If I could give this book zero stars, that still wouldn’t be enough. I DNF after 70 pages. I just finished the first book in the series “A Not So Meet Cute.” I didn’t particularly enjoy the first one, but I had already purchased all of them in the series so I went ahead and started this one. And Jesus Christ. I wish I could go back in time just 45 minutes and never start this book. First of all, Kelsey is kind of a bitch. And JP is a douche bag. JP seemed sweet in the first one, but god. In this one he’s a grade a fuck boi. And he is sooo inappropriate. The fake orgasm a la When Harry Met Sally during their “date” was so gross and inappropriate and random. I did not find their “banter” (if you can even call it that) remotely funny or charming. Usually with enemies to lovers, it’s pretty clear why they don’t like each other. And in this one I guess it’s stated, but I don’t really get WHY. JP basically wants Kelsey to not like him as a friend, so that they don’t cross any lines in the workplace. But he makes her HATE him and I don’t understand why. He’s so cocky and like. Impressed with himself with how uncomfortable he makes her. If he doesn’t want to cross lines, he can just be professional with her. That’s it. He doesn’t need to sexually harass her at work. Like in what world does that make sense? And on top of that, Lottie and Huxley are so annoying and gross in this one, and they’re not even in it that much. But every time Kelsey is around them they’re talking about how they want to fuck each other. Lottie literally shows Kelsey the vibrator Huxley bought her, and goes on to tell Kelsey how she blacked out from it. Huxley tells Lottie in front of Kelsey that he wants her to “cum on his tongue” when they get home. Do these people not have boundaries?? If my sister’s fiancé said that in front of me I would have a stroke. That moment between Lottie and Huxley was a dealbreaker for me. The next scene was the three of them attending a work event and Kelsey was bringing a date and I couldn’t stand the thought of reading about JP being a dickwad in front of Kelsey’s date. I knew reading that would be torture. So I stopped. I cannot imagine putting myself through almost *FIVE HUNDRED PAGES* of that bullshit.

I would like to give a big, fat congratulations to this epically awful book for being my first ever DNF