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From the author of the bestselling phenomenon, the Kissing Booth, comes another sizzling story about an overachieving girl who unknowingly kisses the one guy she shouldn’t the night before her new internship begins.
One summer internship. Two complete opposites. And a connection neither expected...
Annalise Sherwood has worked herself to the bone to get a place on a prestigious internship program and nothing is going to stop her now. Work hard, play later, that's her motto. She figures one night letting her guard down won't hurt, though - especially when it ends with the best kiss of her life.
But to Anna's horror, she discovers that the mystery guy she kissed that night is none other than Lloyd, the company CEO's son. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he's everyone's favorite guy and a total charmer, swanning around like he owns the place. And from the moment they meet again, he rubs Anna up the wrong way.
As the summer and the internship wane on, Lloyd seems to be finding any excuse to annoy Anna, and she's not afraid to give it right back to him. But when a lot of late night working brings them unexpectedly closer, she begins to wonder if there's more to him than she originally thought..
One summer internship. Two complete opposites. And a connection neither expected...
Annalise Sherwood has worked herself to the bone to get a place on a prestigious internship program and nothing is going to stop her now. Work hard, play later, that's her motto. She figures one night letting her guard down won't hurt, though - especially when it ends with the best kiss of her life.
But to Anna's horror, she discovers that the mystery guy she kissed that night is none other than Lloyd, the company CEO's son. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he's everyone's favorite guy and a total charmer, swanning around like he owns the place. And from the moment they meet again, he rubs Anna up the wrong way.
As the summer and the internship wane on, Lloyd seems to be finding any excuse to annoy Anna, and she's not afraid to give it right back to him. But when a lot of late night working brings them unexpectedly closer, she begins to wonder if there's more to him than she originally thought..
375 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 22, 2024
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Beth Reekles
27 books2,030 followersBeth Reekles is an author and creator best known for her series The Kissing Booth, which was adapted into a series of hit Netflix movies. She began her writing career by self-publishing The Kissing Booth on story-sharing platform Wattpad at fifteen years old, and earned a three-book deal with Penguin Random House at seventeen. Love, Locked Down is her tenth published book. After obtaining a Physics degree and working a day job in IT, she is now a full-time author and self-confessed nerd who loves to review movies on Instagram @authorbethreekles.
Her published works include:
The Kissing Booth
The Beach House
The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance
The Kissing Booth: Road Trip!
The Kissing Booth 3: One Last Time
Rolling Dice
Out of Tune
Cwtch Me If You Can
It Won't Be Christmas Without You
Love, Locked Down/Lockdown on London Lane
Her published works include:
The Kissing Booth
The Beach House
The Kissing Booth 2: Going the Distance
The Kissing Booth: Road Trip!
The Kissing Booth 3: One Last Time
Rolling Dice
Out of Tune
Cwtch Me If You Can
It Won't Be Christmas Without You
Love, Locked Down/Lockdown on London Lane
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January 10, 2025
3˖⁺‧✮
anna meets lloyd on a random night out with her new colleagues. both main characters, immediately find attraction and chemistry but decide to cut the contact after their first night. anna supports her choice with having an incredible internship opportunity this summer, and she dedicates to give everything to it. yes, you probably guessed it right, he works in the same office where she is doing her internship.
⁀➷ what i enjoyed:
from that first night you could feel chemistry and tension between anna and lloyd. these feelings progressed even more when they met again in the office. i definitely enjoyed watching their interactions and late night conversations; how they subconsciously tried to be in the same place and how hard they both were working.
⁀➷ what i didn’t enjoy:
the book has so many turns to it. i definitely wasn’t expecting to learn so much about both characters. they have difficult pasts and similar challenges which i thought was helpful to them (to understand each other). but… after learning that lloyd was ceo’s son, anna became more careful and weird. why? firstly, i do understand her and her decisions. she mentioned that having relationship with lloyd would make others thing
about her wrongly; that she’s here just because of sleeping with him. secondly, she couldn’t decide what to do with him and her feelings. she would show affection, and then abruptly changing into a different person. it does look very confusing from lloyd’s perspective.
but lloyd also has annoying behavior. he knew!! he knew that anna wasn’t in contact with her mom, so it’s easy to understand that, probably, she has no idea where and who is her mom. but he also made such a scene from that moment.
`✦ ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹
also, it’s a slow burn. like so slow. for the most times you feel happy to see them getting close and then it all rips in one page. i definitely enjoyed book for a lot of parts, but unjustified decisions from both sides are still confusing
i also have some great quotes, but i’ll add them after the title is out.
Thank you Penguin Teen Canada for this arc!
pre-read
challenge: how many arcs can i read in one week
answer: 3
anna meets lloyd on a random night out with her new colleagues. both main characters, immediately find attraction and chemistry but decide to cut the contact after their first night. anna supports her choice with having an incredible internship opportunity this summer, and she dedicates to give everything to it. yes, you probably guessed it right, he works in the same office where she is doing her internship.
⁀➷ what i enjoyed:
from that first night you could feel chemistry and tension between anna and lloyd. these feelings progressed even more when they met again in the office. i definitely enjoyed watching their interactions and late night conversations; how they subconsciously tried to be in the same place and how hard they both were working.
⁀➷ what i didn’t enjoy:
the book has so many turns to it. i definitely wasn’t expecting to learn so much about both characters. they have difficult pasts and similar challenges which i thought was helpful to them (to understand each other). but… after learning that lloyd was ceo’s son, anna became more careful and weird. why? firstly, i do understand her and her decisions. she mentioned that having relationship with lloyd would make others thing
about her wrongly; that she’s here just because of sleeping with him. secondly, she couldn’t decide what to do with him and her feelings. she would show affection, and then abruptly changing into a different person. it does look very confusing from lloyd’s perspective.
but lloyd also has annoying behavior. he knew!! he knew that anna wasn’t in contact with her mom, so it’s easy to understand that, probably, she has no idea where and who is her mom. but he also made such a scene from that moment.
`✦ ˑ ִֶ 𓂃⊹
also, it’s a slow burn. like so slow. for the most times you feel happy to see them getting close and then it all rips in one page. i definitely enjoyed book for a lot of parts, but unjustified decisions from both sides are still confusing
i also have some great quotes, but i’ll add them after the title is out.
Thank you Penguin Teen Canada for this arc!
pre-read
challenge: how many arcs can i read in one week
answer: 3
May 13, 2024
so i learnt the hard way that office romances are NOT for me unless it’s pam & jim 😭🙏
February 15, 2025
honestly this was mid. for a romance it was cute and had a good plot with deep characters, but it did feel a little slow. that also had a lot to do with how dang busy I am so I barely had time to read😣 so anyway, the trope was workplace rivals to lovers! not my fav trope, but it was done pretty well here! I liked how we got to see both characters really grow into themselves and their dreams, not just their relationship! overall it’s definitely a solid romance!! there was one minor fade to black scene that was borderline spicy, so just be aware of that!!
March 6, 2024
Thank you NetGalley and Penguin for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I genuinely thought that this book would be right up my street and I was super excited to delve into another romance; unfortunately, it missed the mark for me.
Unlike a lot of the other Goodreads reviews, I actually enjoyed the work side of the story as I felt that it told us a lot about Anna’s personality and we got to see how she & Lloyd interacted with each other in a professional setting as well as in a personal one. However, I strongly feel that the author should have spent more time developing the work storyline & the main romantic relationship as they both felt drastically underdeveloped.
The work side of the story didn’t seem to go anywhere important and the relationship between Lloyd and his family was not paid proper attention to. The romance felt flimsy at best and the back and forth within Anna’s constantly changing mind was entirely too exhausting to enjoy.
The occasional email draft that Anna writes was also a completely unnecessary addition - it made the story feel even more clunky and I really did hate reading them.
Overall, this isn’t a book that I wish to return to and I wouldn’t recommend this for lovers of romance who seek substance & passion in their reads.
I genuinely thought that this book would be right up my street and I was super excited to delve into another romance; unfortunately, it missed the mark for me.
Unlike a lot of the other Goodreads reviews, I actually enjoyed the work side of the story as I felt that it told us a lot about Anna’s personality and we got to see how she & Lloyd interacted with each other in a professional setting as well as in a personal one. However, I strongly feel that the author should have spent more time developing the work storyline & the main romantic relationship as they both felt drastically underdeveloped.
The work side of the story didn’t seem to go anywhere important and the relationship between Lloyd and his family was not paid proper attention to. The romance felt flimsy at best and the back and forth within Anna’s constantly changing mind was entirely too exhausting to enjoy.
The occasional email draft that Anna writes was also a completely unnecessary addition - it made the story feel even more clunky and I really did hate reading them.
Overall, this isn’t a book that I wish to return to and I wouldn’t recommend this for lovers of romance who seek substance & passion in their reads.
February 17, 2025
The rating I give is more like 3.5 stars but I can’t do that on this platform. The story was great just a little boring most of the interesting stuff happens in the beginning and the end of the book. The mfc got on my nerves so much I think that’s why it took so long to read and the mmm wasn’t too bad but still didn’t wow me. If you like cutesy romances this might be the book for you it just wasn’t my cup of tea. All in all it wasn’t too bad of a book the best parts were toward the end though.
November 27, 2024
For me personally, I feel I’ve read a lot of stories in this category (new adult, workplace enemies-to-lovers), and because of this my experience was just ok. I loved how the story started out with the MCs having “the perfect night” we all dream about, and how it quickly dissolved into the workplace enemies-to-lovers trope I love.
I was not the hugest fan of the FMC, Anna. While she had a lot of character traits I can identify with (an overachiever who burns herself out, someone who would rather stay at home than go out with her cohort, etc.), I felt she was very one-dimensional and very selfish which made me not like her overall. I asked myself at one point in the story when I was particularly not loving her “Would I feel this same way if these traits were put on a man?” And my answer to myself was, yes, I would. Hence why I started not liking Lloyd about ¾ of the way through the story. He started as this confident, almost cocky, boy who you could tell was hiding behind a flashy smile. I sympathized with him and liked him quite a lot during the first half or so, but his character deteriorated as soon as he starting snapping at Anna and also being equally selfish.
If you like young MCs with angst and a dash of spice, this one may be for you!
Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Children's | Delacorte Romance, and Beth Reekles for the opportunity to read this book. The thoughts and opinions expressed above are honest and my own.
I was not the hugest fan of the FMC, Anna. While she had a lot of character traits I can identify with (an overachiever who burns herself out, someone who would rather stay at home than go out with her cohort, etc.), I felt she was very one-dimensional and very selfish which made me not like her overall. I asked myself at one point in the story when I was particularly not loving her “Would I feel this same way if these traits were put on a man?” And my answer to myself was, yes, I would. Hence why I started not liking Lloyd about ¾ of the way through the story. He started as this confident, almost cocky, boy who you could tell was hiding behind a flashy smile. I sympathized with him and liked him quite a lot during the first half or so, but his character deteriorated as soon as he starting snapping at Anna and also being equally selfish.
If you like young MCs with angst and a dash of spice, this one may be for you!
Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Children's | Delacorte Romance, and Beth Reekles for the opportunity to read this book. The thoughts and opinions expressed above are honest and my own.
January 17, 2025
Rating: 🍼
Format:🎧
Speed: 1.75
Why I picked it: Looked like a cute rom com as I was browsing Libby a few months back and put it on hold.
Thoughts: The protagonist seems very young and emotionally immature, which is a tough wheel to get behind when listening to a book. Writing and characters are one dimensional & all set within a toxic tech company.
The main character is naive and seems to not really understand what being an intern involves. Apparently a kid can sass whoever they want and its completely fine in the work place. The characters inability to ask for help and lack of critical thinking had me put this down often enough for me to just want to walk away.
Recommend to a friend: Nope, save yourself the frustration. Very Y for a YA.
Format:🎧
Speed: 1.75
Why I picked it: Looked like a cute rom com as I was browsing Libby a few months back and put it on hold.
Thoughts: The protagonist seems very young and emotionally immature, which is a tough wheel to get behind when listening to a book. Writing and characters are one dimensional & all set within a toxic tech company.
The main character is naive and seems to not really understand what being an intern involves. Apparently a kid can sass whoever they want and its completely fine in the work place. The characters inability to ask for help and lack of critical thinking had me put this down often enough for me to just want to walk away.
Recommend to a friend: Nope, save yourself the frustration. Very Y for a YA.
June 20, 2024
3/5 eh. idrk what to say. it was kinda boring but i was lowkey invested in the work stuff and also the social stuff which is good. nothing much happened and there def needed to be more scenes of annalise and lloyd, i feel like they barely interacted. OH and whyyy did she write all that stuff on her WORK EMAIL. i knew sum would happen 😔. and it was so embarrassing, like i would not recover from that bro. OH and also, lloyd should’ve understood they couldn’t date, but then when she realised that the internship maybe wasn’t that important, i kinda understood that point too so idk
December 16, 2024
This book was crazy!! I liked it so I'm giving it 4 Stars. I feel like the main characters was a bit of a bish but otherwise I understood her feelings. I love her and her mom's mending relationship. I also think that Annalise and Lloyd are so cute together. Thank God Tasha got fired and the whole email's being put up were crazy. Overall, this book was very good and I finished 10 chapter in a night to finish the whole thing. I also like how the chapters are not too long but at a reasonable length. I liked this book a lot!!
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February 9, 2025
The cover's cute
December 28, 2023
When Anna secures herself an internship at prestigious company Arrowmile she is determined to prove herself. What she didn’t factor in was falling for Lloyd, the boy she met in a bar just before the summer started.
There’s the expected confusion as both Lloyd and Anna have to come to terms with the things they’d rather people didn’t know. They clearly will end up together but it takes ages to get there.
Things go as expected. The family relationships were undeveloped but give us enough to get things underway.
Thanks to NetGalley for giving me the chance to read and review this.
There’s the expected confusion as both Lloyd and Anna have to come to terms with the things they’d rather people didn’t know. They clearly will end up together but it takes ages to get there.
Things go as expected. The family relationships were undeveloped but give us enough to get things underway.
Thanks to NetGalley for giving me the chance to read and review this.
October 6, 2025
I hate it when an author thinks their readers are so dumb that they need to repeat themselves over and over again. That was the entirety of this book. No actual plot, just "I don't have time for anything except this internship because it's the most important thing in my life and the only way I can ever get a real job and become a real adult." Also, I can't put it on the clean YA list because - oh yes... there is one scene out of the blue from nowhere because, remember... she doesn't have time for anything. Really one of the dumbest books I've ever read.
October 21, 2023
Thank you NetGalley for providing me a copy of this book to review.
1.5 ⭐️
As you can see by the rating, I personally was not a fan of this book. I was very disappointed reading it because I was looking forward to reading a cute office romance. Instead, I got a “how to work in an office manual” with the most basic romance between two characters.
Annalise was an insufferable FMC in my opinion. She was self-involved, rude, and very annoying. Straight off the bat in the first few pages, when she’s struggling with getting a bartenders attention, the MMC helps her, and she asks him whether that’s his way of picking up girls and she’s really rude to him but then she’s also lusting after him? And she calls him a creep. How does that make sense?
Lloyd was funny and cute but also didn’t show us much personality throughout the book. But at least he was reasonable and relatable.
The whole “conflict” or animosity between character was forced in my opinion. It’s like the author did not know how to create the tension between the love interests so she gave them the most uninteresting story line with the pettiest conflict which could have been resolved within the first few chapters if the FMC would listen to reason and logic.
At least the writing style was good and didn’t have much problem with it. But the plot and execution of the story has more to be desired.
1.5 ⭐️
As you can see by the rating, I personally was not a fan of this book. I was very disappointed reading it because I was looking forward to reading a cute office romance. Instead, I got a “how to work in an office manual” with the most basic romance between two characters.
Annalise was an insufferable FMC in my opinion. She was self-involved, rude, and very annoying. Straight off the bat in the first few pages, when she’s struggling with getting a bartenders attention, the MMC helps her, and she asks him whether that’s his way of picking up girls and she’s really rude to him but then she’s also lusting after him? And she calls him a creep. How does that make sense?
Lloyd was funny and cute but also didn’t show us much personality throughout the book. But at least he was reasonable and relatable.
The whole “conflict” or animosity between character was forced in my opinion. It’s like the author did not know how to create the tension between the love interests so she gave them the most uninteresting story line with the pettiest conflict which could have been resolved within the first few chapters if the FMC would listen to reason and logic.
At least the writing style was good and didn’t have much problem with it. But the plot and execution of the story has more to be desired.
December 29, 2023
This book perfectly captures the stresses and strains of the transition from student to working adult, the competitiveness and camaraderie of an office environment, all whilst missing home and family.
From the blurb, Sincerely Yours, Anna Sherwood might seem like a simple romance but it is so much more. The book explores the pressures we put on ourselves or which come from family expectation. Annalise finds that getting the balance between work and life just right and not losing your sense of self in the process can be hard and there are plenty of mistakes to be made along the way. Suitable for adults and older YA.
Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin for the ARC
From the blurb, Sincerely Yours, Anna Sherwood might seem like a simple romance but it is so much more. The book explores the pressures we put on ourselves or which come from family expectation. Annalise finds that getting the balance between work and life just right and not losing your sense of self in the process can be hard and there are plenty of mistakes to be made along the way. Suitable for adults and older YA.
Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin for the ARC
October 5, 2023
I absolutely adored sincerely Yours, Anna Sherwood, It's the first book that I have read by the author and it definitely won't be the last.
I really enjoyed the novel it was easy to follow with a good story and a great cast of characters. A truly enjoyable read that I highly recommend.
💖 Thank you to netgalley, the publisher and author, Beth Reekles.
I really enjoyed the novel it was easy to follow with a good story and a great cast of characters. A truly enjoyable read that I highly recommend.
💖 Thank you to netgalley, the publisher and author, Beth Reekles.
September 26, 2024
A cute workplace romance. Set in London the book focuses on our hardworking, Lazer focused fmc as she struggles to balance her summer internship, family issues, making friends, and the hot kiss she shared with an unexpected stranger that shows up where she least expects it. There is one smutty scene with a lot of build-up. A great read for romance readers.
November 22, 2024
4 stars⭐️
This book was incredibly slow for me, and I couldn't stop zoning out the entire way through even though I was interested in what was happening.
I hate Tasha.
I love Lloyd and Anna❤️
This book was incredibly slow for me, and I couldn't stop zoning out the entire way through even though I was interested in what was happening.
I hate Tasha.
I love Lloyd and Anna❤️
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July 10, 2025Can someone give me a spoon to bawl my eyes out
September 29, 2025
2.5 stars, rounded up
This was a very low stakes, character driven story. The FMCs reasoning for not being with the guy was somewhat flimsy. I also liked another male character more than the MMC and wanted her to end up with the random side character instead. The MMC wasn’t that interesting to me and kind of mousy at times.
Also, this is YA. Upper YA, but still…
So why is there a graphic sex scene in a cute YA contemporary???? I didn’t like that at all. It also happened with no buildup so it felt really out of place based on that alone.
I did like the exploration of the MC’s relationship with her mother and this was a pretty quick read, but I’ve enjoyed other books by this author a lot more.
This was a very low stakes, character driven story. The FMCs reasoning for not being with the guy was somewhat flimsy. I also liked another male character more than the MMC and wanted her to end up with the random side character instead. The MMC wasn’t that interesting to me and kind of mousy at times.
Also, this is YA. Upper YA, but still…
So why is there a graphic sex scene in a cute YA contemporary???? I didn’t like that at all. It also happened with no buildup so it felt really out of place based on that alone.
I did like the exploration of the MC’s relationship with her mother and this was a pretty quick read, but I’ve enjoyed other books by this author a lot more.
July 10, 2024
I received an ARC of this book at the ALA Conference and was so excited to get my hands on it. It was delightful from start to finish. Even had me tearing up at parts!
March 31, 2025
solid 3 ⭐️
simple romance story. wasn’t too attached to any of the characters but i did enjoy the story.
simple romance story. wasn’t too attached to any of the characters but i did enjoy the story.
June 1, 2025
They felt 16. And not in a good way. Lol. They also barely have any connection despite being thrown together a lot at work. He's the boss's son with some secret agenda that takes way too long for this dumb MC to figure out. I should have DNF'd. I had been so excited for this book, too.
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October 19, 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️
My first Beth Reekles book and not my last! I was looking forward to this cute office romance and it didn’t disappoint. With a splash of grumpy x sunshine and a little forbidden romance it was right up my street. I loved the inclusion of current popular films and singers. Anna’s character was realistic and relatable, something that is often missing. Her progression throughout was heartwarming.
I just really wish this book would’ve included more of the relationship between Anna and Lloyd! I felt majority of the content was Anna working which became repetitive.
My first Beth Reekles book and not my last! I was looking forward to this cute office romance and it didn’t disappoint. With a splash of grumpy x sunshine and a little forbidden romance it was right up my street. I loved the inclusion of current popular films and singers. Anna’s character was realistic and relatable, something that is often missing. Her progression throughout was heartwarming.
I just really wish this book would’ve included more of the relationship between Anna and Lloyd! I felt majority of the content was Anna working which became repetitive.
January 21, 2025
yeah ive decided this author isnt for me like girl what does she put in these long ass books to have the characters be literally the worst people ever but also somehow have no plot??? idk its an age old question.
but anna was horrible. she lied her way into an internship, TOLD THE CEOS SON THAT SHE DID THAT, then continued to try and fuck him over. she was horrible to all her "friends" and ditched them all the time, she would talk shit about people to their bosses/relatives/friends LITERALLY ANYONE. and she just couldnt understand what a work life balance was. i hated reading it.
but anna was horrible. she lied her way into an internship, TOLD THE CEOS SON THAT SHE DID THAT, then continued to try and fuck him over. she was horrible to all her "friends" and ditched them all the time, she would talk shit about people to their bosses/relatives/friends LITERALLY ANYONE. and she just couldnt understand what a work life balance was. i hated reading it.
October 22, 2023
I honestly had no clue what to think of Sincerely Yours, Anna Sherwood , and I think that was probably a good thing because this book ended up surprising me in the most pleasant way. I have read The Kissing Booth in all its versions (including the wattpad version), and if think of that book and this one, I feel like Beth Reekles' writing has evolved so much. Trust me, you can see a very clear different.
With this book, Reekles has managed to capture, very well, the emotions of being in uni and trying to figure out what to do with your life. I could very much relate to Anna and what she was going through and that made me love this book a lot more. Of course, the romance with her and Lloyd was quite nice. They had a very interesting dynamic and I enjoyed reading them banter.
All in all, I think if you are to pick up Sincerely Yours, Anna Sherwood , you will be left pleasantly surprised by it and you will definitely be fully engrossed in the story.
Thank you Penguin UK for providing me an e-ARC through Netgalley!
With this book, Reekles has managed to capture, very well, the emotions of being in uni and trying to figure out what to do with your life. I could very much relate to Anna and what she was going through and that made me love this book a lot more. Of course, the romance with her and Lloyd was quite nice. They had a very interesting dynamic and I enjoyed reading them banter.
All in all, I think if you are to pick up Sincerely Yours, Anna Sherwood , you will be left pleasantly surprised by it and you will definitely be fully engrossed in the story.
Thank you Penguin UK for providing me an e-ARC through Netgalley!
December 30, 2023
THIS BOOK. OH MY GOSH. I am obsessed. I am addicted. I want more.
I haven't read a book this big this fast in so long. It was amazing.
Okay, I am going to try and tell you why it was so good but honestly I am not sure if I am able to put it into words.
So, first off, the characters are perfect. Absolutely perfect. Each character (all of the side characters) is perfect for the role they play and the complex relationships keep you hooked throughout. Here, I am going to focus on the two main characters Annalise and Lloyd. I love them. I think I am going to struggle putting into words how perfect they are.
I am going to keep it brief though; Annalise is the perfect representation of a teenage girl (19) who doesn't seem to fit in so works relentlessly on her future (hence her place at the summer internship). Lloyd is super nice to everyone because he is just a great person but he is also hiding stuff that Annalise wants to find out.
In the most spoiler-free way, their relationship is a story of messing things up and first love and discovery. 10000000% recommend.
I haven't read a book this big this fast in so long. It was amazing.
Okay, I am going to try and tell you why it was so good but honestly I am not sure if I am able to put it into words.
So, first off, the characters are perfect. Absolutely perfect. Each character (all of the side characters) is perfect for the role they play and the complex relationships keep you hooked throughout. Here, I am going to focus on the two main characters Annalise and Lloyd. I love them. I think I am going to struggle putting into words how perfect they are.
I am going to keep it brief though; Annalise is the perfect representation of a teenage girl (19) who doesn't seem to fit in so works relentlessly on her future (hence her place at the summer internship). Lloyd is super nice to everyone because he is just a great person but he is also hiding stuff that Annalise wants to find out.
In the most spoiler-free way, their relationship is a story of messing things up and first love and discovery. 10000000% recommend.
February 7, 2025
I almost DNF'd... I'm so glad I didn't!
Anna is a hardworking University student who may have lied her way into a summer internship. She decides to have one more night of fun before the internship starts. She has a wonderful night with a handsome man that ends with a kiss. Anna never thought she would see him Monday morning at the office? OR that he would be the son of the CEO!
This book was very much slow burn, but let me tell you this book is WORTH it! Once you get to the height of the conflict, you'll laugh and cry right along with the characters! I LOVE that the MMC Lloyd is so in touch with himself and his emotions! He knows exactly what he wants and he puts so much thought into his decisions!
Anna isn't as in touch, she's trying her best to AVOID emotions, but I love her growth too!
Pleasantly surprised by this book!! Highly recommend!!
Anna is a hardworking University student who may have lied her way into a summer internship. She decides to have one more night of fun before the internship starts. She has a wonderful night with a handsome man that ends with a kiss. Anna never thought she would see him Monday morning at the office? OR that he would be the son of the CEO!
This book was very much slow burn, but let me tell you this book is WORTH it! Once you get to the height of the conflict, you'll laugh and cry right along with the characters! I LOVE that the MMC Lloyd is so in touch with himself and his emotions! He knows exactly what he wants and he puts so much thought into his decisions!
Anna isn't as in touch, she's trying her best to AVOID emotions, but I love her growth too!
Pleasantly surprised by this book!! Highly recommend!!
February 24, 2025
at the beginning i wasn’t sure if i was going to like the book since it started off a little slow. but as i read more i fell in love with the characters and the connection that lloyd and anna had. her mom showing up at her internship shop was definitely surprising but i’m also so glad that they started working towards building their relationship and that anna was slowly letting her in after the scandal that happened at the office. definitely recommend if you like the forced proximity and kind of enemies to lovers.
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November 8, 2023
For me this was a super cute read, that I found super easy to read. This book contains many tropes but the main ones that I noticed in this book were Opposites Attract, Grumpy x sunshine and Workplace romance.
I love reading a workplace romance so this was a very pleasant and enjoyable read that once I really got into the story it was really hard to stop reading.
I did find the beginning a little slow but other than that I really enjoyed it
I love reading a workplace romance so this was a very pleasant and enjoyable read that once I really got into the story it was really hard to stop reading.
I did find the beginning a little slow but other than that I really enjoyed it
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