Queen B’s Decree: While the title of this book is Loathe at First Sight, it is deceiving. The Heroine Melody and the Hero Nolan have a few mild arguments/discussions near the beginning of the story, but that’s it. Not enough for me to consider the enemies-to-lovers trope.
The basic plot is that Asian-American Melody is working at a new job at a video game company. There she experiences a ridiculous amount of racism and misogyny. While that is 100% realistic and does happen in today’s world, it felt exaggerated. She was doxxed on the online gaming community purely for being a woman?! It just felt overdone.
And sidenote: I don’t think Melody was even a gamer. Why work at a video game company if you don’t play video games??
The romance was definitely a secondary plot point. There was very little chemistry between the two characters, and honestly Melody wasn’t even that nice to Nolan. Not sure what he saw in her.
I just…wish I enjoyed this more. My hopes were high and they were not met.
Book: Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne Park
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: dry, no salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: boss/employee (sort of?)