Disrespectfully Yours

Best Friends Book Club #2

by Jennifer Chipman

What happens when two co-workers who have never met in person end up stuck together at a work retreat for five days?

Angelina Bradford
I hate him. Really. After our almost two year email feud, somehow I end up stuck with him at a work retreat. Except… after a few days of forced companionship and one passionate night together, I had to admit that I didn’t know him at all. That the man who I had been emailing with wasn’t the same suave man who took me hiking and canoeing. Even if I didn’t have time for a relationship, it was so easy being around him. And I realized… I didn’t want to stop whatever this was.
Even if it meant putting my heart on the line and risking everything for the only guy who’d ever made me question if love was really worth it.
But was I ready to risk my heart to a guy who couldn’t give me everything?
Maybe I was just one turn of the page from my happily ever after…

Benjamin Sullivan
Two years ago, when I’d first laid eyes on her, I had no idea how much she was going to infuriate me. We fell into an email war full of mutual quips and banter, and I decided that if she was determined to hate me, I would hate her too. Until we were paired together at a work retreat, and I realized that I didn’t want her to hate me. I vowed to spend those five days winning her over, not realizing that one thing would lead to another… and she’d end up in my bed. But just one time wasn’t enough for either of us, so when she proposed a friends-with-benefits relationship I couldn’t help but say yes. Even if she wasn’t really mine, I vowed to spend every moment with her reminding her how special she was, to take care of her the way no one ever had. It didn’t matter if people in our office called her an ice queen or cold and distant—because I knew the real her. The one who deep down, just needed a place to belong.
And I needed to make her see that the place she belonged? It was with me.

Disrespectfully Yours is a hate-to-love, friends-with-benefits, workplace romance full of lots of banter, forced proximity, a grumpy girl, and a sarcastic guy who is obsessed with her. Contains steamy sex scenes and adult language.

Genres: Romance, Enemies To Lovers, Contemporary, Workplace Romance, Contemporary Romance, Workplace, Forced Proximity

Paperback

First published September 22, 2022

Reviews

[faithlynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD YOU GUYS— (please tell me y’all get that reference)— I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS BOOK.

Let me start this off by saying that i’m gonna keep this spoiler free since this book isn’t out yet! i am not over exaggerating when i say this book has been one of the best reads of 2022. I already loved Academically Yours (that book was like a breath of fresh air! i reread it when i need a happy comfort read.) but Disrespectfully Yours? oh. my. god.

i’m a huge hate-to-love, office romance fan, so this was perfect for me!

ben and angelina were so perfect. the pining that they had for each other— so good! ben’s love for angelina was so pure and beautiful. i didn’t know if Jennifer could outdo Noelle and Matthew’s story but ohmygod she did!

lastly, it was so nice to see Noelle and Matthew again! i missed them so much, so it was so nice to see some crumbs of them and seeing them interact with their friends!

i can’t wait to read the next book in the Best Friends Book Club series!

thank you Jennifer, for sending me an ARC of this amazing book and letting me be a beta reader! i can’t wait to read even more of your work!

[Canan · Rating 3 out of 5]

İki kitaptır yazarın son söz kısımları hoşuma gidiyor. Uzun uzun yazıyor zira. Hatta bazen bitmeyecek mi artık diye düşünüyorum 😅
Benjamin ve Angelina aynı şirkette çalışan , yüz yüze hiç denk gelmeseler de mail yoluyla alttan alta bir birleriyle çekişen iş arkadaşlarıdır. Şirket çalışanları için biraz tatil, biraz kaynaşma temalı bir etkinlikte ister istemez yolları kesişince ortalık biraz yangın yerine döndü diyebiliriz.

Benjamin'in amacı kızımızı sinir etmek. Başka türlü yakınlaşma yolu bulamamış çünkü hâlâ anasınıfı bebesi kendisi 🤣 Angelina ise her fırsatta söylediği gibi, Ben'den nefret ediyor, hoşlanmıyor, ona tahammül edemiyor. Şu kamp hemen bitse de ikide bir burnunun dibinde bitmeyi bıraksa... Güzel ve eğlenceli zaman geçirdiğini asla kabul etmeyecek bu kesin!

Her iki çiftte aile yönünden bir tık hasarlı. Kendini birine açmak, sevmek biraz zor. Belirledikleri onca kurala rağmen -ilişki yok, randevu yok, yatıya kalmak yok, bağlanmak yok, aşk yok- aralarında yadsınamaz bir şeyler vardır. Gerisi bunu kabul etmekle ilgili... Farklı değildi ama türü sevenler için okunur yine de...

Kitapta dört yakın kız arkadaş baz alınıyor sanırım ama bence yazar Nicholas ve Zofia (adını doğru yazdım 😁) için de bir şeyler yazacak. Yazar bu seride, romans kategorisinde var olan her şeyi tüketecek gibi 😅

[Shreya · Rating 1 out of 5]

okay so i couldn’t finish past 8 chapters bcs things moved too fast without any context (that’s what it felt like) and the hate b/w the characters was so childish it made me cringe. other than that the male lead was annoying for no reason and fmc was just okay nothing special

it was just boring boring boring 👎

[Annabelle (annabelles.shelf) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️

(Rounding it up to a 5 stars for Goodreads!)

I loved everything about Angelina and Benjamin's story!!! I wish there was more to the enemies to lovers part. The only reason Angelina was hostile and didn't like Ben was because they had a two year feud over email. The workplace and forced prox was just chefs kiss. The nicknames Benjamin kept calling Angelina, had me swooning. I'm a sucker for when a MMC calls his love interest Princess. I honestly melted every single time he called her that. The way Angelina kept opening up to Benjamin even though she felt like she couldn't. He helped her break down those walls. I loved seeing their relationship develop and I honestly ate this whole book up. I enjoyed this way more than the first book and I can't wait for the next two books!

[⋆˚࿔ jayreadsx 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ · Rating 2 out of 5]

⁀➴ two stars
i love a hate/love story, workplace romance. my expectations were high on this one but it didn’t reach it. their sex scenes were repetitive and the plot felt so rushed, which got boring on my end. on the bright side, i finished it:)

[Arzum · Rating 5 out of 5]

one thing about me is that i am a sucker for workplace romances!!!

benjamin and angelina did it for me!! the way the forced proximity worked in the most perfect way possible and the way angelina let her guards down was just🤌🏼

i literally melted everytime benjamin called her “angel, princess, baby” AND WHEN I TELL YOU I HIGHLIGHTED ALMOST EVERYTHING COMING OUT OF FROM HIS MOUTH…

this is the perfect example of jennifer chipman and her brain, she literally works wonders and i fucking love her!!!! 💙

[Cdoc's Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Okay this one HIT!!

💙 Enemies to Lovers
💙 Workplace Romance
💙 Forced Proximity
💙 Friends with Benefits
💙 Grumpy Girl x Sarcastic Guy

I liked Academically Yours, I LOVED this one. I loved the angst between Angelina and Benjamin from the start. I was nervous when they got together so early, but when the situation shift from enemies to (somewhat) friends with benefits to lovers, it ended up working out really well.

Now question of the moment... where do I find myself my own Benjamin Sullivan? A sarcastic, fun, secretly nerdy man who will bring you your favorite ice cream and watch romcoms with you when you're on your period, and also is an absolute freak in the bedroom. WHERE? HAND HIM OVER? No but seriously he made the book for me. So sweet and compassionate, down for anything, and will follow his girl to the ends of the earth just to make her smile. Loved him! 🥰

Now Ms. Angelina Bradford, was the queen! Absolute workaholic that goes for what she wants, never taking a break for herself all while doing it in a kickass pair of heels👠. I love a changeup from the typical grumpy guy x sunshine girl. Angelina was absolutely the grump, and I related it to her mindset so much. Her fears and insecurities when it came to relationships, were really spot on. It was also really fun to watch have multiple "oh shit I think I like HIM" moments. Like no girl you love him, but you'll catch up with the rest of us soon enough 😉

I liked that we got more of a look into the rest of the friend group in this one! Got so much insight into where the next two books are going to go and I'm so excited.

Also side note for all my Swifties, the amount of parrells I found in the writing of this that reminded me of Taylor's songs was unreal! All I can say is I screamed HE LOOKED UP GRINNING LIKE THE DEVIL multiple times...and ya know what I liked it 😈

Can't wait to read Gabi and Hunters story next! I have to say though when Charlotte and Daniel's book comes out later this year I am going to go FERAL. Every time they pop up I'm screaming CUTIES! 🤗

[Sumaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it but Angelina was trying tooo hard to be miss independent like girl it was reaching pick me level.I especially got mad at how she wanted Ben to be a stay at home dad,like who said one has to stay home to raise has nd the other chase cooperate life have u ever heard of co parenting that’s why you give birth to children to do it together.Honestly these authors are trying soo hard to produce badass fmc but if u can’t leave it I would rather a doormat than a pick me nd I honestly hate doormats more than anything 😭😭😭

[Shimrit Shevach kaatabi · Rating 2 out of 5]

dnf

I’m sorry, but it wasn’t even pass the 50% of the book that I was completely exhausted. It was just boring. I did not understand what was so important to describe all their activities and quite frankly Angelina was exhausting so I guess I am in a minority here, but they’re not for me.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so excited for all of you to read Angelina and Benjamin's story! It was so fun for me to write, and I hope it's as much fun for you read!

[_bookieboo_ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just wow, damn, oof, I am at no words cuz I am speechless AND obsessed!!. Let me tell you Ms. Jennifer is one of my new favorite indie authors. Disrespectfully Yours is Book 2 in the Best Friends Book Club series, where each book revolves around the romance of each friend in the club. Pretty similar to Ana Huang's Twisted series, where each romance is interconnected. This book has the enemies-to-lovers trope and as that is my literal catnip, I ate this one up. Lemme just mention that Benjamin Sullivan is another blueprint for a life partner. That man is TOP TIER...no wonder Angelina kept going back. This is definitely one of my top reads of the year. I only wished that the tension between them had taken longer, but no doubt in my mind this was a solid romance. Now I have to wait impatiently for Book 3 which comes out SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. I wonder what I'll do in the meantime...

[Julieta Ernesto · Rating 4 out of 5]

sooo goood

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This is an easy read romance story. I really like the concept behind this series--4 friends who love books and find love representing different tropes (this one is enemies-ish to lovers).

Comparing it to the first in the series, this one is much better. Less typos and actually had a story arc -this one had a conflict while the first had a flat linear progression). The inner monologues are still repetitive at times and I swear these books are trying to beat the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King movie for how many endings they have... I thought it was over about 3 times but nope it kept going.

I enjoy the popculture references Chipman puts in the books. It makes me smile when I have watched the movie or read the book that is mentioned (I see you vague reference to Court of Thorns and Roses!). I especially enjoyed the video game bits in this one, because I am an avid Nintendo fan. It was a small quick reference but I cant let this go...Wind Waker hasn't been ported to the Switch as it was implied...but I guess it was so ambiguously written in the scene that Ben could have been playing a GameCube and then changed to Switch to play Mario Kart 8 or had both a WiiU and a Switch...but I digress.

Over all, I enjoyed reading it more than the first, so I'm hopeful that the next one will continue to improve :)

[sreads · Rating 2 out of 5]

is it me or was this book literally super boring?? i dnfed it at 54% like how did it go from showing promise in the first few chapters to be the draggy boring mess it is afterwards like make it make sense. the plot is not plotting. they’ve already rushed through all stages of enemies to lovers to fwb to casual dating in a few weeks(???) and half the book is still left. i dont have a single fckn reason to continue reading this book afterwards because it is a CERTIFIED MESS. AND THE MONOLOGUE do not get me started on the monologue. I counted one where it went on for 3 pages and for what? ugh do not trust tiktok and it’s 5 second scenarios my friends you will get burned.

[Emily]

Boring, boring, bored

[Yani Alicea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I dnfed this book for now but will hopefully finish it some day

[jay · Rating 2 out of 5]

cringe

[yenbookthings · Rating 4 out of 5]

˚ ༘ ೀ⋆｡˚ OMFG
i think this is like the most perfect read?!
like if you are looking for a book where it has a good plot, amazing characters and jaw fucking dropping smut THIS RIGHT HERE

like i love how there wasn’t any thing that bother me and the characters and scenes none of it was weird or you know that was never a problem with this book and too me honestly i think one big mistake on my side was putting this book down in the first place like BIG MISTAKE

like this was the type of book where you could probably finished in one setting it had me hooked on from the very start and again when i starting to read it again

ang and ben oh my god i think i was gonna blow up if she said no to dating him like girl had some real self control bc i knew if that was me he won’t have to ask me twice like you could tell even from the reason why ben starting getting close to ang he really did like her no questions

and the plot idk why i don’t see the ending coming like promotion part all i saw was that she wasn’t ready to be in a relationship and he really wanted one with her but the ending was such a good part to add in like i felt like it was continuously the same thing (not in a bad boring way though) happening they would be together but not really together and the ending just added that perfect little push they need

OOOOOOOOH AND THE SMUT OMFG THE SMUT i count tell you how many smut scenes were in this book i definitely didn’t see that coming but it was the literal best surprise you could get like 👁👄👁 like after so many you would think it would be the same thing over and over but nope not at all Jennifer Chipman knows how to write a smut scenes i tell you had my jaw dropping for every single one of them

also have you scene the cover literally one of my all time favorite now

[Dniss · Rating 3 out of 5]

Immensely better than book 1 and the banter and chemistry between these mcs was delicious! i fell in love with Benjamin he just became my latest perfect literary bf. It still has some grammar and repetitive errors but its way deeper than the first of the series and i really liked the approach to Angelina's mentality and why and how she was so guarded.

[Sarah Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

spicy and sweet!

This one had spice pretty quickly but still had a sweet romance too! I loved Angelina and Benjamin’s dynamic and their romance! I love how far they came from the beginning to the end of this one! Can’t wait to continue the series!

[Persassy4Life (Taylor’s Version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5
I LOVE THE MCs

[lea · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it a lot and was really moved at the beginning but it faded a bit. I was disappointed because i heard there were many comics reference and therefore expected more of them but ben just briefly talla about it unfortunately ://

[Silke · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5⭐️

[Sydni · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5 I devoured this book and I love them so much

[Lou ( taylor’s version ) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sur une playlist d’une trentaine de chansons il y a en avait 16 de taytay.
Voilà c’est tout pour moi

[jupiter]

dnf at 20%. it was so boring 🥱

[Elizabeth Rykard · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️ 3.5 ⭐️

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn’t finish it.

[SelkieReader · Rating 5 out of 5]

A black cat plus a black dog? Who turn into a black kitten and a golden retriever?
I don’t even know how to describe it other than that.
Though I will say my husband loves to make me grumpy too!

[jemmaloww · Rating 1 out of 5]

dnf