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 project—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 sexy, 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 win—in work and in love?
I'm conflicted about this book.
Some of the humour bits were good - not the cringe inducing parental bits, but humour is subjective and some people might think they're very funny. I liked Melody's determination and the team she gathers around herself, both in work and out of it. The game itself sounds like fun, I'd probably play it.
The romance didn't convince me, though. Melody wittering on about Nolan being an intern for chapters upon chapters wasn't enough, for me. I'm sure other people would enjoy it much more, though. I also wasn't sure about the depiction of gamers; while I know there are plenty of peope like that in the world, what are the odds that basically everyone at Melody's company would act like that? Apart from the few men who congratulate her, once, for calling out some others, and Asher who eventually helps her a bit, sort of, there's no one decent there. Well, maybe Joe. Jury's out.
It's not awful, it's amusing and fun, but there are parts of it I didn't like much.
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