This was funny, but the romance could have been better. I suppose the romantic tension was definitely there most of the time, but it felt a bit off. Don’t get me wrong though, it was entertaining, definitely, but it didn’t draw me in entirely. I feel like every feeling someone had or was supposed to have wasn’t worked out properly, and as a result it just didn’t have a whole lot of meaning to me, the reader. 
I don’t want to be too critical though, because I surely did enjoy reading this book a lot. I guess I was just hoping for a little more swooning, that sort of thing. 

A big plus, however, was the fact that I liked both the female lead as well as the male lead. Poppy is a bit ditzy and quirky, but lovable and often extremely humorous. Sam is a bit more serious, but surely also has a heart of gold. They’re opposites (at first glance), but turn out to actually really be quite compatible. Their eventual ‘get together’ subsequently didn’t seem random or out of the blue: You can understand why they’d fall for one another. 

The underlying subplot, i.e. the plot involving corruption and other business drama, was decent. I’m not going to say I was overly invested in it or anything, but it wasn’t boring either. It kept the romantic plot going without trying to take over the spotlight. The subplot handled its purpose well, I’d say.