Hello book lovers! a new day, a new review. This is a romance debut and, let me tell you, is SO worth the read.
✔️workplace romance
✔️friends to nemesis to lovers
✔️forced proximity
✔️single pov
The Launch Date by Anabelle Slator
This was such a fun story! I found myself rooting so badly for these two. I loved their dynamic, banter, and undeniable chemistry.
What is it about?
Grace Hastings’s dream job at the popular “true love” dating app, Fate, has turned into a nightmare. Her boss is a leech, her career is stagnating, and her fiancé has just brutally dumped her. Her hope for finding her own love story is waning, and she feels like a fraud for promoting a concept she no longer believes in. When the company’s CEO offers her an opportunity to earn a big promotion, she resolves to fight her imposter syndrome to show she deserves a seat at the table.
The opportunity? To launch a brand-new app focusing on IRL dating and genuine connection.
The problem? She must develop and test-drive a series of “first dates” with the other person gunning for the job: notorious socialite playboy and Grace’s biggest work rival, Eric Bancroft.
During their disastrous hikes, dangerous cooking classes, and steamy yoga sessions, they begin to realize their stark differences may just be surface level and Eric might just be the perfect person to challenge Grace’s perceptions of love, dating culture, and self-worth. (via Goodreads)
I was hooked from the beginning because I needed to know what had happened to make them go from friends to nemeses. And who would eventually win the promotion both deserved.
Although it was pretty obvious to me that Eric was absolutely obsessed with Grace, I loved reading how they fell in love, how they began to be friends again, and how she also realised that he was obsessed with her.
The only thing I missed here was Eric’s pov. It would have been absolutely phenomenal to have his POV.
I can’t believe this is a debut because it was SO good! I’m dying to read more by Annabelle Slator.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
love, Lin
