Review of Irish on the rocks by Magan Vernon
3 stars
When Grace's best friend Sean is late the charity gala they're supposed to be attending, she runs into his hot older brother, Jack. Jack who doesn't seem to recognize her now that she's not the frizzy-haired young girl who was best friends with his younger brother. As Jack is sitting there hitting on her, Grace decides to play along, amused that the guy she always had a crush on, and with whom she has a sort of antagonistic relationship, is now hitting on her. Of course though, Jack isn't quite as in the dark about her identity as he appears, he's just found himself attracted to her. But when she accidentally (on purpose?) spills her drink on him, he's a jackass about it, and walks away from her.
Grace chalks the whole incident up to him being his usual self and figures she'll not see him again. Well, until she receives an email from Jack's ex-assistant, now sister-in-law, Fallon, (Straight Up Irish) with an offer to apply for a job as Jack's new assistant. It seems fate (or someone else) has something else in mind for her and Jack. Sparks fly again when she comes in for her interview, but Jack knows she's the perfect person for the job. And perhaps for the job as his wife, too? Yeah, wife. Wife because Jack is the eldest brother in a family whose inheritance requires the brothers to be married within 6 months and to stay married, if they want to inherit the multi-million dollar empire rather than letting it get sold to the board for the highest bid.
I wanted to love Irish on the Rocks, but I just couldn't get into it. It's predictable as hell for one. Jack is an ass for another. And the whole story just sort of sat around without a lot of movement. This one's a no for me unfortunately.
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3 stars
When Grace's best friend Sean is late the charity gala they're supposed to be attending, she runs into his hot older brother, Jack. Jack who doesn't seem to recognize her now that she's not the frizzy-haired young girl who was best friends with his younger brother. As Jack is sitting there hitting on her, Grace decides to play along, amused that the guy she always had a crush on, and with whom she has a sort of antagonistic relationship, is now hitting on her. Of course though, Jack isn't quite as in the dark about her identity as he appears, he's just found himself attracted to her. But when she accidentally (on purpose?) spills her drink on him, he's a jackass about it, and walks away from her.
Grace chalks the whole incident up to him being his usual self and figures she'll not see him again. Well, until she receives an email from Jack's ex-assistant, now sister-in-law, Fallon, (Straight Up Irish) with an offer to apply for a job as Jack's new assistant. It seems fate (or someone else) has something else in mind for her and Jack. Sparks fly again when she comes in for her interview, but Jack knows she's the perfect person for the job. And perhaps for the job as his wife, too? Yeah, wife. Wife because Jack is the eldest brother in a family whose inheritance requires the brothers to be married within 6 months and to stay married, if they want to inherit the multi-million dollar empire rather than letting it get sold to the board for the highest bid.
I wanted to love Irish on the Rocks, but I just couldn't get into it. It's predictable as hell for one. Jack is an ass for another. And the whole story just sort of sat around without a lot of movement. This one's a no for me unfortunately.
ARC via NetGalley.
#bookreview #ARC #newrelease #IrishOnTheRocks #MaganVernon #bookseries #NetGalley
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