Loathe At First Sight

Author: Suzanne Park

Publish Date: August 18, 2020 by Avon imprint of Harper Collins Publishers

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Book Review:

Melody Joo is excited to land her dream job as a video game producer but this job has a lot of challenges, especially for an Asian woman in the gaming industry with annoying CEO and biased coworkers but the story does not end here. There is a new army of cowards who are ready to pull you down when you are trying to change the norms and do something out of the box. Yes, you got it right, the social media trolls. 

This book very well portrays the struggle of a woman in the gaming industry and is quite relatable for all the females working in male-dominant industries with a misogynistic environment. 

It beautifully portrays that fulfilling dreams will never be easy but persistence and perseverance is the key. We need to work harder and strive for what we want. Success and respect will come along and quitting is never an option. 

Suzanne always comes up with innovative ideas and concepts in her books. Her first book The Perfect Escape was about a zombie escape room and weekend-long survivalist competition. 

In this one, Melody Joo strives and shines and romance and our hero Nolan does not mind taking a backseat. I will strongly recommend this book and definitely looking forward to the next one by her. 

Synopsis:

Melody Joo is thrilled to land her dream job as a video game producer, but her new position comes with challenges: an insufferable CEO; sexist male coworkers; and an infuriating—yet distractingly handsome—intern, Nolan MacKenzie, aka “the guy who got hired because his uncle is the boss.”

Just when Melody thinks she’s made the worst career move of her life, her luck changes. While joking with a friend, she creates a mobile game that has male strippers fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Suddenly Melody’s “joke” is her studio’s most high-profile project—and Melody’s running the show.

When Nolan is assigned to Melody’s team, she’s sure he’ll be useless. But as they grow closer, she realizes he’s smart and sexy, which makes Melody want to forget he’s her intern. As their attraction deepens, she knows it’s time to pump the brakes, even with her Korean parents breathing down her neck to hurry up and find a man.

With her project about to launch, Melody suddenly faces a slew of complications, including a devastating trolling scandal. Could the man she’s falling hard for help her play the game to win—in work and in love?

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