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TROPES
📧 Workplace Romance
📧 Forced Proximity
📧 Loathe to Love
📧 Dual POV

It was so fun to dive back into the Best Friends Book Club universe with Angelina’s story. Another workplace place type setting, but instead of being focused on a college environment, the second book of the series is a more rigid workplace. 

Angelina has long held negative feelings about Benjamin simply because of their email interactions. While he knew who she was and what she looked like because of his orientation day at the company, Angelina had gone out of her way to avoid him, so when they finally meet at a company retreat, it’s great to see Angelina’s initial impression. Reading how the two of them interpret their interactions is hilarious.

Both are individuals that struggled in previous relationships, which is directly interfering with how they view this new one. However, it’s nice to see them both realize that and come to conclusions on how to handle it. Are Angelina’s the best conclusions? No, but she figured that out, and that’s what’s great about her character. Angelina is one of the most dynamic FMCs I’ve read in a while. She’s so multi-faceted, and owns that, but also buries parts of herself as a defense mechanism to appear more one dimensional. It’s wonderful to see her open up and give in to her emotional wants.