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December 9, 2021
Another DWP fic that started out well, but it got lost in the middle with weird boring plots… I basically skipped every mention of the author’s new created character Danielle and the plot with the sisterhood. I basically only read the parts that mentioned Miranda and Andy, which were very few taking into consideration the amount of pages here. But oh well, the Mirandy parts were very interesting and cute.
October 15, 2020
This had a promising start. The writing was good, save for the numerous errors/misspellings in the characters' names.
Andy was an NYT employee. When she covered for an absent colleague and wrote a draft for a column that got published prematurely under the said colleague's byline, she never imagined it would result to this colleague becoming a gigantic pain in her backside. It so happens this colleague is the same harpy who's been on a verbal spar with none other than La Priestly.
I could've forgiven this story for the insta-love if Andy and Miranda's interactions weren't written so fleetingly. I enjoyed witnessing Emily and Heather's (the second assistant) comical bafflement over Miranda's actions whenever the latter's in a good mood. The subtlety in the way Andy indirectly divulged her sexuality in her article praising Miranda, and the older woman being able to interpret it, was clever. However, when I realized the plot involving Danielle (the antagonist) was garnering more pages than Miranda and Andy's romance, it left me feeling unsure if I was still reading a DWP romance fanfic. And while I did appreciate the original secondary characters of the author, their story wasn't exactly the one I signed up for.
Danielle was a vile person. She victimized vulnerable women who seek her affection and manipulated their feelings to make them do her bidding. A connivance was formed by her victims to make Danielle pay for her sins. Of course we want every bad gal to be brought to justice, but seeing the romance blur into the background to give way to the revenge plot was rather disappointing. It didn't help that the dialogues towards the end revealing the con were too straightforward, I wish they were cleverer. You also have to swallow a fair amount of dubiety to enjoy this story.
If you can neglect the romance not being at the forefront, this is a fairly likable read.
Andy was an NYT employee. When she covered for an absent colleague and wrote a draft for a column that got published prematurely under the said colleague's byline, she never imagined it would result to this colleague becoming a gigantic pain in her backside. It so happens this colleague is the same harpy who's been on a verbal spar with none other than La Priestly.
I could've forgiven this story for the insta-love if Andy and Miranda's interactions weren't written so fleetingly. I enjoyed witnessing Emily and Heather's (the second assistant) comical bafflement over Miranda's actions whenever the latter's in a good mood. The subtlety in the way Andy indirectly divulged her sexuality in her article praising Miranda, and the older woman being able to interpret it, was clever. However, when I realized the plot involving Danielle (the antagonist) was garnering more pages than Miranda and Andy's romance, it left me feeling unsure if I was still reading a DWP romance fanfic. And while I did appreciate the original secondary characters of the author, their story wasn't exactly the one I signed up for.
Danielle was a vile person. She victimized vulnerable women who seek her affection and manipulated their feelings to make them do her bidding. A connivance was formed by her victims to make Danielle pay for her sins. Of course we want every bad gal to be brought to justice, but seeing the romance blur into the background to give way to the revenge plot was rather disappointing. It didn't help that the dialogues towards the end revealing the con were too straightforward, I wish they were cleverer. You also have to swallow a fair amount of dubiety to enjoy this story.
If you can neglect the romance not being at the forefront, this is a fairly likable read.
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