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Loathe at First Sight

by Suzanne Park

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ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR!

"Bursts with humor, heart, and great energy. I loved it! Park is a hilarious new voice in women's fiction."â??Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient

"[A] punchy adult debut set in the world of video game design. Park makes tough topics go down easy by couching them in wry humor and lighthearted romance, and her fierce, snarky heroine is irresistible. This smart rom-com is a winner."â??Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In a debut perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Sally Thorne, a junior video game producer finds herself getting closer and closer to the one person she hates most after a mass troll attack online almost ruins her life.

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 infuriatingâ??yet distractingly handsomeâ??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 projectâ??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 attractive, 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 winâ??in work… (more)

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Super fast read about a young woman in the gaming industry fighting against misogynist office culture and internet trolls while trying to succeed in her career and have a romance with one of the only nice guys she encounters. ( )
  hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 |
I thought this was a romance novel, but it's mostly about how shitty the gaming industry is for women and people of color. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
I tried! I really did. I made it to around 51% and I just could not push through. DNF ( )
  SimplyKelina | May 6, 2023 |
The title promises an enemies-to-lovers story that it does not quite deliver. Had I gone into this book expecting a workplace romance that illustrates the frustrations of being a woman (of color) working at a gaming company, I would have given it another star.

Melody Joo has started a new job at a bro-gamer company. She has to contend with a whole lot of white privilege and microaggressions. She responds with grumbling, anger, tears, and some well-timed words. ( )
  tornadox | Feb 14, 2023 |
I feel very mixed about this book. It has great things to say about women in gaming but at times I also found Melody frustrating. There really isn't much to speak of on the romance front because she's his boss for most of it, and when he hints about their status changing when he gets a new job, she seriously doesn't think he's interested? I just didn't feel their relationship at all. It felt like there was just too much going on. This is really women's fiction rather than romance. And I just didn't find it really compelling. ( )
  mktoronto | Jan 25, 2023 |
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Fiction. Literature. Romance. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:

ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR!

"Bursts with humor, heart, and great energy. I loved it! Park is a hilarious new voice in women's fiction."â??Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient

"[A] punchy adult debut set in the world of video game design. Park makes tough topics go down easy by couching them in wry humor and lighthearted romance, and her fierce, snarky heroine is irresistible. This smart rom-com is a winner."â??Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In a debut perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Sally Thorne, a junior video game producer finds herself getting closer and closer to the one person she hates most after a mass troll attack online almost ruins her life.

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 infuriatingâ??yet distractingly handsomeâ??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 projectâ??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 attractive, 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 winâ??in work

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