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Love, Technically
She's falling for his alter-ego...
Noah Frellish is a king amongst geeks. As CEO of Chicago’s hottest tech company, he’s done with the world only seeing him for his money—especially when it comes to romance. So when he helps a beautiful employee with a printer problem and she mistakes him for a help desk technician? Well, Noah can't help but play along…through every sexy, romantic moment.
Small-town girl Michelle Kolson loves life in Chicago, not to mention her work at a cutting-edge tech company. A whirlwind romance with a hot coworker is the cherry on her happy life sundae—until her job lands on the chopping block.
Suddenly, nothing is what it seems, and Michelle finds out the man she fell headfirst into bed with actually owns the company. If Noah’s going to convince the sweet, small-town girl to stay in the big city, he’ll have to prove he's still the sexy nerd she fell for.
Noah Frellish is a king amongst geeks. As CEO of Chicago’s hottest tech company, he’s done with the world only seeing him for his money—especially when it comes to romance. So when he helps a beautiful employee with a printer problem and she mistakes him for a help desk technician? Well, Noah can't help but play along…through every sexy, romantic moment.
Small-town girl Michelle Kolson loves life in Chicago, not to mention her work at a cutting-edge tech company. A whirlwind romance with a hot coworker is the cherry on her happy life sundae—until her job lands on the chopping block.
Suddenly, nothing is what it seems, and Michelle finds out the man she fell headfirst into bed with actually owns the company. If Noah’s going to convince the sweet, small-town girl to stay in the big city, he’ll have to prove he's still the sexy nerd she fell for.
135 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 29, 2013
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Lynne Silver
42 books319 followersLynne Silver is the author of sexy contemporary romance such as the popular Alpha Heroes, Coded for Love, and the Worthy series. She absolutely loves to travel and explore new cities. She has a slight (huge) addiction to donuts, fancy purses, romance novels and video games. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and two sons. She loves connecting with readers so please find her on social media.
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August 21, 2013
3.5 Stars
God, I love a hot geek! They have a brain, can carry on a stimulating conversation, are cute, but rarely know just how much so. Oh, my heart is already in a little flutter thinking about these types!
Michelle is the small town girl looking to make it on her own in the big city. Things are going according to plan when she gets hired on by a tech company, LiteWave. While working late one night Michelle has some computer trouble, and a nerdy but oh-so-hot fellow employee (or so she thinks) helps her out. They have an instant attraction and strike up a friendship. Little does Michelle know that her hot geek, Sark, is actually the CEO and founder of LiteWave. One thing leads to another and friendship becomes a swoony romance. Mistaken identity is still a factor here even though Sark thinks he cleared thing up, Michelle didn’t quite get the message which leads to a little drama in the work place. Can these two get past their positions and work things out?
Love, Technically was a sweet romance that you could easily read in a couple of hours. Perfect for a quick fix! In spite of this only being 127 pages there is no insta-love here. Instant attraction, yes, but Michelle and Sark get to know each other before falling. They share their hopes and dreams, their daily stresses, and lean on each other for support. There are a few lusty kisses, and some hotter scenes that’ll get your heart racing, making this a satisfying little “love bite”!
Cold was no longer the problem. Spontaneously combusting could be, though. Sark might act like the cutest member of The Big Bang Theory’s cast, but he knew how to kiss.
Yes, please!
Plus, who can resist a smoking hot man with nerdy glasses and not an ounce of ego?! I can’t, that’s for sure!
A copy was provided by Entangled through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
God, I love a hot geek! They have a brain, can carry on a stimulating conversation, are cute, but rarely know just how much so. Oh, my heart is already in a little flutter thinking about these types!
Michelle is the small town girl looking to make it on her own in the big city. Things are going according to plan when she gets hired on by a tech company, LiteWave. While working late one night Michelle has some computer trouble, and a nerdy but oh-so-hot fellow employee (or so she thinks) helps her out. They have an instant attraction and strike up a friendship. Little does Michelle know that her hot geek, Sark, is actually the CEO and founder of LiteWave. One thing leads to another and friendship becomes a swoony romance. Mistaken identity is still a factor here even though Sark thinks he cleared thing up, Michelle didn’t quite get the message which leads to a little drama in the work place. Can these two get past their positions and work things out?
Love, Technically was a sweet romance that you could easily read in a couple of hours. Perfect for a quick fix! In spite of this only being 127 pages there is no insta-love here. Instant attraction, yes, but Michelle and Sark get to know each other before falling. They share their hopes and dreams, their daily stresses, and lean on each other for support. There are a few lusty kisses, and some hotter scenes that’ll get your heart racing, making this a satisfying little “love bite”!
Cold was no longer the problem. Spontaneously combusting could be, though. Sark might act like the cutest member of The Big Bang Theory’s cast, but he knew how to kiss.
Yes, please!
Plus, who can resist a smoking hot man with nerdy glasses and not an ounce of ego?! I can’t, that’s for sure!
A copy was provided by Entangled through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
August 7, 2013
I LOVE geeky heroes so when I spotted Love, Technically on netgalley I couldn't pass up the opportunity to read it. Unfortunately Sark just wasn't interesting enough to make me care about this story and I gave up after about 40%.
My main problem was with the heroine Michelle, she is from a small town and very innocent which I could have dealt with on it's own but she is also so stupid it's ridiculous. I'll forgive her for not recognising the company CEO from the photographs around the building she works in because in reality I'm not the most observant person either but Sark has given her so many clues and even outright told her & she's just too stupid to take a hint.
I have no idea how old she actually is but she reminds me of my naive 16 year old self, in fact I like to think I wasn't that clueless even when I was in school let alone when I'd started full time employment. She supposedly worked for her parent's company before moving to the city so I can't get my head around the fact that she has no idea about absolutely anything. It's like she's just been dropped on the planet in a fully grown body but with the brain of a toddler.
I wasn't much of a fan of Sark either, he spends most of his time raving about how gorgeous and sexy Michelle is and worrying about what she'll say when she finds out who he really is. I don't feel like I have any connection with him and I can't for the life of me understand what he could see in her. I don't care about either of these characters, I'm not interested in seeing if they manage to hook up or not and I really don't care what happens when she finds out who she is.
I'm afraid this book wasn't for me and I'm not going to waste any more time trying to force myself to finish it.
My main problem was with the heroine Michelle, she is from a small town and very innocent which I could have dealt with on it's own but she is also so stupid it's ridiculous. I'll forgive her for not recognising the company CEO from the photographs around the building she works in because in reality I'm not the most observant person either but Sark has given her so many clues and even outright told her & she's just too stupid to take a hint.
I have no idea how old she actually is but she reminds me of my naive 16 year old self, in fact I like to think I wasn't that clueless even when I was in school let alone when I'd started full time employment. She supposedly worked for her parent's company before moving to the city so I can't get my head around the fact that she has no idea about absolutely anything. It's like she's just been dropped on the planet in a fully grown body but with the brain of a toddler.
I wasn't much of a fan of Sark either, he spends most of his time raving about how gorgeous and sexy Michelle is and worrying about what she'll say when she finds out who he really is. I don't feel like I have any connection with him and I can't for the life of me understand what he could see in her. I don't care about either of these characters, I'm not interested in seeing if they manage to hook up or not and I really don't care what happens when she finds out who she is.
I'm afraid this book wasn't for me and I'm not going to waste any more time trying to force myself to finish it.
July 27, 2013
This is a quick and easy read. It’s even an enjoyable romance novella if you don’t stop to think about it. I’m serious, either give your brain a holiday for the day or you’re going to be disappointed with this one. Mild spoilers ahead.
It all starts with a misunderstanding and that’s how it continues as well. Michelle is just finishing her first week at her new job when a misbehaving printer—let’s just ignore the ridiculousness of that situation and suspend disbelief for the romance for now—gives her an excuse to flirt with a cute nerd she mistakes for a help desk. technician. He’s charmed and doesn’t correct her immediately. After all being a rich CEO of his own company has such an averse effect on a man’s social life. To his credit, as soon as there’s a sign they could become more than office acquaintances or friends, Noah aka. Sark decides to tell Michelle the truth about himself. Only he does it in the most spineless way imaginable.
He writes her a note but doesn’t leave anything personal on it from where she might recognise him. Then again, she reveals her lifetime membership of club too stupid to live when she thinks that the CEO of her company would write a personal apology letter to her but not to any of the other employees he’s about to make redundant. And that’s how the miscommunication that drives this story is sustained. He thinks he’s been honest with her and she thinks it’s okay to date someone above her just not her CEO.
As easy a read as this was, there were rougher moments there too. The euphemisms grated and the convenient coincidences that drove their story forward bordered ridiculous. No one ever referred to Sark as Noah in front of Michelle and they were quick to defend him when they found out about the lie of omission. There’s a difference between saying “he must’ve had a good reason” and “that doesn’t sound like him.” One is excusing bad behaviour and the other is postponing judgement until further evidence is provided. Still, everyone, even the couple who just met him were quick to help Sark to win her back.
Another thing that bothered me were the inconsistent characterisations with regard to money. Apparently since taking the company public and earning a huge sum, Sark has only bought a handful of expensive things for himself. Yet his first impulse is to buy her a new mountain bike for their first date. He doesn’t tell her that, of course, and it somehow makes it all better. If biking is such a big part of his life, Sark must know other enthusiasts who might’ve lent him a used mountain bike for the day. It mars her characterisation too. When Michelle decides to turn her life upside down once again, what does she do? Does she decide to economise and save every penny possible? No. She decides to take a trip home for the holiday—entirely understandable—and splurge on taxi drives. Very soon after—almost in the next scene—she’s taken a temp job to earn extra cash.
The worst part is that I couldn’t even enjoy her positive career development and ambition. Michelle showed herself capable and willing to work her way to the top, but it was overshadowed by her stupidity in her personal life. Worse yet, she .
I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
It all starts with a misunderstanding and that’s how it continues as well. Michelle is just finishing her first week at her new job when a misbehaving printer—let’s just ignore the ridiculousness of that situation and suspend disbelief for the romance for now—gives her an excuse to flirt with a cute nerd she mistakes for a help desk. technician. He’s charmed and doesn’t correct her immediately. After all being a rich CEO of his own company has such an averse effect on a man’s social life. To his credit, as soon as there’s a sign they could become more than office acquaintances or friends, Noah aka. Sark decides to tell Michelle the truth about himself. Only he does it in the most spineless way imaginable.
He writes her a note but doesn’t leave anything personal on it from where she might recognise him. Then again, she reveals her lifetime membership of club too stupid to live when she thinks that the CEO of her company would write a personal apology letter to her but not to any of the other employees he’s about to make redundant. And that’s how the miscommunication that drives this story is sustained. He thinks he’s been honest with her and she thinks it’s okay to date someone above her just not her CEO.
As easy a read as this was, there were rougher moments there too. The euphemisms grated and the convenient coincidences that drove their story forward bordered ridiculous. No one ever referred to Sark as Noah in front of Michelle and they were quick to defend him when they found out about the lie of omission. There’s a difference between saying “he must’ve had a good reason” and “that doesn’t sound like him.” One is excusing bad behaviour and the other is postponing judgement until further evidence is provided. Still, everyone, even the couple who just met him were quick to help Sark to win her back.
Another thing that bothered me were the inconsistent characterisations with regard to money. Apparently since taking the company public and earning a huge sum, Sark has only bought a handful of expensive things for himself. Yet his first impulse is to buy her a new mountain bike for their first date. He doesn’t tell her that, of course, and it somehow makes it all better. If biking is such a big part of his life, Sark must know other enthusiasts who might’ve lent him a used mountain bike for the day. It mars her characterisation too. When Michelle decides to turn her life upside down once again, what does she do? Does she decide to economise and save every penny possible? No. She decides to take a trip home for the holiday—entirely understandable—and splurge on taxi drives. Very soon after—almost in the next scene—she’s taken a temp job to earn extra cash.
The worst part is that I couldn’t even enjoy her positive career development and ambition. Michelle showed herself capable and willing to work her way to the top, but it was overshadowed by her stupidity in her personal life. Worse yet, she .
I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
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March 11, 2017[Reto 2017, Libro #20: libro geek]
Linda historia, ligera y entretenida.
Linda historia, ligera y entretenida.
March 7, 2020
Michelle lleva solo una semana en su nuevo trabajo en Chicago pero está feliz. Así que cuando conoce a un sexy nerd que trabaja en su misma empresa que le da las malas noticias de que es posible que pierda su nuevo trabajo, no sabe si estar feliz por conocer a semejante hombre o triste porque no va a durar más de una semana en el trabajo. Pero cuando su relación con Sark avance lo último en su mente parece ser el trabajo... Hasta que las mentiras empiezan a crear más de un problema.
Ay os he dicho cuánto me gustan los hombres tímidos y nerds que no saben lo monos y sexys que son? Porque los amo a muerte 😍 me ha encantado lo dulce que es Noah, incluso con sus mentirijillas... Y la historia con Michelle ha sido de lo más adorable, los dos son geniales juntos. Esta es una historia corta, dulce, con un poquito de drama, una confesión de amor en medio de un supermercado y un matrimonio de ancianos de animadores. Si, lo que yo pensaba también, super recomendada para pasar el rato! 😁🤣
Ay os he dicho cuánto me gustan los hombres tímidos y nerds que no saben lo monos y sexys que son? Porque los amo a muerte 😍 me ha encantado lo dulce que es Noah, incluso con sus mentirijillas... Y la historia con Michelle ha sido de lo más adorable, los dos son geniales juntos. Esta es una historia corta, dulce, con un poquito de drama, una confesión de amor en medio de un supermercado y un matrimonio de ancianos de animadores. Si, lo que yo pensaba también, super recomendada para pasar el rato! 😁🤣
July 18, 2013
I have a soft spot for tech geeks. Mainly because I married one. He isn't a billionaire CEO, but I am pretty sweet on him. When I saw Love, Technically by Lynne Silver come up for review and read the blurb I knew I had to read it. It was such a fun story. For those that work in the corporate world, you will really be able to identify with this story. Even if you don't, it will still be just as entertaining for you.
I don't usually like it when people lie about their identity in stories, but can understand why they choose to do so. In this case Sark lies about being the CEO because he really likes Michelle and is afraid she will treat him differently if she knows who he really is. The CEO title either freaks people out or draws people in because of his money. He is afraid of being hurt again, so he keeps it a secret for a bit. We all know that when Michelle eventually finds out things are going to change. How is this story different? Because we have a hero who isn't ultra-smooth with the ladies and we watch him navigate the uncomfortable area of love and romance. It is entertaining to watch him figure out how to get the girl.
Lynne is a new-to-me author and Love, Technically is a book that will have me checking out her other stories. The story moved along at a good pace and the characters are well developed and engaging. If you are looking for a quick read that is hard to put down and will leave you smiling at the end of the story I recommend Love, Technically! It will cause you to look differently at tech geeks.
I don't usually like it when people lie about their identity in stories, but can understand why they choose to do so. In this case Sark lies about being the CEO because he really likes Michelle and is afraid she will treat him differently if she knows who he really is. The CEO title either freaks people out or draws people in because of his money. He is afraid of being hurt again, so he keeps it a secret for a bit. We all know that when Michelle eventually finds out things are going to change. How is this story different? Because we have a hero who isn't ultra-smooth with the ladies and we watch him navigate the uncomfortable area of love and romance. It is entertaining to watch him figure out how to get the girl.
Lynne is a new-to-me author and Love, Technically is a book that will have me checking out her other stories. The story moved along at a good pace and the characters are well developed and engaging. If you are looking for a quick read that is hard to put down and will leave you smiling at the end of the story I recommend Love, Technically! It will cause you to look differently at tech geeks.
July 27, 2013
When you are working in one company and you even don't aware that you are meet, talk and even love the guy who has mutual feeling with you and the big surprise "he is a CEO of the company? Wow, ofcourse I really want it especially if the guy is like Noah :D
The story is simple, so sweet, romantic and I love it :).
And thanks for the author to give me the chance to read this book and I really enjoy while reading the book from the begining and even I don't realize that I was in the end of the story and really don't want it end so soon :(.
And recommend to everyone to read this simple and sweet story and this is novella :)
The story is simple, so sweet, romantic and I love it :).
And thanks for the author to give me the chance to read this book and I really enjoy while reading the book from the begining and even I don't realize that I was in the end of the story and really don't want it end so soon :(.
And recommend to everyone to read this simple and sweet story and this is novella :)
October 4, 2017
Muy buena historia, hay muy pocas de este estilo.
Aunque decae un poco al final , ojala haya mas de este estilo
Aunque decae un poco al final , ojala haya mas de este estilo
August 2, 2013
Let's start with Michelle
Michelle is the main female lead, and she just moved to Chicago to persure her dreams. Sadly, the job position she had when we started reading was a not-so-nice job in the call center for a huge company called LiteWave. It was boring but Michelle made the best out of it. Something happened to the company printer and she asks the nearest guy to help her out. He has a geeky/adorbale shirt on, a wonderful smile, and is very witty. Michelle mistakes him for an IT person because of how well he knows and understands technology. He introduces himself as Sark and they go out to get a cup of coffee; they both feel an attraction toward each other. Little does she know, Sark is the CEO of the LiteWave. *dun dun DUUUUUUUUN*
Michelle is written to be very ditzy and clueless, and she tells people she can't do anything because of her lack of education (she only completed high school). It kind of irked me when there was a build board above their heads at one point with his face on it and she still didn't understand that he was the same person. It was right there! She really should have known through out the whole half the book but didn't. I like how hard working she is - when she isn't complaining about something - and when she puts her mind to something Michelle follows through with it. There were moments where she embraced her disadvantages and worked with it, and I was proud of her to do that. When she finds out Sark is the CEO I really do feel bad for her. She's well written and I overall liked her.
Sark aka Noah
Sark (real name is Noah) has his eyes set on Michelle. He's been checking her out for days without knowing how to start a conversation. Once she gets stuck with the printer, he makes his move. When they go out for coffee after the printer incident he knows Michelle is the one for him. Sark is having a problem with his company. It's doing very well and business is booming, but everyone he hired to help support and guide him are taking over what he wants to do for LiteWave. It's said that he built the company from the bottom, he's the one that has thought of everything and it's getting hard for him to see how everyone taking over. In retaliation, Sark thinks of different ideas to create another brand and keep himself in power.
I really like Sark! He's smart, witty, attractive,a liar, romantic, and tries to keep everyone happy. I'm a web designer so I appreciate everything Sark does for a living. He wears a ThinkGeek t-shirt in the beginning and I squealed a little. ThinkGeek is awesome! I've bought so many things on that site and love reading about a character that shares that love. I feel really sorry for his situation on the company. His baby is getting ruined right before his eyes and it's hard for him to take it back. Sark is a genius and I was rooting for him the whole time! Yes, he lied, but it was handled very well at the end.
The writing
I believe the book wasn't written very well. It was readable and very entertaining, but sometimes the sentence structure was weird for me. At first I didn't know if the author was writing in first or third person, it kind of switched on me so getting used to it was sometimes difficult. The POV also switched randomly in the middle of a paragraph which gave me whiplash, but I got the hang of it while reading. It's still readable and it didn't take away from the story, I'm just warning you that it gets tricky sometimes. You can also skip some pages and it will still have the same impact on you.
I give this book 3/5 stars; I really enjoyed myself and will recommend to other people who are into geeky love stories like me. I'll for sure pick up another Lynne Silver book, it was entertaining, fun, and very memorable.
Michelle is the main female lead, and she just moved to Chicago to persure her dreams. Sadly, the job position she had when we started reading was a not-so-nice job in the call center for a huge company called LiteWave. It was boring but Michelle made the best out of it. Something happened to the company printer and she asks the nearest guy to help her out. He has a geeky/adorbale shirt on, a wonderful smile, and is very witty. Michelle mistakes him for an IT person because of how well he knows and understands technology. He introduces himself as Sark and they go out to get a cup of coffee; they both feel an attraction toward each other. Little does she know, Sark is the CEO of the LiteWave. *dun dun DUUUUUUUUN*
Michelle is written to be very ditzy and clueless, and she tells people she can't do anything because of her lack of education (she only completed high school). It kind of irked me when there was a build board above their heads at one point with his face on it and she still didn't understand that he was the same person. It was right there! She really should have known through out the whole half the book but didn't. I like how hard working she is - when she isn't complaining about something - and when she puts her mind to something Michelle follows through with it. There were moments where she embraced her disadvantages and worked with it, and I was proud of her to do that. When she finds out Sark is the CEO I really do feel bad for her. She's well written and I overall liked her.
Sark aka Noah
Sark (real name is Noah) has his eyes set on Michelle. He's been checking her out for days without knowing how to start a conversation. Once she gets stuck with the printer, he makes his move. When they go out for coffee after the printer incident he knows Michelle is the one for him. Sark is having a problem with his company. It's doing very well and business is booming, but everyone he hired to help support and guide him are taking over what he wants to do for LiteWave. It's said that he built the company from the bottom, he's the one that has thought of everything and it's getting hard for him to see how everyone taking over. In retaliation, Sark thinks of different ideas to create another brand and keep himself in power.
I really like Sark! He's smart, witty, attractive,
The writing
I believe the book wasn't written very well. It was readable and very entertaining, but sometimes the sentence structure was weird for me. At first I didn't know if the author was writing in first or third person, it kind of switched on me so getting used to it was sometimes difficult. The POV also switched randomly in the middle of a paragraph which gave me whiplash, but I got the hang of it while reading. It's still readable and it didn't take away from the story, I'm just warning you that it gets tricky sometimes. You can also skip some pages and it will still have the same impact on you.
I give this book 3/5 stars; I really enjoyed myself and will recommend to other people who are into geeky love stories like me. I'll for sure pick up another Lynne Silver book, it was entertaining, fun, and very memorable.
July 28, 2013
Originally published at Book Lovers Inc.
I picked Love, Technically because it sounded like it was going to be a geek romance. I love geek romances for reasons that are pretty darn obvious to anyone who knows me.
As per usual, I digress.
But Love, Technically isn't quite a geek romance. It almost read like an anti-geek romance. It also tripped over my willing-suspension-of-disbelief meter.
Explanation follows...
Michelle seems to be a complete patsy at the beginning. She's working late because she's totally clueless about what makes sense in the workplace. She's scanning and printing timesheets in a not merely leading-edge, but downright bleeding-edge software company because her low-level supervisor is a tinpot dictator. She's also not tech-savvy enough to know that she should check which printer she's print to. The whole scenario doesn't add up.
Mark ZuckerbergThen the uber-famous inventor of the company walks in and rescues her printer problem. She doesn't recognize him and thinks he's in tech support. This would be like someone working for Facebook not recognizing Mark Zuckerberg back in the early years (pre 2008ish)
In other words, I had a really hard time believing in the meet cute.
I understand Noah's dilemma. He started the company because he wanted to do really neat things. Lots of programmers get into it because they want to do cool stuff. He still wants to do cool stuff, not corporate crap. He'd rather be "Sark" the geek in tech support that Michelle thinks he is, than play big business shenanigans.
Except when he starts pulling strings so she can get a better job than the one that gets outsourced out from under her. While he still hasn't exactly confessed that he owns the company or that he's stage-managing things so that she has a better shot at a new job.
And they do fall in love. Even though there is this huge misunderstanding hanging in the air. He thinks she knows who he is, and she thinks she knows who he is, but of course, they don't mean the same thing. He never does talk about the details of his work, he thinks because he doesn't want to emphasize the gap between them, but it seems contrived. If he thought he'd really explained things, it wouldn't have mattered, would it? But of course, it does. It really, really does.
Verdict: The meet-cute was both too cute and too unrealistic. Michelle should have figured out who Noah was a whole hell of a lot sooner. There would still have been a story, just a different one. Her continuing not to know, when every single person around her did, made her seem like a fool, and she was no fool in any other way. In some ways, she had her head on straighter than Noah, even though he was more outwardly successful.
Michelle walks away when she realizes that she's been made a fool out of. Her whole story has been to figure out what her real dream is, and she finally figures out that it isn't an administrative assistant's job in Chicago. Her dream is to finally go to college. So she starts.
It takes Michelle kicking him to the curb for Noah to realize that the company he's ended up with isn't his dream. Programming neat stuff is his dream, so he walks away from the company he created and took public to start something new. But that's not his only dream. The other part of that dream is building something new with Michelle, if he can get her back. She makes him grovel this time.
The ending worked for me. It was the beginning that didn't quite.
I give Love, Technically by Lynne Silver 3 micro-chipped stars.
I picked Love, Technically because it sounded like it was going to be a geek romance. I love geek romances for reasons that are pretty darn obvious to anyone who knows me.
As per usual, I digress.
But Love, Technically isn't quite a geek romance. It almost read like an anti-geek romance. It also tripped over my willing-suspension-of-disbelief meter.
Explanation follows...
Michelle seems to be a complete patsy at the beginning. She's working late because she's totally clueless about what makes sense in the workplace. She's scanning and printing timesheets in a not merely leading-edge, but downright bleeding-edge software company because her low-level supervisor is a tinpot dictator. She's also not tech-savvy enough to know that she should check which printer she's print to. The whole scenario doesn't add up.
Mark ZuckerbergThen the uber-famous inventor of the company walks in and rescues her printer problem. She doesn't recognize him and thinks he's in tech support. This would be like someone working for Facebook not recognizing Mark Zuckerberg back in the early years (pre 2008ish)
In other words, I had a really hard time believing in the meet cute.
I understand Noah's dilemma. He started the company because he wanted to do really neat things. Lots of programmers get into it because they want to do cool stuff. He still wants to do cool stuff, not corporate crap. He'd rather be "Sark" the geek in tech support that Michelle thinks he is, than play big business shenanigans.
Except when he starts pulling strings so she can get a better job than the one that gets outsourced out from under her. While he still hasn't exactly confessed that he owns the company or that he's stage-managing things so that she has a better shot at a new job.
And they do fall in love. Even though there is this huge misunderstanding hanging in the air. He thinks she knows who he is, and she thinks she knows who he is, but of course, they don't mean the same thing. He never does talk about the details of his work, he thinks because he doesn't want to emphasize the gap between them, but it seems contrived. If he thought he'd really explained things, it wouldn't have mattered, would it? But of course, it does. It really, really does.
Verdict: The meet-cute was both too cute and too unrealistic. Michelle should have figured out who Noah was a whole hell of a lot sooner. There would still have been a story, just a different one. Her continuing not to know, when every single person around her did, made her seem like a fool, and she was no fool in any other way. In some ways, she had her head on straighter than Noah, even though he was more outwardly successful.
Michelle walks away when she realizes that she's been made a fool out of. Her whole story has been to figure out what her real dream is, and she finally figures out that it isn't an administrative assistant's job in Chicago. Her dream is to finally go to college. So she starts.
It takes Michelle kicking him to the curb for Noah to realize that the company he's ended up with isn't his dream. Programming neat stuff is his dream, so he walks away from the company he created and took public to start something new. But that's not his only dream. The other part of that dream is building something new with Michelle, if he can get her back. She makes him grovel this time.
The ending worked for me. It was the beginning that didn't quite.
I give Love, Technically by Lynne Silver 3 micro-chipped stars.
August 9, 2013
Normally when I read the word 'billionaire' in a blurb or title these days, I back away quickly not even giving the book more than a glance because of how saturated the market is with billionaire romances. Something made me grab it up to give this one by a new to me author a try. I am soooo glad that I did. It was a treat of a cute story with an adorable geek hero and a naive, but engaging heroine. For those who cringe at the thought of yet another hero with big bucks, you will be pleased to know that Lynne Silver's hero is as normal as a geeky computer tech who is lonely for love can be.
Michelle Kolson, Iowa small town girl, has made it out of her town with a chance to make a success in the city. She's landed a good job in a tech company. One week into the job, she makes her first friend over an office printer issue and is thrilled when he is as into her as she is in him. He's cute, fun and the guy of her dreams. Can it be that simple?
Noah Frellish is the company founder and the CEO, but he's no suave businessman. For the first time, he's met a girl who is really into him- the real him and not his money. He knows he has to come clean with Michelle about who he is in the company if he wants to have a relationship with her, but he dreads her reaction to his true identity.
The plot, told from alternate points of view, is pretty straight forward and simple. It’s an office romance full of miscues because Michelle's naive and not the sharpest tack in the drawer while Noah misses the obvious because he's so busy trying to run a company. Michelle makes up for her issues in her down home warmth, spunk, honesty and love for Noah. It's not that hard to anticipate what will happen when Michelle realizes who Noah is and I was prepared for her reaction. I was grateful to the author for not overdoing it with the angst and betrayal stuff. There's a reasonable amount for someone of Michelle's personality and I love how her office friend calls her on it (one of the funniest scenes in the book to be honest). The focus of the story and the best part truly was Noah and Michelle- so cute. The secondary characters were good, but the story mostly focused on Noah and Michelle. It was great watching them start as friends with him helping her and teaching her when she asked, but letting her do for herself so she could take pride in her own achievements (refreshing in a hero). Noah was definitely not your alpha hero, but more of the beta type. He was gentle, tender and uncertain. He was not afraid to put himself out there for Michelle and he did- great grand finale scene.
So if you're looking for a fast, fun, light office romance with a touch of spice, give this one a try.
My thanks to Net Galley for the chance to read and review this book.
Michelle Kolson, Iowa small town girl, has made it out of her town with a chance to make a success in the city. She's landed a good job in a tech company. One week into the job, she makes her first friend over an office printer issue and is thrilled when he is as into her as she is in him. He's cute, fun and the guy of her dreams. Can it be that simple?
Noah Frellish is the company founder and the CEO, but he's no suave businessman. For the first time, he's met a girl who is really into him- the real him and not his money. He knows he has to come clean with Michelle about who he is in the company if he wants to have a relationship with her, but he dreads her reaction to his true identity.
The plot, told from alternate points of view, is pretty straight forward and simple. It’s an office romance full of miscues because Michelle's naive and not the sharpest tack in the drawer while Noah misses the obvious because he's so busy trying to run a company. Michelle makes up for her issues in her down home warmth, spunk, honesty and love for Noah. It's not that hard to anticipate what will happen when Michelle realizes who Noah is and I was prepared for her reaction. I was grateful to the author for not overdoing it with the angst and betrayal stuff. There's a reasonable amount for someone of Michelle's personality and I love how her office friend calls her on it (one of the funniest scenes in the book to be honest). The focus of the story and the best part truly was Noah and Michelle- so cute. The secondary characters were good, but the story mostly focused on Noah and Michelle. It was great watching them start as friends with him helping her and teaching her when she asked, but letting her do for herself so she could take pride in her own achievements (refreshing in a hero). Noah was definitely not your alpha hero, but more of the beta type. He was gentle, tender and uncertain. He was not afraid to put himself out there for Michelle and he did- great grand finale scene.
So if you're looking for a fast, fun, light office romance with a touch of spice, give this one a try.
My thanks to Net Galley for the chance to read and review this book.
August 5, 2013
*****3.5 stars****
As much as I love a sexy bad boy, I freely admit I have a weakness for a hot techie geek, too. Noah Frellish is just that as the rich founder and CEO of LiteWave Tech, and he may not be a smooth-talker like the rebels out there, but I was still smitten!
When Michelle mistook Noah for nothing more than a simple, but smoking-hot, computer nerd named Sark, it was of course the perfect scenario for the wealthy man who everyone wanted for his money. Deceptive, yes, and it was clearly going to come back to bite him given that Michelle worked in a department of his own company. But before his secret was revealed, these two had some sweet moments together even though their worlds were so vastly different. And Noah proves that even the techies know their way around the female body!! He's soft and cuddly where you want him, and all hard business where you need him, which was perfect for a shy and lonely girl new to the big city.
Though I liked the contradiction between Michelle and Noah, her inexperienced country girl personality was played up a bit too much for my tastes. I really wish she hadn't been quite so naive about the business world given that she was hoping to have a career in it. She seemed all too content with having others bail her out of her career struggles at times, and I wanted more effort from her, especially with her lack of experience and education already weighing on her situation.
Overall, I enjoyed these characters and liked how their relationship grew despite their differences. With a few aspects of the plot that just didn't come together quite right, this wasn't a perfect story. But it was a simple, light read that has a straight and easy flow and leaves you with a good feeling, and I think most of us need a book like this from time to time!
Quotes:
He followed in a stupor, holding a heated internal philosophical and ethical debate. She didn't recognize him. She liked him for him. He should tell her he was her boss--well, her boss's boss's boss. ~ Noah, p. 15
He nodded again, unable to muster the slightest bit of energy for being polite when it felt like his heart had taken a header down a mountain and been trampled by a dozen trail bikes. ~ Noah, p. 97
Her feelings for Sark hadn't changed now that she knew he was actually Noah Frellish. If anything, knowing he was the CEO gave him layers she hadn't even guessed at. Right now her anger at herself for being so naive superseded any other feelings. ~ Michelle, p. 100
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As much as I love a sexy bad boy, I freely admit I have a weakness for a hot techie geek, too. Noah Frellish is just that as the rich founder and CEO of LiteWave Tech, and he may not be a smooth-talker like the rebels out there, but I was still smitten!
When Michelle mistook Noah for nothing more than a simple, but smoking-hot, computer nerd named Sark, it was of course the perfect scenario for the wealthy man who everyone wanted for his money. Deceptive, yes, and it was clearly going to come back to bite him given that Michelle worked in a department of his own company. But before his secret was revealed, these two had some sweet moments together even though their worlds were so vastly different. And Noah proves that even the techies know their way around the female body!! He's soft and cuddly where you want him, and all hard business where you need him, which was perfect for a shy and lonely girl new to the big city.
Though I liked the contradiction between Michelle and Noah, her inexperienced country girl personality was played up a bit too much for my tastes. I really wish she hadn't been quite so naive about the business world given that she was hoping to have a career in it. She seemed all too content with having others bail her out of her career struggles at times, and I wanted more effort from her, especially with her lack of experience and education already weighing on her situation.
Overall, I enjoyed these characters and liked how their relationship grew despite their differences. With a few aspects of the plot that just didn't come together quite right, this wasn't a perfect story. But it was a simple, light read that has a straight and easy flow and leaves you with a good feeling, and I think most of us need a book like this from time to time!
Quotes:
He followed in a stupor, holding a heated internal philosophical and ethical debate. She didn't recognize him. She liked him for him. He should tell her he was her boss--well, her boss's boss's boss. ~ Noah, p. 15
He nodded again, unable to muster the slightest bit of energy for being polite when it felt like his heart had taken a header down a mountain and been trampled by a dozen trail bikes. ~ Noah, p. 97
Her feelings for Sark hadn't changed now that she knew he was actually Noah Frellish. If anything, knowing he was the CEO gave him layers she hadn't even guessed at. Right now her anger at herself for being so naive superseded any other feelings. ~ Michelle, p. 100
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July 29, 2013
You gotta love hot computer geeks!
I won an ARC from a giveaway the author held. I'm so glad I won this! This is a short story that has a lot of content and romance to keep in interesting.
The story has small town girl Michelle Kolson, who always dreamed of living in the city. Her father is the only one supportive of her new adventure. Her mother and former boyfriend not so much. She recently started working for LightWave Tech for the call center. She doesn't know anyone in Chicago, and has not met everyone in the company.
Noah Frellish a hot, computer geek. He loves coding in his spare time and biking. His circle of friends are mainly the people from the Help Desk and engineers in the company. He is a billionaire and the CEO of LightWave. His company went public recently. He hasn't met any woman recently that likes him for who he truly is. The women just pretty much go after him because of his billionaire status.
I love Michelle and Noah's first meeting. She happens to have issues with the printer in her work area and Noah happens to be there. He did not dress like a CEO: wore T-shirt with a term a techie would understand and a baseball cap. He assists her with resolving what the issue with her printer was. They get to know a bit about one another that evening. Only thing is, Noah introduces himself to Michelle as Sark, the nickname his friends call him. Michelle has no clue he is the CEO of LightWave. She thinks he is one of the help desk technicians.
I enjoyed seeing the romance building up between the two. At first, it was like they were feebly trying not to go on their feelings for one another since they work for the same company. That did not last very long since it was evident they were so attracted to one another. Sark did make an attempt to let Michelle know who is really is, but she really did not understand his handwritten letter.
This is the first time I have read a story of Lynne Silver. I enjoyed how it was put together and the buildup of the entire story. It's one of those sweet romance short stories that is worth reading. You have to love those smart guys. Of course it's a bonus if they're hot! Good job Lynne!
I won an ARC from a giveaway the author held. I'm so glad I won this! This is a short story that has a lot of content and romance to keep in interesting.
The story has small town girl Michelle Kolson, who always dreamed of living in the city. Her father is the only one supportive of her new adventure. Her mother and former boyfriend not so much. She recently started working for LightWave Tech for the call center. She doesn't know anyone in Chicago, and has not met everyone in the company.
Noah Frellish a hot, computer geek. He loves coding in his spare time and biking. His circle of friends are mainly the people from the Help Desk and engineers in the company. He is a billionaire and the CEO of LightWave. His company went public recently. He hasn't met any woman recently that likes him for who he truly is. The women just pretty much go after him because of his billionaire status.
I love Michelle and Noah's first meeting. She happens to have issues with the printer in her work area and Noah happens to be there. He did not dress like a CEO: wore T-shirt with a term a techie would understand and a baseball cap. He assists her with resolving what the issue with her printer was. They get to know a bit about one another that evening. Only thing is, Noah introduces himself to Michelle as Sark, the nickname his friends call him. Michelle has no clue he is the CEO of LightWave. She thinks he is one of the help desk technicians.
I enjoyed seeing the romance building up between the two. At first, it was like they were feebly trying not to go on their feelings for one another since they work for the same company. That did not last very long since it was evident they were so attracted to one another. Sark did make an attempt to let Michelle know who is really is, but she really did not understand his handwritten letter.
This is the first time I have read a story of Lynne Silver. I enjoyed how it was put together and the buildup of the entire story. It's one of those sweet romance short stories that is worth reading. You have to love those smart guys. Of course it's a bonus if they're hot! Good job Lynne!
December 15, 2014
I received an ARC through NetGalley.
I adore nerd romances, and Love, Technically was no exception! It all starts with a printer problem. Noah comes to Michele’s rescue, and she mistakes him for a geek from the company’s help desk. Noah doesn’t mean to lie about his identity, but he was happy to finally meet a woman who likes him for him, rather than for his bank account, as he’s really CEO of the company. From there it’s a classic tale of mistaken identity and the drama that follows a relationship based on lies, even if those lies are unintentional or well-meaning.
While the romance is the focus, I also really enjoyed the other plot of Michele trying to get her bearings in a new city, and Noah wanting to go forward with an innovative new idea. The theme of pursuing your dreams and doing what makes you happy is quite prevalent in this novella. I also really appreciated the author writing about someone slightly older heading into the adult world on their own for the first time, and then deciding to go to college. At 25 years old, Michele is getting her first real job, moving out on her own, and starting a relationship. I could definitely identify with her, even though I did go to college first, but I’m still new to the workforce and trying to navigate an adult life at 23. Everyone goes about life at their own pace, so I really liked this addition.
Love, Technically was a very quick, sweet, and enjoyable novella. It was very fun, and I loved the nerdy jokes sprinkled throughout. Noah is adorable and it was nice to see such a down-to-earth love interest, especially since he is a multi-billionaire. Michele was a nice and relatable heroine, and I liked how she had a good head on her shoulders. She’s faced with several new situations and conflicts, but she handles each of them with dignity. Readers looking for a short, feel good romance should definitely give Love, Technically a try!
Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.
I adore nerd romances, and Love, Technically was no exception! It all starts with a printer problem. Noah comes to Michele’s rescue, and she mistakes him for a geek from the company’s help desk. Noah doesn’t mean to lie about his identity, but he was happy to finally meet a woman who likes him for him, rather than for his bank account, as he’s really CEO of the company. From there it’s a classic tale of mistaken identity and the drama that follows a relationship based on lies, even if those lies are unintentional or well-meaning.
While the romance is the focus, I also really enjoyed the other plot of Michele trying to get her bearings in a new city, and Noah wanting to go forward with an innovative new idea. The theme of pursuing your dreams and doing what makes you happy is quite prevalent in this novella. I also really appreciated the author writing about someone slightly older heading into the adult world on their own for the first time, and then deciding to go to college. At 25 years old, Michele is getting her first real job, moving out on her own, and starting a relationship. I could definitely identify with her, even though I did go to college first, but I’m still new to the workforce and trying to navigate an adult life at 23. Everyone goes about life at their own pace, so I really liked this addition.
Love, Technically was a very quick, sweet, and enjoyable novella. It was very fun, and I loved the nerdy jokes sprinkled throughout. Noah is adorable and it was nice to see such a down-to-earth love interest, especially since he is a multi-billionaire. Michele was a nice and relatable heroine, and I liked how she had a good head on her shoulders. She’s faced with several new situations and conflicts, but she handles each of them with dignity. Readers looking for a short, feel good romance should definitely give Love, Technically a try!
Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.
August 6, 2013
Review originally posted at Love To Read For Fun
There aren’t enough geeky, techy heroes in romance which is why I had just high hopes for this story. I love a geeky hero and was looking forward to reading about Sark and Michelle’s romance. Instead I was bored to tears. Nothing stood out about this story and it was all so predictable. Each character was stereotypical down to the bitchy, back-stabbing co-worker.
Michelle is from a small town in Iowa living in the big city of Chicago. Working at LiteWave is her first foray into corporate America. Michelle is your typical small town girl living in a lonely world until Sark helps her with a malfunctioning printer. Sark is really nice to Michelle and Michelle is happy to have a friend at work. Sark is attracted to Michelle and likes that isn’t impressed by her money. The only thing is, Michelle doesn’t know that Sark is also Noah Frellish — CEO and founder of LiteWave. Never mind there’s a picture of his face in the building and she fails to connect the dots. Michelle fails to connect many dots and that’s one of the reasons why I found her frustrating. Just because you’re from a small town doesn’t mean the character has to be dim.
Sark keeps up the charade for awhile and then after the first date, decides to come clean. What happens after his reveal was a series of coincidences and missteps that had me shaking my head.
Michelle felt like any other romance heroine. Nothing about her stood out. She had too many TSTL moments. She finally comes into her own regarding her career which I admired. I liked Sark because he’s a geek but Sark had a little more personality and I wasn’t feeling him at all. His passion, other than his company, is mountain bike riding and I wish we saw more of that.
Love, Technically is a tepid romance with a too predictable of a plot and stereotypical characters.
There aren’t enough geeky, techy heroes in romance which is why I had just high hopes for this story. I love a geeky hero and was looking forward to reading about Sark and Michelle’s romance. Instead I was bored to tears. Nothing stood out about this story and it was all so predictable. Each character was stereotypical down to the bitchy, back-stabbing co-worker.
Michelle is from a small town in Iowa living in the big city of Chicago. Working at LiteWave is her first foray into corporate America. Michelle is your typical small town girl living in a lonely world until Sark helps her with a malfunctioning printer. Sark is really nice to Michelle and Michelle is happy to have a friend at work. Sark is attracted to Michelle and likes that isn’t impressed by her money. The only thing is, Michelle doesn’t know that Sark is also Noah Frellish — CEO and founder of LiteWave. Never mind there’s a picture of his face in the building and she fails to connect the dots. Michelle fails to connect many dots and that’s one of the reasons why I found her frustrating. Just because you’re from a small town doesn’t mean the character has to be dim.
Sark keeps up the charade for awhile and then after the first date, decides to come clean. What happens after his reveal was a series of coincidences and missteps that had me shaking my head.
Michelle felt like any other romance heroine. Nothing about her stood out. She had too many TSTL moments. She finally comes into her own regarding her career which I admired. I liked Sark because he’s a geek but Sark had a little more personality and I wasn’t feeling him at all. His passion, other than his company, is mountain bike riding and I wish we saw more of that.
Love, Technically is a tepid romance with a too predictable of a plot and stereotypical characters.
July 12, 2016
Me tardé un poquito en terminar este libro y debo decir que aunque el comienzo me pareció interesante por el tema de "Geek" y la personalidad de Michelle, decayó bastante, vamos a ver.
** SPOILER **
Acá tenemos a Noah el fundador de la empresa que como se sabe por la sinopsis se presenta ante Michelle como Sark, el punto es que ¿como es posible que el fundador de la empresa no pueda tomar sus propias decisiones en dicha empresa? Entiendo que tenga accionistas y no sé mucho de eso (siento que debería estudiar administración o marketing para entender esto), en verdad el fundador, creador y cerebro de toda la empresa y ¿no es respetado por nadie? su opinión es básicamente nula y de tener tantas reuniones por las que viaje a otros países me gustaría saber de ¿que trataron dichas reuniones? dado que NUNCA leí nada de eso y se aburría tanto que se salía de las reuniones porque claro, quería hacer algo y no podía porque su idea no fue aprobada pero aja ¿era el dueño?
Luego tenemos a Michelle quién conoce a Sark por un incoveniente que tuvo y al comienzo no sabe que con quien habla osea Noah/Sark es el dueño de la empresa por lo que lo trata diferente y nada le pareció raro, sus ausencias, la limosina, que tenga una gran casa, que dijo que fue el primer empleado, es decir, no sabía casi nada de él pero tiene una relación.
Ahora como demonios Noah/Sark piensa que la mejor idea de decirle la verdad es por una maldita nota donde NUNCA puso Sark sino "S" saben ¿cuántos significados tiene "S"? y como Michelle pudo pasar por alto eso y seguir como si nada y cuando todo se descubre, los dos se encuentran sorprendidos.
Pero si es para agarrarlos a golpes a los dos por idiotas, sorry.
En fin que por partes el libro entretiene pero me pareció algo tedioso y difícil de terminar pero no quise dejarlo inconcluso.
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** SPOILER **
Acá tenemos a Noah el fundador de la empresa que como se sabe por la sinopsis se presenta ante Michelle como Sark, el punto es que ¿como es posible que el fundador de la empresa no pueda tomar sus propias decisiones en dicha empresa? Entiendo que tenga accionistas y no sé mucho de eso (siento que debería estudiar administración o marketing para entender esto), en verdad el fundador, creador y cerebro de toda la empresa y ¿no es respetado por nadie? su opinión es básicamente nula y de tener tantas reuniones por las que viaje a otros países me gustaría saber de ¿que trataron dichas reuniones? dado que NUNCA leí nada de eso y se aburría tanto que se salía de las reuniones porque claro, quería hacer algo y no podía porque su idea no fue aprobada pero aja ¿era el dueño?
Luego tenemos a Michelle quién conoce a Sark por un incoveniente que tuvo y al comienzo no sabe que con quien habla osea Noah/Sark es el dueño de la empresa por lo que lo trata diferente y nada le pareció raro, sus ausencias, la limosina, que tenga una gran casa, que dijo que fue el primer empleado, es decir, no sabía casi nada de él pero tiene una relación.
Ahora como demonios Noah/Sark piensa que la mejor idea de decirle la verdad es por una maldita nota donde NUNCA puso Sark sino "S" saben ¿cuántos significados tiene "S"? y como Michelle pudo pasar por alto eso y seguir como si nada y cuando todo se descubre, los dos se encuentran sorprendidos.
Pero si es para agarrarlos a golpes a los dos por idiotas, sorry.
En fin que por partes el libro entretiene pero me pareció algo tedioso y difícil de terminar pero no quise dejarlo inconcluso.
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August 28, 2013
If you are looking for a nice easy fast read you will like Love Technically. I read it in one evening. Even though, it's a simple storyline, it's so well written that you will find yourself just sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the book.
Noah Frellish (AKA Sark to his friends) is a computer genius billionaire. The one thing he has found is that people want to be near him for his money. He has a few close friends, who he depends on. What he hasn't been able to find is a girlfriend who wants him for his geeky self. That is until one night he meets Michelle at work when she is having trouble with a printer. She doesn't realize he is her boss, so he takes her out for coffee and enjoys the best evening he's had in a long time. Just being himself is something he's realizes he misses. What surprises him more is Michelle insists on picking up the tab since he helped her at the office.
For Sark just to be normal is exactly what he's been wanting in his life.
For Michelle, meeting someone in the big city of Chicago is a step in the right direction to a new life.
Great summer read to add to your reading list.
Received an ARC copy for an honest review.
July 24, 2013
I loved the concept of this book. Nerdy billionaire falls for broke girl who mistakes him for an employee. Sounds like a sweet and short little romance book. And this story fit the idea perfectly. It was a little book about falling in love and I really enjoyed it. The story was one big smooth transition from beginning to end most of the time. Sometimes the story felt a little choppy and rushed, but overall it was a fun and cute read.
Michelle was an okay character. I felt that she almost purposefully didn’t connect the dots with Noah being the CEO of the company she worked out. There were so many hints given throughout the book that I felt that she must be really stupid to not know who the guy she was dating was.
Then there was Noah. I loved how the two interacted throughout the book. They had a great chemistry and it was fun to see how their relationship grew as the book continued.
Overall this book was a fun read and I enjoyed every moment of it. I can’t wait to read more by this author.
**** I received this eARC from NetGalley.****
Michelle was an okay character. I felt that she almost purposefully didn’t connect the dots with Noah being the CEO of the company she worked out. There were so many hints given throughout the book that I felt that she must be really stupid to not know who the guy she was dating was.
Then there was Noah. I loved how the two interacted throughout the book. They had a great chemistry and it was fun to see how their relationship grew as the book continued.
Overall this book was a fun read and I enjoyed every moment of it. I can’t wait to read more by this author.
**** I received this eARC from NetGalley.****
July 29, 2013
3.5
This was a charming fun category length romance between a country girl and a city nerd. It was sweet and frothy with a little bit of steam. The hero is endearing and sexy. The heroine is charming and we can live through her nicely as she does things at work to awful coworkers we all would like to do. The writing is crisp and engaging. The book is held back from being great by its category length and its inability therefore to develop some aspects of the character and the romance but overall it is a satisfying and good read I recommend to those of you who love your heroes a little be geeky like I do!
I was given this book for my honest review. So, there you have it!
This was a charming fun category length romance between a country girl and a city nerd. It was sweet and frothy with a little bit of steam. The hero is endearing and sexy. The heroine is charming and we can live through her nicely as she does things at work to awful coworkers we all would like to do. The writing is crisp and engaging. The book is held back from being great by its category length and its inability therefore to develop some aspects of the character and the romance but overall it is a satisfying and good read I recommend to those of you who love your heroes a little be geeky like I do!
I was given this book for my honest review. So, there you have it!
August 12, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed Love, Technically. Why? (1) Michelle was a smart, capable woman – but she was also your average, everyday girl trying to figure out how to move forward. And Noah loves her fresh attitude, and her willingness to step out of her comfort zone to be with him (think: cycling). (2)I thought the mistaken identity plot was handled well. It was believable, and it was resolved nicely. (3)The relationship between Noah and Michelle is fun and flirty, but the sexual chemistry wasn’t lost. (4)The ending was a little bit of a surprise – which is a good thing. If you love geeks, you’ll like this book.
August 3, 2013
A cute, fast read. After stopping/starting several books this past week w/ depressing characters/stories, I needed this little pick-me-up! It's the classic case of mistaken identity: He's the billionaire boss, but she doesn't know it. He likes that she's the only one who treats him like a normal person so he keeps up the pretense a little longer than he should... Nothing earth shattering in the story - but again, I wasn't looking for earth shattering. I just wanted a sweet romance that didn't cause my heart to hurt - and that's what I got! Enjoyed it!!
December 14, 2016
Fue una historia corta, dulce y tierna. Nada del otro mundo pero me gusto la idea. En si romance romance es bastante tranqui y no hay sexo explicito o nada del otro mundo.
Me entretuvo, me parecio dulce y fue lo que precisaba en el momento: una distraccion tierna y divertida sin muchas complicaciones.
Me entretuvo, me parecio dulce y fue lo que precisaba en el momento: una distraccion tierna y divertida sin muchas complicaciones.
January 21, 2024
I wanted to like this... I wanted to finish it, but alas she had been sent to my dnf
There wasn't anything I hated... there just wasn't much to keep me reading.
I did like how much value he, what's his name, seemed to place on how pretty the she was with her hair and boobs from the get go. Eh, it was well written just not characters I was invested in enough to see it out.
There wasn't anything I hated... there just wasn't much to keep me reading.
I did like how much value he, what's his name, seemed to place on how pretty the she was with her hair and boobs from the get go. Eh, it was well written just not characters I was invested in enough to see it out.
June 9, 2017
2.5/3
Entretenido pero nada especial.
Entretenido pero nada especial.
July 3, 2017
Am I the only one who wish have a nerd like this in my life?
January 7, 2018
omg this was such a cute story! It was a little short for my taste, but it ended on a good note and I literally couldn't put it down. Can't wait to read more books by Lynne Silver!
December 19, 2020
Fun, quick read
This is a fun quick read; part mistaken identity, part workplace, part smalltown girl/city boy. Easy to read, low angst.
This is a fun quick read; part mistaken identity, part workplace, part smalltown girl/city boy. Easy to read, low angst.
August 15, 2013
Michelle has taken the plunge and moved from her tiny town to Chicago where she gets a job in the call centre department of an IT company. In her first week, she’s waging war with a printer that won’t co-operate when a young and very good-looking man comes to her rescue. Introducing himself as “Sark”, he becomes her first real friend in her new city, helping her out within the company and takes her out for meals. Michelle assumes he works in the help department, given he’s so helpful and seems to know what he’s doing. The attraction develops between them and Michelle and she finally feels like she’s made the best decision, leaving Iowa behind. She gets a company transfer to the department she really wants to begin working at and even begins investigating finally going to college.
Sark is actually Noah Frellish, the CEO and builder of the company from the ground up. Recently he went public and now he answers to a board, which is stifling his creativity a bit. Sark means to tell Michelle who he really is but it’s nice to meet someone who doesn’t know who he is and how much money he made from the technology he invented. When it goes on too long, he finds a way to tell her but Michelle doesn’t still doesn’t realise.
When it comes out who Sark really is, Michelle feels humiliated. She’s been with the boss of the company and now any chance for promotion that she had is gone because it will look like preferential treatment – her career could be over before it even starts. Determined not to listen to any of Sark/Noah’s pleading, she heads home for Thanksgiving. With the intention of not coming back.
Love, Technically is a cute, very short romance about mistaken identity. It’s kind of full of implausibilities – Michelle can’t work the simple print function and she’s later hired by the graphics department of the company despite not having a degree or being able to use programs like photoshop. The list of skills required for such a job is a million miles long and it’s unlikely that someone like Michelle would get much of a look in. She’s so blatantly clueless and it can’t all be explained that she’s from a small town. She doesn’t even recognise Noah Frellish when she sees him despite his face being plastered all over the induction video she watched when she began her job in the call centre. She’s the only person in the company who doesn’t know who he is – even random teenage boys in the street know who Noah Frellish is. To her he’s just Sark, the nerdy but still hot guy that she thinks works in the IT department.
In the case of Sark/Noah I can understand why he doesn’t correct her right away. He started the company and built it from the ground up before going public and making a lot of money. Now he’s a hot commodity, the sort of guy plenty of women want to know because he’s rich and smart (but probably mostly because he’s rich). In Michelle he finds someone who doesn’t have the first clue about who he is or what he’s done and he likes it. He can be a normal guy interested in a normal girl, even though the secret hangs over him, making him feel incredibly guilty. He does try to tell Michelle who he is, although really he doesn’t try very hard and the way he does choose is pretty lame. It’s unsurprising that Michelle doesn’t actually pick up on what he’s trying to say, given we seem to have established that Michelle needs things spelled out for her.
Despite all of these things, I really enjoyed this book. I liked the character of Sark/Noah a lot and the chemistry between them was very cute. I did applaud Michelle for breaking the mold and getting out of her tiny town and away from her high school boyfriend Brad, whom everyone thought that she’d marry. She wanted something more and she went out there and got it and she decided to go to college and begin getting the degree that would qualify her in the field she was really passionate about. Sark/Noah was kind of the “billionaire but still average dude”, kind of a refreshing change after the billionaires who splash their money around and use it to win over the object of their affections. I do think that he should definitely have made a better effort to explain who he really was and I don’t understand how he thought Michelle had received his message and understood it but then never actually brought it up. Especially given what she’d said a couple of times about Noah Frellish when she was with “Sark”. It seemed very odd that they wouldn’t even discuss his reveal and yet he assumes she now knows who he really is.
Not without its flaws but they were easy to overlook because the story is so fun.
Sark is actually Noah Frellish, the CEO and builder of the company from the ground up. Recently he went public and now he answers to a board, which is stifling his creativity a bit. Sark means to tell Michelle who he really is but it’s nice to meet someone who doesn’t know who he is and how much money he made from the technology he invented. When it goes on too long, he finds a way to tell her but Michelle doesn’t still doesn’t realise.
When it comes out who Sark really is, Michelle feels humiliated. She’s been with the boss of the company and now any chance for promotion that she had is gone because it will look like preferential treatment – her career could be over before it even starts. Determined not to listen to any of Sark/Noah’s pleading, she heads home for Thanksgiving. With the intention of not coming back.
Love, Technically is a cute, very short romance about mistaken identity. It’s kind of full of implausibilities – Michelle can’t work the simple print function and she’s later hired by the graphics department of the company despite not having a degree or being able to use programs like photoshop. The list of skills required for such a job is a million miles long and it’s unlikely that someone like Michelle would get much of a look in. She’s so blatantly clueless and it can’t all be explained that she’s from a small town. She doesn’t even recognise Noah Frellish when she sees him despite his face being plastered all over the induction video she watched when she began her job in the call centre. She’s the only person in the company who doesn’t know who he is – even random teenage boys in the street know who Noah Frellish is. To her he’s just Sark, the nerdy but still hot guy that she thinks works in the IT department.
In the case of Sark/Noah I can understand why he doesn’t correct her right away. He started the company and built it from the ground up before going public and making a lot of money. Now he’s a hot commodity, the sort of guy plenty of women want to know because he’s rich and smart (but probably mostly because he’s rich). In Michelle he finds someone who doesn’t have the first clue about who he is or what he’s done and he likes it. He can be a normal guy interested in a normal girl, even though the secret hangs over him, making him feel incredibly guilty. He does try to tell Michelle who he is, although really he doesn’t try very hard and the way he does choose is pretty lame. It’s unsurprising that Michelle doesn’t actually pick up on what he’s trying to say, given we seem to have established that Michelle needs things spelled out for her.
Despite all of these things, I really enjoyed this book. I liked the character of Sark/Noah a lot and the chemistry between them was very cute. I did applaud Michelle for breaking the mold and getting out of her tiny town and away from her high school boyfriend Brad, whom everyone thought that she’d marry. She wanted something more and she went out there and got it and she decided to go to college and begin getting the degree that would qualify her in the field she was really passionate about. Sark/Noah was kind of the “billionaire but still average dude”, kind of a refreshing change after the billionaires who splash their money around and use it to win over the object of their affections. I do think that he should definitely have made a better effort to explain who he really was and I don’t understand how he thought Michelle had received his message and understood it but then never actually brought it up. Especially given what she’d said a couple of times about Noah Frellish when she was with “Sark”. It seemed very odd that they wouldn’t even discuss his reveal and yet he assumes she now knows who he really is.
Not without its flaws but they were easy to overlook because the story is so fun.
March 22, 2017
Ligera, entretenida y divertida historia de un Geek cool y una chica del campo en una empresa.
Como toda historia corta no desarrollada, pero no le quita lo linda que es, aunque el final es cliche.
Como toda historia corta no desarrollada, pero no le quita lo linda que es, aunque el final es cliche.
August 9, 2013
Michelle Kolson is originally from the small town of Minsker, Iowa. Wanting more for her life she ventures to Chicago where she lands a job in the call center of LiteWave Tech. One night, during her first week of employment, she has difficulty printing and is approached by another employee that helps her figure out the problem. There is an instant attraction between Michelle and her Knight-In-Shining-Armor, who introduces himself as Sark.
Not being familiar with the upper echelon, Michelle is completely unaware that Sark is actually Noah Frellish, CEO of LiteWave Tech. When they start hanging out, Sark knows he needs to come clean about who he is but he enjoys the fact that Michelle likes him for him and not because he's a very rich CEO. As to be expected, though, Sark's failure to be upfront with Michelle causes distrust, humiliation, and hard feelings.
Working for the same company makes Michelle uncomfortable. Their relationship, after it's revealed who Sark truly is, causes issues for Michelle in the department she moves to after the company decides to move the call center overseas. The scene between Michelle and her competitive co-worker, Sydney, shows that although Michelle may be from a small town and lacks certain experiences, Lynne Silver's heroine, is not a door mat. She calls Sydney out, calls the situation like she sees it, and firmly but kindly puts Sydney in her place. The relationship between Michelle and Sydney is never the same, leaving Michelle uncomfortable and unhappy in her role as administrative assistant and being confined in such close proximity to Sydney.
Now it's time for Michelle to figure what she wants to do ~ continue working at LiteWave in a department she is no longer happy working in, for a company run by the man she is mad at but misses terribly or go back to Iowa and become the person she desperately wants to avoid?
Sark, knowing he should have be more clear in his identity, gives Michelle space to figure things out. In the meantime, he's miserable and unsure how to fix the relationship with Michelle ~ and isn't sure he can fix it, but knows he has to give it a shot. But when he goes to her desk, Sark is informed that's she's left and her boss, Casey, doesn't know if Michelle is coming back.
Love, Technically is a very enjoyable story. It's short at about 140 pages but the author does a great job with the plot. The book isn't tech-y or geek-y - not that there is anything wrong with that. The regular language, and explanations of any tech-speak, makes this something that all people will like, not just a select few who understand. I play World of Warcraft and understand RPG and the Dungeons & Dragons reference, but the author goes beyond the quick terms and helps define them. Those that aren't familiar with those terms won't have a hard time catching on.
The sparks between Michelle and Sark start in the very first moment they meet and are very evident. They are drawn to each other in ways that neither are familiar with, but both are willing to give each other a go. Michelle has every right to be upset when she finds out the truth behind who Sark is and, as a reader, it's easy feeling her sadness, anguish, and humiliation. Everyone else Michelle encounters knows who Sark it but, for some unknown reason, those that she hangs out with, don't bother to help her make that connection.
Personal Note: I had to laugh at Michelle's comment that, at the age of 25, she's going to be the oldest college freshman (Silver, L., 2013, pg. 121). I have her beat ~ I started college as a freshman at the age of 31 1/2 (about 5 years ago) and am currently still taking classes; although, I'm not considered a freshman anymore.
I like both Michelle and Sark and completely understand why Sark was so hesitant to release to Michelle who he was. He like the anonymity that was starting to disappear pretty fast. He was enjoying Michelle's attraction to him and not his money, power, or prestige.
I love Happily Ever After (HEA) stories and really enjoyed this one.
Review Copy Courtesy Of: The publisher, Entangled Ever After, via NetGalley, at no cost, in exchange for an honest review.
Not being familiar with the upper echelon, Michelle is completely unaware that Sark is actually Noah Frellish, CEO of LiteWave Tech. When they start hanging out, Sark knows he needs to come clean about who he is but he enjoys the fact that Michelle likes him for him and not because he's a very rich CEO. As to be expected, though, Sark's failure to be upfront with Michelle causes distrust, humiliation, and hard feelings.
Working for the same company makes Michelle uncomfortable. Their relationship, after it's revealed who Sark truly is, causes issues for Michelle in the department she moves to after the company decides to move the call center overseas. The scene between Michelle and her competitive co-worker, Sydney, shows that although Michelle may be from a small town and lacks certain experiences, Lynne Silver's heroine, is not a door mat. She calls Sydney out, calls the situation like she sees it, and firmly but kindly puts Sydney in her place. The relationship between Michelle and Sydney is never the same, leaving Michelle uncomfortable and unhappy in her role as administrative assistant and being confined in such close proximity to Sydney.
Now it's time for Michelle to figure what she wants to do ~ continue working at LiteWave in a department she is no longer happy working in, for a company run by the man she is mad at but misses terribly or go back to Iowa and become the person she desperately wants to avoid?
Sark, knowing he should have be more clear in his identity, gives Michelle space to figure things out. In the meantime, he's miserable and unsure how to fix the relationship with Michelle ~ and isn't sure he can fix it, but knows he has to give it a shot. But when he goes to her desk, Sark is informed that's she's left and her boss, Casey, doesn't know if Michelle is coming back.
Love, Technically is a very enjoyable story. It's short at about 140 pages but the author does a great job with the plot. The book isn't tech-y or geek-y - not that there is anything wrong with that. The regular language, and explanations of any tech-speak, makes this something that all people will like, not just a select few who understand. I play World of Warcraft and understand RPG and the Dungeons & Dragons reference, but the author goes beyond the quick terms and helps define them. Those that aren't familiar with those terms won't have a hard time catching on.
The sparks between Michelle and Sark start in the very first moment they meet and are very evident. They are drawn to each other in ways that neither are familiar with, but both are willing to give each other a go. Michelle has every right to be upset when she finds out the truth behind who Sark is and, as a reader, it's easy feeling her sadness, anguish, and humiliation. Everyone else Michelle encounters knows who Sark it but, for some unknown reason, those that she hangs out with, don't bother to help her make that connection.
Personal Note: I had to laugh at Michelle's comment that, at the age of 25, she's going to be the oldest college freshman (Silver, L., 2013, pg. 121). I have her beat ~ I started college as a freshman at the age of 31 1/2 (about 5 years ago) and am currently still taking classes; although, I'm not considered a freshman anymore.
I like both Michelle and Sark and completely understand why Sark was so hesitant to release to Michelle who he was. He like the anonymity that was starting to disappear pretty fast. He was enjoying Michelle's attraction to him and not his money, power, or prestige.
I love Happily Ever After (HEA) stories and really enjoyed this one.
Review Copy Courtesy Of: The publisher, Entangled Ever After, via NetGalley, at no cost, in exchange for an honest review.
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