’m conflicted writing this review because I liked some parts, didn’t care for other parts, and I didn’t find the book laugh-out-loud funny as other readers found it. I found it humorous and enjoyable, not hilarious. It was a great story about a girl who thinks out of the box and resolves her situation, and a guy who seems to like sassy girls because he fell for her when she greeted him the first morning with “Wake up, motherfucker”, and then proceeded to shot down any ego he might have.
I found Lizzie and her bestie Mia adorable from the start. Lizzie used to own a bakery but her boyfriend embezzled funds, left her not only broke but owing money to a loan shark, and disappeared. Frequent images of broken kneecaps kept her going when her current job turned impossible. Mia is her roommate, an aspiring actress, and a very supporting friend.
Theo Drummond, CEO of Vossameer, is tyrannical and egotistical. He manages his company with little joy, keeping a workplace void of any color, decoration or food that smells. The employees both fear him and admire him, and they all seem to live a stressful work life.
The story is the classic trope about the lowly office girl, very creative, talented, and efficient, and her manager who takes all the credit for her work. Lizzie was forced to dress like a frump so the company CEO wouldn’t see her and only see the results that she produced for Sasha, her manager. When the CEO requested a telephone wake-up service, Lizzie was tasked to find the service and found out that there are no services available. So she took it upon herself to supply the service, which consisted of calls every workday at 4:30AM.
The phone calls were crazy and unbelievable. Starting with the incredible greeting phrase and continuing with the sexual content. Lizzie, acting as Operator Seven, shot down Theo Drummond, CEO of Vossameer and master of all he surveyed. I had a hard time accepting that a man would get attached to a woman based on voice and sexiness as perceived through the phone, but that happened to Theo. The phone sex that ensued after the wake-ups were very hot and explicit. This part of the story was not believable for me, but it was necessary to develop the rest of the story.
Even though Theo starts out acting like a jerk, later in the book he mellows, mostly because Lizzie won’t take crap from him. He shows his better side, which is a caring and protective guy, if a little overbearing. Theo’s sister Willow also appears, helping out her brother with her mad computer skills. I’m hoping there will be stories about Willow and Mia because they were great characters.
The book was entertaining and I liked Theo and Lizzie as a couple. Ioved that we get to see Henry, Vicky and Smuckers again in this book. Apart from the crazy phone calls, the rest of the story was entertaining and the love story very yummy and romantic.
I found Lizzie and her bestie Mia adorable from the start. Lizzie used to own a bakery but her boyfriend embezzled funds, left her not only broke but owing money to a loan shark, and disappeared. Frequent images of broken kneecaps kept her going when her current job turned impossible. Mia is her roommate, an aspiring actress, and a very supporting friend.
Theo Drummond, CEO of Vossameer, is tyrannical and egotistical. He manages his company with little joy, keeping a workplace void of any color, decoration or food that smells. The employees both fear him and admire him, and they all seem to live a stressful work life.
The story is the classic trope about the lowly office girl, very creative, talented, and efficient, and her manager who takes all the credit for her work. Lizzie was forced to dress like a frump so the company CEO wouldn’t see her and only see the results that she produced for Sasha, her manager. When the CEO requested a telephone wake-up service, Lizzie was tasked to find the service and found out that there are no services available. So she took it upon herself to supply the service, which consisted of calls every workday at 4:30AM.
The phone calls were crazy and unbelievable. Starting with the incredible greeting phrase and continuing with the sexual content. Lizzie, acting as Operator Seven, shot down Theo Drummond, CEO of Vossameer and master of all he surveyed. I had a hard time accepting that a man would get attached to a woman based on voice and sexiness as perceived through the phone, but that happened to Theo. The phone sex that ensued after the wake-ups were very hot and explicit. This part of the story was not believable for me, but it was necessary to develop the rest of the story.
Even though Theo starts out acting like a jerk, later in the book he mellows, mostly because Lizzie won’t take crap from him. He shows his better side, which is a caring and protective guy, if a little overbearing. Theo’s sister Willow also appears, helping out her brother with her mad computer skills. I’m hoping there will be stories about Willow and Mia because they were great characters.
The book was entertaining and I liked Theo and Lizzie as a couple. Ioved that we get to see Henry, Vicky and Smuckers again in this book. Apart from the crazy phone calls, the rest of the story was entertaining and the love story very yummy and romantic.