The Takeover
Books | Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
3.3
Cara Tanamachi
Sometimes, when you ask the universe for your soulmate, you wind up with your hate mate instead.On Nami's 30th birthday, she’s reminded at every turn that her life isn’t what she planned. She’s always excelled at everything – until now. Her fiancé blew up their engagement. Her pride and joy, the tech company she helped to found, is about to lose funding. And her sister, Sora, is getting married to the man of her dreams, Jack, and instead of being happy for her, as she knows she ought to be, she’s fighting off jealousy.Frustrated with her life, she makes a wish on a birthday candle to find her soulmate. Instead, the universe delivers her hate mate, Nami’s old high school nemesis, Jae Lee, the most popular kid from high school, who also narrowly beat her out for valedictorian. More than a decade later, Jae is still as effortlessly cool, charming, and stylish as ever, and, to make matters worse, is planning a hostile take-over of her start-up. Cue: sharp elbows and even sharper banter as the two go head-to-head to see who’ll win this time. But when their rivalry ignites a different kind of passion, Nami starts to realize that it's not just her company that's in danger of being taken over, but her heart as well. "Readers will cheer on this pair of sparring hearts." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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More Details:
Author
Cara Tanamachi
Pages
304
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2024-01-30
ISBN
125084228X 9781250842282
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"Enemies to lovers trope. Part 2 of a standalone duet. They were enemies all through High school and reconnect years later because of a business takeover spicy and sweet."
Loann
"First half of the book = 2 stars; second half = 4 stars. I so wanted to love this book, as Cara used to be one of my favorite rom-com writers (back when she published under Lockwood). A typical enemies -to-lovers novel, it started off SO slow and repetitive, I almost didn't finish it. But once it finally got going, it was an adorable (if unoriginal) story."
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Elizabeth Fordham
"FYI, this is about trekkies."
Raemi Wood
"I really enjoyed reading this book. it has witty dialogue, is easy to read, and is evenly paced with a good rivals-to-lovers romance. Nami the fmc has a great tech company that is in financial trouble, Jae the mmc is part of a huge corporation named Rainforest that buys smaller companies and changes them. The two were high school rivals and still have some grudges against each other, when Jae comes to take over her company, the two connect despite Nami not wanting to have her company taken over by Rainforest. <br/><br/>The banter and rivalry in this was so good. The romance was sweet, and I liked how it came about. I realized near the end of the book that Rainforest is the Amazon equivalent in this fictional world, and that was very funny to me. There's good and evil themes in relation to cooperation and employee treatment. I thought the ending was good, but it did feel a bit unrealistic just on the quickness Jae turned around and the other perfect ending for the company. The good thing is this is a romance, and anything is possible. Overall a good, diverse and fun romance with humor, heart, takeovers and family drama. <br/><br/>Read if you like: <br/>- Rivals to lovers<br/>- Tech and workplace shenanigans <br/>- Diverse characters <br/>- High school nemesis <br/>- Grey mmc"
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