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A review by lisafer
Her Best Match by Tamie Dearen
1.0
My initial thought upon finishing this book was, "thank God it was free." The book was poorly edited, poorly paced, and poorly executed.
The initial premise was exciting: long-time widowed woman with two grown children wants a new life. She gets the option to interview for an executive assistant in a top New York company, and despite a mad interviewing experience, gets a three-month trial. Her boss is a stoic and handsome millionaire who's, of course, single. Like all romantic lit, you as the reader know from the get-go that Anne and Steven are Meant to Be.
But how does this manifest itself? In control issues. Steven glowers when she begins flirting with another man. He. Shows jealousy when she mentions Sam, until he finds out that Sam is short for Samantha. He rages until he learns that Charlie is Anne's daughter. He doesn't want Anne around men in general, and it's really gross.
Anne, as a character, would've been better as a twenty-something rather than a 45-year-old woman. She was naive and cried every other page (seriously, when Steven's obviously wretched cousin spoke to her about his mother being upset that he never did as well as Steven in school, Anne ended up crying in sympathy. It was ludicrous.) And while chick lit often is founded on misunderstandings, it devolves into a state of frustration when most of the misunderstanding is because the protagonist won't let her love interest finish a sentence when he's trying to explain.
Overall, the book was ridiculous and too long. A hundred pages could've been edited without hindering the plot. There were typos (at one point the word "me" was used when it obviously should've been "meet"), and there were no scene breaks in chapters. Anne was literally at work in one paragraph, and the next she was soaking her nails at a spa with nothing to denote a change of scene. This happened regularly throughout the book, and was a great source of frustration.
Honestly, if you're looking for a refreshing chick lit read, just skip this one altogether.
The initial premise was exciting: long-time widowed woman with two grown children wants a new life. She gets the option to interview for an executive assistant in a top New York company, and despite a mad interviewing experience, gets a three-month trial. Her boss is a stoic and handsome millionaire who's, of course, single. Like all romantic lit, you as the reader know from the get-go that Anne and Steven are Meant to Be.
But how does this manifest itself? In control issues. Steven glowers when she begins flirting with another man. He. Shows jealousy when she mentions Sam, until he finds out that Sam is short for Samantha. He rages until he learns that Charlie is Anne's daughter. He doesn't want Anne around men in general, and it's really gross.
Anne, as a character, would've been better as a twenty-something rather than a 45-year-old woman. She was naive and cried every other page (seriously, when Steven's obviously wretched cousin spoke to her about his mother being upset that he never did as well as Steven in school, Anne ended up crying in sympathy. It was ludicrous.) And while chick lit often is founded on misunderstandings, it devolves into a state of frustration when most of the misunderstanding is because the protagonist won't let her love interest finish a sentence when he's trying to explain.
Overall, the book was ridiculous and too long. A hundred pages could've been edited without hindering the plot. There were typos (at one point the word "me" was used when it obviously should've been "meet"), and there were no scene breaks in chapters. Anne was literally at work in one paragraph, and the next she was soaking her nails at a spa with nothing to denote a change of scene. This happened regularly throughout the book, and was a great source of frustration.
Honestly, if you're looking for a refreshing chick lit read, just skip this one altogether.